Dees steady as she goes: Craig

Caretaker coach Neil Craig will lead Melbourne until the end of the season. Picture: Getty Source: Getty Images

CARETAKER coach Neil Craig has promised Melbourne will not be radically restructured for the second half of the season.

Craig, speaking a day after the Dees axed Mark Neeld from the top job, said he expected the beleaguered team to "improve its consistency of effort".

And he has not ruled himself out of applying for the job full-time for next season, despite admitting his "headaches" returned almost instantly yesterday.

"It's a tough job being a senior coach, it doesn't matter what club," Craig said.

"There'll be 11 weeks to gauge that (from my perspective) but the key thing is the club needs to be really clear about the type of coach its looking for.

"It's a really important decision for the club to do that properly... but I'm sure Melbourne will take the time to find the coach it needs and that might be poles apart to myself."

The former Crows coach hosed down criticism that he said he'd never take the reins at Melbourne.

"When I finished in Adelaide I was pretty clear on that (but) these are exceptional circumstances.

"You certainly have a sense of responsibility to the playing group and the football club in general to be part of helping the club through it."

Craig paid tribute to the legacy left by Mark Neeld saying the club had a bright future.

Melbourne is already in the market for a new coach.

Meanwhile, Melbourne great Garry Lyon urged fellow one-time Demon Gerard Healy to head the club's search for a new coach.

Healy, the former Brownlow medallist, is the brother of Melbourne's football director, Greg Healy.

Lyon said he too had felt the strain throughout the Demons' struggles and took responsibility for Neeld's failed appointment.

"Well, it's my responsibility," Lyon said on Footy Classified last night.

"I was one of the people that put Mark in the job ... (but) once you get into the chair, who knows what's going to happen?

"So if anyone says 'you don't responsibility for these decisions', I do.

"I wish it had turned out better, I've been hurting like everyone else for the last 18 months."

Lyon then went on to say few were better qualified to conduct a search for a senior coach than Healy.

"Gerard is well versed in footy, I think he's got an outstanding footy brain," Lyon said.

"He is close to Melbourne board members, he speaks to them regularly, he speaks to the players regularly.

"He's been heard to say that he thinks he knows what the problem is and how it can be fixed.

"So I think Gerard should head it up, for sure."

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