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Umm... what does a "director of coaching" actually do anyway? It sounds like a wanky name for the bloke who shakes his head every time Collingwood loses and whispers to Eddie "This bloke is really shit."
You basically get paid around 900K a year to fly around the world on Collingwood's dime to observe other elite sports and poach ideas on how to better improve the club.
When back in Australia, you're "coaching the coaches", which is another way of making sure all the assistant coaches are on board with the head coache's message and gameplan. It's basically the same as having 2 Football Directors. I'm assuming Ed would have given Walsh other things to do, or allowed him to focus more on other stuff rather than spreading him so thin.
Roos would be silly not to take it.

