I will also say, if we happen to not sign John, which won't happen, but if it did, well then we've put Little + whatshisface + Dyson + Jobe on a plane to Adelaide to convince John into applying for our job, possibly forcing him to turn down other opportunities, and then we say sorry you're not the man for the job? That doesn't reflect well on the club either.
I don't mind headhunting, in fact, I think "coaching selection panels" are a total abduction of responsibility from the people in jobs/roles at the club. But we've had a dip each way and it's just sucky.