AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan says the League will work with Carlton as much as needed to ensure the club's next coach is a successful appointment. 

The Blues, who have had four new coaches since their last premiership in 1995, have committed to using a largely independent sub-committee to recommend Mick Malthouse's permanent replacement.

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McLachlan backed the Carlton board to pull the club out of its current slump, but said the AFL would provide as much support as necessary to help the Blues in their recovery – including the search for a new coach.

"(President) Mark LoGiudice has come in with a very singular purpose and he's been clear about the deficiencies of the past and the way Carlton may have gone about certain things," McLachlan told 3AW.

"He's been very clear about the process and the systems he's trying to bring in there.

"They've made some decisions on people and their coach is going to be another one where they're going to bring in their person.

"We're working as closely as they want us to work with them and I've got great confidence they'll get there." 

The AFL this year launched its Level Four Senior Coach program, which had an initial intake of nine assistants, based partly on who clubs viewed as the next wave of senior candidates.

Brendon Bolton (Hawthorn), Stuart Dew (Sydney Swans) and Matthew Nicks (Port Adelaide) headlined the first intake, which also included Carlton's interim senior coach John Barker and future Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin.

Rounding out the group were Blake Caracella (Geelong), Robert Harvey (Collingwood), Adam Kingsley (St Kilda) and Simon Lloyd (Fremantle). 

Meanwhile, McLachlan all but ruled out introducing anti-tampering rules in the short-term after Damien Hardwick put them on the agenda on Thursday. 

Hardwick stormed out of his mid-week press conference after persistent questioning about free agent Alex Rance and said there should be rules preventing clubs from talking publicly about end of season player movement.

"We can only make so many rules," McLachlan said.

"People understand (player) representatives or managers will have conversations about their futures as they look at what their alternatives are. 

"What our industry wants – and what I think broadly our supporters want – is it to be done quietly and in a non-provocative way. 

"(But) I don't think we need to have more rules, we just need to have people respect that our clubs are passionate about their players."