He emphasised the importance of new list manager Stephen Silvagni, who returned to Carlton after more than a decade's absence early this year. The Blues legend was list manager at Greater Western Sydney for four years.

Trigg has assured Blues members and fans on the Carlton website that the club is committed to "better resource our list management area".

The Blues have started with two losses – against Richmond and West Coast – fuelling speculation about Malthouse's future just weeks before he will break Jock McHale's all-time games coached record in round five with 715 games.

"In the meantime, we will continue to push to develop a winning culture – and keep improving in everything we do, week by week."

Recruiting manager Shane Rogers quit the club on the eve of the season and is now working in pro-scouting role for the Brisbane Lions.

"Stephen will lead and work with the recruiting team, our opposition scout (Barry Prendergast) and our coaches," Trigg said. "Their focus is on building sustainability for the future and building a premiership-winning list.

"It's critical work simply because we don't have enough depth or depth of experience. We have some bright young prospects, but we need more. We've often heard the call (from members) for 'no quick fixes', and we are very much aligned with that.

"We need to build for the future, and have an element of patience along the way. We have to draft superbly, access free agents/trades to supplement our growth, and develop (and coach) as effectively as we can over the coming years."

Trigg said the club was also building a list management database – based on a platform from US baseball team the Boston Red Sox – to "allow us to store better information, benchmark and value players (our own and others), link it all to vision, and generally help us to make better and more informed decisions".