<P> On 13 April 2012, It was announced that Webjet would take over the sponsorship of Melbourne Football Club after the controversial comments by former Melbourne sponsor, Ben Pollis, of Energy Watch . On the field, the Demons had a poor start to the season, losing the first nine matches of the season before finally winning in round 10, upsetting then top - placed Essendon by six points . </P> <P> Despite the off - season acquisitions of several players, such as Shannon Byrnes, Tom Gillies, Chris Dawes, David Rodan and Jack Viney, the Demons underachieved in the first half of the 2013 season, managing just one win in their first 11 games . As the result of this poor start to the season, during the Demons' mid-season bye on 17 June 2013, Mark Neeld was sacked as head coach . His sacking came within weeks of the departures of senior Demons' staff members Cameron Schwab and Don McLardy . Neeld left the Demons with just five wins in 33 games coached, for a winning percentage of just 15% . Demons' senior assistant coach, Neil Craig, was appointed as the caretaker coach for the remainder of the season . Following a disastrous season finish of 17th on the ladder with two wins, on 6 September the club announced that Sydney premiership coach Paul Roos had signed a two - year deal to coach the Demons, with the option of a third year . </P> <P> On 31 July 2012, the AFL's Integrity Officer, Brett Clothier, announced a full investigation into Melbourne's 2009 season regarding allegations that the Demons had "tanked" (set out to lose) games during the season to secure a priority draft - pick that year, available to clubs winning fewer than five games . Although the press had published such allegations previously, the investigation was prompted by specific statements from former player Brock McLean during a TV interview on On The Couch earlier in July 2012 . Melbourne club officials, led by board chairman Don McLardy, vigorously denied the tanking allegations . The investigation lasted 203 days and Clothier interviewed over 50 people associated with the club . The AFL released its findings on 19 February 2013 . Clothier effectively cleared Melbourne of tanking, stating "there was no directive from the board and executive of the Melbourne Football Club to deliberately lose matches and that the club, coach and players did not deliberately set out to lose matches ." However, the investigation did establish a' secret' meeting, known as "The Vault", had taken place during 2009 at which club football manager Chris Connolly impressed upon then - coach Dean Bailey the desirability of procuring a priority draft pick . The AFL fined Melbourne $500,000 and suspended Connolly for one year from involvement in Melbourne's training and match - day duties and Bailey (subsequently an assistant coach of Adelaide) for 16 weeks from coaching duties, on the basis they had contravened rule 1.6 by "acting in a manner prejudicial to the interests of the AFL ." Neither Melbourne, Connolly or Bailey contested these penalties . </P> <P> Paul Roos's first year in his tenure as Demon's head coach saw an improvement from their 2013 season, with the Demons doubling their win tally and their points tally, in addition to increasing their percentage and reducing the number of points conceded by the team . However, the Demons finished the season in 17th place for the second consecutive season . </P>

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