CONFIDENT he still has what it takes to be a senior coach, Darren Crocker says he will wait until the end of the season before considering what his future might hold at North Melbourne.

Crocker will coach the Roos' final two games against St Kilda and Port Adelaide and then make way for Brad Scott, who was appointed as Dean Laidley's successor on Monday.

Scott, a dual premiership player with the Brisbane Lions and assistant coach at Collingwood, was chosen from a three-candidate shortlist that also included Hawthorn assistant Damien Hardwick.

Though he was disappointed to miss out, Crocker felt fortunate to have been handed the interim role following Laidley's resignation on June 16.

"There are only 16 (senior coaches) at any one time and I've been one of those 16 for half a season," he told afl.com.au.

"That's been a great professional development opportunity for me. No matter what happens in the future, it's been a great experience.

"Now I've actually sat in the job for nine weeks so far, it's something I believe I'm more than capable of doing. But I understand that in this caper windows open and shut quickly."

Crocker said he was always mindful of keeping a distance between his own aspirations and what he saw the club could achieve in the second half of the season.

"It was never about me," he said. "Right from the word go, it was always about how I could help the players over the 10 weeks.

"It just happened that it threw up an opportunity for me to be flung into the fray as being a senior coach, and getting down to the last three."

Crocker congratulated Scott before Monday's press conference and acknowledged the credentials of a man he could work under in 2010.

Contracted to North for another season, Crocker said he would meet with Scott to hear his plans for the support staff and football department.

"In a couple of weeks' time, when I've got time to digest everything that's gone on in the second half of the year, I'll have a think about what the future holds for me," Crocker said.

"At the moment, my head space is all about helping the players over the next two weeks.

"I've got to sit down with Brad and have a chat about where I fit in. I've been committed to this footy club for a long time and we'll obviously have to cross that bridge when we get to it."

Since taking over from Laidley, Crocker believes he has had an impact on the players which will help Scott in his own transition.

"Brad obviously comes from a very successful playing background," he said. "Now he's been an assistant coach to a very astute person in Mick Malthouse and comes very well grounded. It's a great opportunity for him in what I consider very exciting times ahead.

"I've definitely started the journey for Brad. Especially going into a new facility, something I addressed when I first took over was creating the standards of a high-performance culture and trying to build the self-belief of the playing group.

"Even though the win-loss hasn't translated as much as you'd like, I think there have been signs that that's started to happen."