MELBOURNE caretaker coach Todd Viney has no ambitions to keep the role permanently.
Viney was put in charge of coaching the Demons for the rest of the season after Dean Bailey's sacking on Sunday night.
In his first media appearance as Melbourne coach, Viney admitted his head was "still spinning" after a dramatic few days but was adamant he would return to his role as general manager of player development when the season was over.
"My tenure has been put to me by the board to help out over the next five games. I've never had the desire to be a career coach so I'll just tackle this five weeks and hopefully do a good job and help steer the club in this difficult time," Viney said.
"This is when we're going to need all our good people to stand up."
Viney said he was confident the Demons would find a suitable candidate for the permanent coaching position.
"This is an opportunity for the Melbourne Football Club to go out and find the best possible coach and there are some excellent candidates out there we want to pursue and we are hell-bent on getting the absolute best," he said.
Despite the massive loss to Geelong on Saturday the Demons remain a finals chance, but Viney said September action was not on his agenda.
"We lost by 186 points on the weekend and our focus will be on rebounding from that. The things we've spoken about today are to try and tick off on our focus going forward," he said.
"It will be a really solid foundation for this week to compete against Carlton and the following week and the following week. That will take care of itself. This week is the most important week in the history of the footy club for a long time and we'll worry about this week's game."
The Demons and the Blues meet on Saturday in the first time since Blues players Mitch Robinson and Denis Armfield suggested Melbourne played 'bruise-free football'.
Viney would not respond directly to the comments but said his team's physicality would be on show.
"I'm not going to buy into comments from previous players about our club. We'll worry about our intent this week and I guess the perception will be for the public and the media to watch and see the result on the weekend," he said.
"Our intent will be on show this week. It certainly wasn't there last week. We spoke to the players and one of our major focuses will be on our defensive intent.
"We won't win every contested ball going but when the opposition do, we'll be trying to get the ball back as quick as we can. And that will be done with real force."
Luke Holmesby covers Melbourne news for afl.com.au. Follow him on Twitter: @AFL_LHolmesby
