Brett Ratten has revealed he jumped into the senior coaching position at Carlton without the necessary experience behind him.
Ratten replaced Denis Pagan as caretaker coach in 2007 before taking the reins permanently until he was controversially sacked towards the end of the 2012 season.
Since departing the Blues, Ratten worked under Alastair Clarkson during Hawthorn’s historic premiership three-peat between 2013-2015 and is now plying his trade as an assistant coach at St Kilda.
When asked whether he would make a presentation for a vacant coaching job on SEN’s Crunch Time, he replied: “I’ll have a serious look at it”.
“I’m really enjoying St Kilda and we have a job to do and I’ll focus on that.
“I enjoy coaching; I love working with players and trying to develop people.
“To get thrown into a senior role at a young age, maybe it was a bit too quick, and then to learn from Clarko and now the experience at St Kilda will round me off as a coach.”
Ratten, 47, could emerge as a candidate for the vacant North Melbourne job come the end of the season.
