Talk of boosting Melbourne's salary cap to fast-track its on-field recovery is staggering, North Melbourne coach Brad Scott says.

Collingwood president Eddie McGuire recently suggested the AFL should increase Melbourne's TPP allowance to 110 per cent of the current salary cap to help it attract experienced recruits.

Hawthorn president Andrew Newbold endorsed McGuire's proposal in Fairfax Media on Wednesday and suggested the AFL should also give the Western Bulldogs an expanded salary cap.

The Demons have not reached the finals since 2006, and after just four wins in 2012 have started this season 1-9 to sit 17th on the ladder.

But Scott said on Wednesday McGuire's proposal was an overreaction to a short-term problem the Demons would overcome on their own soon enough.

"I'm a bit staggered really, the 'short-termism' in this game is unbelievable," Scott said.

"I understand we're in a weekly cycle of winning and losing. We played St Kilda last week and people were asking me about St Kilda's young list.

"In round two, 2010, St Kilda beat us by 104 points and were one of the most experienced sides in the competition. Now three years later we're talking about them being really inexperienced.

"Things change rapidly and sides go from being really experienced [to] three years later being really inexperienced."

Scott said Melbourne already had the youngsters in place who would help take it back up the ladder in the near future.

"Melbourne have a lot of capability on their list. They've got some really good players coming through," Scott said.

"Jesse Hogan is the closest thing I've seen to Jonathan Brown in a 17-year-old, Jack Viney is obviously a really talented player, Jimmy Toumpas is a really talented player.

"Talking about salary cap relief is just, I think, overreacting. They're going to be OK, they'll keep fighting and get themselves out of this.

"Lots of sides have been down before, they come back and I'm sure Melbourne will."

Meanwhile, Scott said North hoped to be more active in this year's free agency and trade period than it has been in recent years.

The Roos have invested heavily in youth at the national draft since 2006, but Scott said the club would look to bring some experienced players into Aegis Park at the end of this season.

"We're certainly looking at [free agency and trading] really closely," Scott said.

"We've got some things we need to address internally around getting our TPP up to where it needs to be. If we can get those things sorted out, then we'll certainly be active and be looking around.

"That's not to say that we're definitely going to get involved, because players have got to want to come to North Melbourne.

"We think we're an attractive team to come and play at. We think out future is really bright and we think we're going to have capacity to look for players."

Scott said North would continue its strategy of pursuing elite junior talent at the draft, and was content his current list is "reasonably well balanced".

But he said North's list was still relatively young and could be bolstered by adding an experienced player or two.

"It's not about looking at trading or free agency for a (positional) need," Scott said.

"It's more to strengthen what we already have. The balance is OK, but we think we'd like to look at getting some more experience in."