Collingwood has elected to shift funding from their coaching team to their medical and conditioning department in response to constant injury worries.
The club has decided not to replace Justin Longmuir, who is leaving for the senior role at Fremantle, as an assistant coach instead rearranging the funding.
The 2018 and 2019 seasons saw injuries to several key players such as Jordan De Goey, Jamie Elliott and Darcy Moore at crucial times.
The new funding should allow an extra physio to join the club.
Defender Lynden Dunn has suggested that the change came about after a review of the medical department, rather than in response to a crisis.
“We certainly don’t need better medical attention, all good businesses have reviews and go through processes and personnel they have employed at the club,” he said on 3AW Sportsday.
“We are certainly no different at Collingwood. We’ve had a bit of a medical review and overhaul over the off-season. The physios have been in every week, the masseurs at the club. It’s a professional organisation.
“I certainly don’t put any blame on our medicos or even Julian Feller who reconstructed my knee, it’s just one of those things.
“My second knee probably wouldn’t have gone if I didn’t do my first one, I’m adamant about that. I’ve had the best care possible and the best training care possible at the Holden Centre.”
