IN TODAY'S AFL Daily, star journalists Damian Barrett and Nat Edwards join all the dots on footy's biggest issues.

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- The No.1 candidate to fill Collingwood's coach vacancy pulls out
- Sam Mitchell 'having conversations privately' with several football people
- What Steve Hocking's departure means for the AFL
- Melbourne's Ben Brown conundrum
- Latest fixture news

In this episode ... 

0:26 – Sam Mitchell turns down the Collingwood coaching position

2:50 – The uncanny similarities between Mitchell’s situation and how Nathan Buckley got Collingwood's job

4:19 – Alastair Clarkson’s future: Is it Sam v Clarko?

7:31 – Steve Hocking departs the AFL to become Geelong’s CEO

9:05 – Hocking’s legacy

12:28 – Potential candidates to take over this difficult role

13:26 – Will the Dees play Ben Brown against Port Adelaide?

16:27 – Latest fixture news