{"id":97921,"date":"2025-08-26T20:08:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T20:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/97921\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T20:08:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T20:08:15","slug":"blues-bloodbath-continues-as-coaches-aaron-greaves-aaron-hamill-and-tom-lonergan-depart-immediately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/97921\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues bloodbath continues as coaches Aaron Greaves, Aaron Hamill and Tom Lonergan depart immediately"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Carlton\u2019s overhaul has continued after retaining senior coach Michael Voss for 2026, with three assistants moving on as part of a \u201crevamp\u201d of its structure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Aaron Hamill was under contract for next year but has departed alongside Aaron Greaves, while Tom Lonergan told the Blues he had accepted a role elsewhere \u2014 later revealed to be a switch into Geelong\u2019s recruiting department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The trio\u2019s exit from Princes Park follows the decision to part ways with long-time football boss Brad Lloyd as new CEO Graham Wright seeks to turn around Carlton\u2019s fortunes after a season without finals footy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-178igh4-StyledParagraph e1s06mna1\">Know the news with the 7NEWS app: <a class=\"css-cvgehw-StyledContextualLink e1s06mna0\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/app?utm_source=7NEWS&amp;utm_medium=contextual-link-app&amp;utm_campaign=7news-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Download today <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/static\/media\/right-red-arrow.92bca5db.svg\" alt=\"Download today\" height=\"14\" width=\"20\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Greaves and Hamill arrived alongside Voss at the end of 2021, with the latter leading the backline for the past four seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Greaves was head of coaching performance, supporting the group and the football department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Lonergan, a Geelong premiership player, had been a development coach since joining the Blues ahead of the 2023 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cOur club would like to thank all three coaches for their dedicated contribution during their time at the football club and we wish them well in their next steps,\u201d acting football boss Len Villani said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cWe will now work through the overall structure of our AFL coaching group going into 2026 and will communicate those updates with our members accordingly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Earlier this month Carlton committed to Voss, whose contract expires at the end of next year, after he was backed in by Wright following the new boss\u2019s review into the football department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Lloyd was the first to be axed, with Wright flagging more changes at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cSince last October I have been fortunate &#8230; to gain a thorough understanding of every aspect of our football club,\u201d the CEO said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cIn recent months, particular attention has been given to the football department in order to gain a comprehensive understanding of our AFL program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cI appreciate the open dialogue I have been afforded by our players, coaches and staff \u2014 with every conversation centred around what is best for Carlton and how our club can succeed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cSuccessful clubs don\u2019t rely on individuals; they are a product of collective excellence across many areas and that is what we are striving to build.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The coaching changes come ahead of what could be a busy trade period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Coleman medallist <a class=\"css-1lg16vp-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/sport\/afl\/charlie-curnow-set-to-air-grievances-with-carlton-in-crunch-meeting-as-sydney-swans-trade-rumours-persist-c-19800306\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Charlie Curnow is set to \u201cair some grievances\u201d with the Blues in his exit meeting on Tuesday<\/a> against the backdrop of persistent trade rumours.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"css-6fiqrm-StyledLinkWrapper e1y7kr221\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/sport\/afl\/charlie-curnow-set-to-air-grievances-with-carlton-in-crunch-meeting-as-sydney-swans-trade-rumours-persist-c-19800306\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>Charlie Curnow set to \u2018air grievances\u2019 with Carlton in crunch meeting<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xp0jgm-StyledTimeToRead e1y7kr223\">3 min read<\/p>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"css-6fiqrm-StyledLinkWrapper e1y7kr221\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/sport\/afl\/ken-hinkley-receives-extraordinary-proposal-from-fiery-afl-rival-hawthorn-as-essendon-also-make-play-c-19799782\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>Ken Hinkley receives \u2018extraordinary\u2019 offer from fiery AFL rival<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xp0jgm-StyledTimeToRead e1y7kr223\">3 min read<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlton\u2019s overhaul has continued after retaining senior coach Michael Voss for 2026, with three assistants moving on as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[638,3239,43,44,588,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-97921","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-carlton-blues","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-sport","13":"tag-top-news","14":"tag-top-stories","15":"tag-topnews","16":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97921","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=97921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}