Blackwell has targeted a potential right-hand man and he told the club's official website that his preferred man for the job has seven years proven experience in the First Division, and he hopes to be in a position to name him very soon.
He said: "There will be big changes and that hopefully will be for the good.
"I want a new culture at this football club, we can draw a line in the sand now and anybody who comes into the club knows exactly what is expected of them.
"Having left Sheffield United I made appointments there that are going to be there a long time after I left, for that was the key to it, and I will be following the same policy here."