North Melbourne head coach David Noble has claimed that the club remains heading in the "right direction" despite only proving on-field success just once this season.
Having taken the reigns at Arden Street ahead of the 2021 season, the Tasmanian has been tasked with leading the Roos' rebuild between the boundary line, collating a record 5-1-29 record across his 36 outings.
With the Shinboners committing to a long-term plan of not just restumping and adjusting but rather a total overhaul, club members were made aware that there would be a multitude of bumps to travel over before the glory days returned west of Errol Street.
However, in a season that has been punctuated with drama on both sides of the fence and a solitary win to their name, North Melbourne powerbrokers saw fit to bring vaunted administrator Geoff Walsh back into the fold.
After gaining experience within the game along an array of avenues - including time spent within the Kangaroos' huddle at board level - reports from the club suggest that Walsh's contemporary role will see him take a hands-on role within the football department.
Speaking on SEN radio waves, Noble openly stated that he welcomed Walsh's appointment and input.
“It’s an area that I think it’s an opportunity for us to use a person who’s been in the industry for a long time,” the 55-year-old expressed.
“(Geoff is) very experienced, been a CEO and a football manager at a couple of clubs including ours, he understands the emotion that this football club has and its attachment to the members.
“If there is ever an opportunity to continue to learn and you can access someone else’s intellect that allows you to move forward, then I’m all for it."
Noble also used the opportunity to re-state that while North's build back up the ladder would remain a slow burn, the pieces and plans in place were ripe to pay dividends.
“What I think we’ll find is 80 or 90 per cent of what we’re doing is in the right direction, we’re confident we’re doing what we need to do and taking our time and being really consistent with what we’re doing," Noble said.
“But there might be a couple of ideas he’ll bring in that allows us to tweak and move our club forward, if that’s the case then why wouldn’t we use someone of his ilk.”
North Melbourne will earn their latest chance to return to the winner's list for the first time since late March when they host Adelaide at Bellerive Oval on Sunday afternoon.
Since committing to playing a portion of their home fixtures in Hobart in 2012, the Roos have amassed a 17-1-11 record in the Tasmanian capital for a win rate of 58.6 per cent.