Voss now appears highly unlikely to be recontracted by Carlton<\/a>, which would face a delicate balancing act if it moved on the coach, according to CODE Sports reporter Jon Ralph.<\/p>\n\u201cThe greatest challenge for Carlton is to exit Michael Voss with all of the respect that he deserves, but also finding a coach before the finals campaign starts,\u201d Ralph told Fox Footy\u2019s On The Couch on Monday night.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat would give Carlton all the time it needs for massive list calls. The likes of Patrick Cripps, Harry McKay and also chase the likes of Joel Amartey.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019ve got a coach in place by September 1, you can make that call and make that pitch and show your vision.<\/p>\n
‘I don’t coach for my job!’ | 01:06<\/p>\n
\u201cThe roadmap for Graham Wright \u2013 the former Collingwood CEO \u2013 would seem to be very similar to five years ago when the club (Collingwood) did move on from Nathan Buckley. That was a decision they made to appoint Craig McRae by September 1.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything is up for grabs (at Carlton), but first they have to find a way to move on Michael with class and dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Riewoldt said it was \u201ccritically important\u201d the Blues treat Voss with the \u201cutmost respect\u201d, but added from his experience there can be benefits to moving on a coach in-season.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom all reports inside Carlton, through what has been a really difficult time on-field and off-field, he (Voss) has been outstanding,\u201d Riewoldt told On The Couch.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fact of the matter is the bye is (looming) and that seems like a potential time where it could happen. But it buys you time to get a look at everyone in-season, so you still get a sample size of 10 rounds of assistant coaches coaching at their respective teams and having a look at your own team.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve lived this twice with Terry Wallace early days then Damien Hardwick left (Richmond) \u2026 I think it breaths a breath of fresh air.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the question they\u2019re going to ask is if you get a high-profile coach in, does that increase your chances of getting someone like a Joel Amartey \u2013 or potentially more talent \u2013 into your football club knowing that the coach has been secured pre-finals?\u201d<\/p>\n
Buckley, who parted ways with Collingwood as coach midway through 2021, empathised with Voss\u2019 situation.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt can be difficult because you take a huge amount of responsibility as a senior coach for the current representation of your team and it\u2019s not always fully accurate,\u201d he told On the Couch. \u201cI see Carlton as a team who has great potential but they\u2019re not quite putting it together at the moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I just think the way he\u2019s carrying himself has been first-class. We\u2019ve had the Elijah Hollands situation month ago \u2026 the way that he\u2019s presented has been strong. He hasn\u2019t wavered at any point.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that\u2019s really strong leadership \u2013 would you expect anything else from Michael Voss? \u2013 and I think he\u2019s a man that knows that he\u2019s putting everything that he possibly can into it, which makes the alternatives palatable given that he knows there\u2019s no more he can do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Voss\u2019 Blues fell 11 points short of an unlikely upset over the Lions last week after trailing by 49 points early in the third term.<\/p>\n
Despite their impressive second-half comeback, Melbourne legend Garry Lyon said he walked away from the game glass half-empty on Carlton.<\/p>\n
Lions withstand second half Blues surge | 02:46<\/p>\n
\u201cYou pay it off on the night because they\u2019ve had their head kicked in for a long time and there were admirable parts to it. But I got home and said: \u2018I\u2019m not having any of it,\u2019\u201d Lyon told Fox Footy\u2019s AFL 360 on Monday night. \u201cThey still only played a half of footy in the end, flipped it around from one half to the other.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey can take it where they want and build on it and write whatever story they want around it. For me \u2026 the hardest thing for Carlton right now is to win when they know they should, which they haven\u2019t been able to do. The easiest thing for them to do is to try and win when they know they can\u2019t \u2013 and that\u2019s the way I looked upon it on the weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo one expects them to win when they\u2019re 49 points down, so the easiest thing to do is to try and win when you know you can\u2019t.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo it for longer than a half, do it when you\u2019re expected to win, have that lead of eight points into the third quarter then kick the clutch goal and then everyone else rise up \u2026 Do it when you\u2019re supposed to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seven-time All-Australian Nathan Buckley has lauded besieged Blues coach Michael Voss\u2019 \u201cfirst-class\u201d demeanour across recent weeks as Richmond…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-663947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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