Adelaide has begun the difficult process of looking towards next week's game and the team's return to the field, following the tragic death of coach Phil Walsh.
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The Crows' players gathered at the club on Saturday morning, having had dinner together on Friday night with each other and their partners.
Chief executive Andrew Fagan said the players were still grappling with the immediate emotions that their coach's death have prompted, but were looking after each other.
He said the club would make some decisions about who would lead the team through the second half of the season in the next few days.
"They're doing OK. Yesterday there was a lot of shock and disbelief as you would expect. There's still a bit of that but I think we're moving through a range of emotions," Fagan said on Saturday morning.
The players and staff at Adelaide have had access to a wide range of counselling and other support options, and will continue to.
"Everyone deals with these things differently so the focus for us has been ensuring that we're keeping close to all 45 players and our staff to make sure they all have the support they need to deal with it in their own way.
"We spent a lot of time together yesterday here at the club, and last night the players had a meal together with their partners, who are obviously a critical part of the club.
"The boys will have a bit of a run round today just to get back into a little bit of their routine and we'll just deal with today and move through tomorrow and eventually slot back into a bit of normality, at least in terms of the functional aspects of how a footy club runs.
"The emotional impact is going to continue for some time but physically we'll get the boys back moving as quickly as possible."
With Sunday's game against Geelong cancelled, the players must next travel to Perth to play West Coast in round 15.
"We need to start to turn our attention to some of the decisions we have to make. We're doing that," Fagan said.
"We had some meetings this morning about some of that, and that will continue over the course of the weekend.
"I'd like to think within the next 48 hours or so that we'll have a decision on our coaching structure that will take us through the rest of the season."
The chief executive was touched by the show of support from Hawthorn and Collingwood on Friday night, when the players and coaches from both clubs formed a circle in the middle of the MCG after their game.
"The Hawthorn-Collingwood tribute was extraordinary. They're class individuals and class clubs and it was a touching moment that brought a tear to more than just my eye," Fagan said.
"This has been a tough place to be over the last 24 hours but as I've said I don't think there's a better place to be when tragedy strikes than a football club.
"We're resilient beasts, football clubs, we've got that sense of team. People look after each other and rely on each other.
"That's what you need to get through these types of situations and that's what all the 100 people at this footy club will be doing for each other for as long as it takes."