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A long-time footy administrator, Daly has spoken on multiple occasions about his desire to one day be a senior coach, but it won\u2019t be as Chris Fagan\u2019s successor. <\/p>\n
Joining Daly in deciding on Fagan\u2019s replacement are Lions chairman Andrew Wellington, chief executive Sam Graham, coaching mentor Phil Smyth, and director Leigh Matthews in an advisory capacity, with support from club great Simon Black and sports psychologist Matti Clements. <\/p>\n
Black and Clements were both a part of the selection process that saw triple premiership coach Fagan offered the senior coach role in 2016. <\/p>\n
But while Collingwood great Nathan Buckley\u2019s prospective chances were boosted by Daly\u2019s preclusion, Seven\u2019s Tom Morris believes Brisbane assistant Cameron Bruce is at the front of the queue. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think Cameron Bruce is the overwhelming favourite at the moment,\u201d Morris said on Agenda Setters. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a two-week block I reckon; this is going to move pretty quickly for the Lions, they\u2019re not going to delay things.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cameron Bruce now shapes as a leading contender to be the next Brisbane senior coach. (Photo by Travis Hayto\/AFL Photos via Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Bruce, who has served at the Lions since 2021, had been in charge of the club\u2019s midfield group under Fagan. <\/p>\n
The 47-year-old transitioned into coaching after his 234-game AFL career with Melbourne and Hawthorn ended in 2012. <\/p>\n
Bruce, who turned down an offer to enter Carlton\u2019s head-coaching process this year, was also a part of the Hawks\u2019 2013-15 premiership dynasty as an assistant under Alastair Clarkson.<\/p>\n
While Bruce is now viewed as the favourite, Cats assistant and former Collingwood coach Buckley may be one of the men standing in the way. <\/p>\n
Featuring on Fox Footy\u2019s On The Couch last month, Buckley said he determined 12 months ago he\u2019d \u201clove to be a senior coach again,\u201d having applied for \u2014 but eventually pulling out of \u2014 the Kangaroos coaching search over the weekend. <\/p>\n
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Whoever replaces Fagan at Brisbane will try and steer the club to a record-equalling fourth-straight premiership in 2027. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe appointment of our next senior coach is an important decision for the club\u2019s future, and I am pleased we have assembled an experienced and highly skilled panel to lead a thorough and considered process,\u201d Lions CEO Sam Graham said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am also pleased to confirm Danny Daly has accepted an elevated role as general manager football to lead our football program, recognising both his first-class leadership and his role overseeing our high-performing football environment. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDanny has decided not to pursue the senior coach role and will play a key role in selecting and supporting the new coach as the club enters the next phase.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will now work through this process methodically and take the time required to identify the best person to coach our AFL team into its next chapter of sustained success.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Brisbane assistant coach is said to be the \u201coverwhelming favourite\u201d to land Brisbane\u2019s vacant senior-coaching gig. It…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":919990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,85,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-919989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919989","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=919989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/919990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}