Cahill looks far more like a CEO in waiting rather than a DOF. He has spoken openly about having a passion for business and he has worked extensively, both in his playing and post-playing career, to build himself a huge network across several continents. His business and commercial acumen would be completely wasted as a DOF, which requires a different skill set altogether. As shown by Steve Walsh, not even a highly thought of scout is able to bring enough to enough to the table. Someone like Dan Ashworth I think would be a far more suitable appointment for that position if we were to go back down that route.
A Cahill - Ashworth - Lampard chain of command is incredibly appealing to me, all young progressive appointments. Probably far too progressive for this dumb as rocks club though.