ADELAIDE denies new board member Mark Ricciuto is trying to lure his great mate Simon Goodwin back to the club.
Ricciuto, arguably Adelaide's greatest player, recently joined the Crows board and is one of three men tasked with finding the club's next chief executive officer.
The Brownlow medallist was a long-time teammate and business partner of Goodwin, now an assistant coach at Essendon.
But Adelaide chairman Rob Chapman denies Ricciuto has sounded out Goodwin about a reunion at the Crows.
"I honestly have not spoken to Mark about that, we're not even discussing coaches at this stage," Chapman told reporters on Thursday.
"So at the moment we have got a couple of recruitment processes going along, one for the list manager and one for the CEO. And that is all."
Goodwin has shouldered more assistant coach responsibilities at Essendon this season, given the suspension of coach James Hird.
The Crows are seeking to replace strategic planning coach Dean Bailey, who died from cancer in March.
Adelaide also must find a new chief executive, with Steven Trigg leaving the role on Thursday to take up the same job at Carlton.
Chapman said the Crows were head-hunting potential replacements in a search to accelerate the process when applications closed on Friday.
Trigg won't officially start with the Blues until Monday, but will attend the club's Friday night game against Geelong as a guest.
After more than 12 years as CEO of the Crows, Trigg said he could leave knowing he gave the club his all.
He also offered some advice for Adelaide's remaining and future staff.
"As the late John Ferguson – our club solicitor – once said to me when I asked him what governance meant in footy … he said 'it's really quite simple, just put the club number one, two and three'," Trigg said.
"I feel like I've been able to do that regardless of the circumstances all the way through.
"It's that sort of message to the staff, if we put team first, if we put the club first always … then your club is going to be in really good shape."
