The Collingwood board will reconvene in the next few days to consider Nathan Buckley's coaching future after football boss Geoff Walsh presented the findings of his review into the club's football operations on Tuesday night.

President Eddie McGuire spoke to reporters after the meeting and said the senior coaching position was "in play".

"Tonight was a scheduled board meeting. Geoff Walsh tabled his preliminary findings on the blueprint for the footy department," McGuire said.

"It was an interesting, strong discussion about where the club needs to go. We'll convene in the next few days and discuss it further.

"It's in play now. We're not going to say one thing and mean another.

"We met tonight. It was a board meeting. The review and the blueprint was tabled. There's going to be some further documents issued to board members in the next few days.

"We'll reconvene in the next few days and start making decisions on what our football department will look like going forward.

"Bucks is our coach until the end of the year. That's what his contract says. It's what we've said all along."

It was no suprise that Buckley would have to wait beyond their final game against Melbourne on Sunday to learn his coaching fate. Earlier on Tuesday, McGuire said there was no timeline for when they make the call on Buckley.

"I don't know about next Monday but there is no date," McGuire told Triple M radio.

Buckley is about to come out of contract and his future has been one of this season's major stories.

He has been at the helm for six years and this is the fourth season in a row that they have missed the finals.

They are 13th with eight wins and end their season on Saturday afternoon against Melbourne at the MCG.

The report from Walsh, their football manager, is one of three internal reviews at the underperforming club.

There have been several reports in recent weeks that the club is leaning towards a scenario similar to those that played out at Richmond last year and Geelong in 2006.

Changes were made after exhaustive reviews, but under-pressure coaches Damien Hardwick and Mark Thompson survived and went on to enjoy much-improved seasons – the Tigers are currently fourth and the Cats won the 2007 flag.

Regardless of whether Buckley stays, a shakeup of their football department is inevitable.

Geelong coach Chris Scott would be surprised if Buckley doesn't have some inkling of what lies ahead.

"It's really hard to speculate as to what has actually been discussed, but I would be staggered if Nathan and his superiors hadn't had discussions all the way through," Scott said on AFL 360.

"Similar to the way coaches and list managers talk to senior players toward the end of their careers.

"It's not [a case of], 'OK now we have to talk about this for the first time'. It's a process that you work through over a period of time.

"Even though their public position has been, 'We'll make that decision at the end of the year', I'd be staggered if they hadn't had some sort of discussions to give him a bit of a feel for what's going on.

"That would be a difficult position to be in."

Scott Spits and AAP