Despite a wide search, the Crows have announced an underwhelming coaching group for next year's pivotal season. It is not quite the reshuffle they were hoping for. @joshmoney__

Adelaide's off-season is threatening to go from bad to worse with influential coaching director Murray Davis on Brisbane's radar. He has been asked to interview for the Lions job. @joshmoney__

Port Adelaide's trade period is far from over with Richmond the front-runner to snare the Power's pick 5.

EXCLUSIVE: Port Adelaide captain Connor Rozee has told 7NEWS there is no hard feelings between he and Zak Butters with his vice-captain bound for the Bulldogs. In a special sit-down at his home, Rozee admits he fully understands the importance of family to his great mate while also paying tribute to rival captain Jordan Dawson. @joshmoney__

At home with Connor Rozee: The Port Adelaide captain sits down with 7NEWS for an exclusive chat. On his season-ending injury recovery: “Pretty much everyone I've seen has said you’ll get back to pretty much 100%. It might take a few months here or a few weeks there. I'm pretty much almost sprinting. It's just getting a bit of strength back in my muscle now over pre-season. So, I'll start to filter back into normal running and normal training.” On his vice-captain and good mate Zak Butters leaving the club: “He told a fair few of us sort of middle to latter part of the year. We're still really good mates and I can't wait to suit up against him and give him a few corkies, hopefully. He's gone to Melbourne, he's not that far away. I'm sure we're going to see each other a fair bit, we're going to play a lot of footy against each other. I'm sure we'll catch up a fair bit outside of football.” On likely No.1 draft pick Dougie Cochrane: “I've spent pretty much every day with him at the club. He's been rehabbing throughout the year, played a few games for the Maggies. It's almost like he's been a part of the squad already, it's just whenever his name gets called out… From what I've seen, the biggest thing for him is his competitiveness. He's got clearly super athletic talent and he's good at football, but he's got that real drive to win, which you can't teach sometimes.” On Luke Pedlar’s looming cross-town switch: “I think it'll be great, I've definitely respected the way he's gone about it. He's tough, he's had some big moments in Showdowns, and I think he'll fit into our team really nicely if we can get him onboard.” On Josh Carr’s first season in charge: “It's been terrific, I think our personalities really, really click. We're both pretty laid back but also super competitive which I think meshes with our group really well.” On Jason Horne-Francis’ leadership potential: “My job is to help him become a better leader and then potentially one day either him or someone else takes my role and I can take a step back which would be the ideal situation. As a leader, you want to create other leaders and I think that's the best thing I can do.” On fellow AFL captain Jordan Dawson: “It's exactly what you want from your leaders for them to be strong on and off the field and there's a lot bigger things than football sometimes and that gets forgotten. He's been a tremendous leader this year, someone that I definitely fully respect and I'm sure the whole club put their arms around him as the whole AFL world did. He played some amazing football and went through some terrible things.”

EXCLUSIVE: Port Adelaide captain Connor Rozee has told 7NEWS he is keen to remind everyone just how good he can be when he returns from injury next season. The two-time All-Australian will look to lead a midfield without Zak Butters, revealing the departing free agent told many of his teammates he was leaving halfway through the season. @joshmoney__

EXCLUSIVE: Crows star Josh Rachele has told 7NEWS that his time as a midfielder is over.

The Crows and North Melbourne remain a long way apart in a deal for contracted defender Nick Murray but there is a thread they could pull. @joshmoney__

North Melbourne will not take no for an answer in its pursuit of contracted Crows defender Nick Murray as the 10-day trade period begins in Melbourne. @joshmoney__

JUST IN: 7NEWS understands three-time SANFL premiership coach Jade Sheedy will continue his career at Norwood after turning back an offer to join Adelaide’s assistant coaching ranks.