North Melbourne is close to luring Geelong chief executive Brian Cook. Picture: Peter Ristevski Source: Geelong Advertiser
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NORTH Melbourne is on the verge of poaching Geelong's chief executive Brian Cook in what would be one of the AFL's biggest off-field coups.
It is understood the highly respected Cats administrator is warming towards a move to Arden St to take the vacant CEO's role.
The Kangaroos have been searching for a "big fish" to replace Eugene Arocca, who resigned on June 5.
They are becoming increasingly confident they can convince Cook to leave Geelong, a move that would shock the football world.
It is understood there are a number of issues to be resolved between Cook and the Kangaroos before a deal can be finalised.
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Cook, who guided Geelong out of a crippling debt crisis and helped mould it into a football and financial giant, is on holidays in Nepal and could not be reached last night.
He does not return until next month, which could delay any possible announcement if he does decide to switch clubs.
North Melbourne would not comment when contacted about its bold bid.
Cook joined Geelong from West Coast in 1999.The Cats then had a debt of $7 million and he played an instrumental role in reshaping their destiny, posting 12 successive profits and overseeing a massive redevelopment of Simonds Stadium.
Geelong broke a 44-year premiership drought in 2007 and has won three of the past six premierships.
It is not known whether North made the initial play for the man considered one of the AFL's most astute administrators, or whether Cook approached the club.
Outgoing Football Federation Australia chief executive and former Kangaroos player Ben Buckley was an original candidate, but has all but ruled himself out.
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Buckley told Fox Sports last night: "I don't think you will see me there as CEO."
In the absence of a high-profile candidate, it is understood interim chief executive Cam Vale would have been in the mix.
In early June, on the day after Arocca resigned as chief executive due to an uneasy relationship with club chairman James Brayshaw, the Herald Sun revealed Cook had been sounded out for the job by AFL heavies at a dinner at Sydney restaurant Icebergs last November.
At the time Cook admitted there had been "a casual approach", but said there was no "formal offer" and that he had declined.
Cook, 57 next month, has long suggested that he did not think he had another stint in him as a chief executive at another club, but it is known North has worked hard to woo him.
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