{"id":241029,"date":"2025-06-24T16:51:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T06:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=241029"},"modified":"2025-06-24T16:51:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T06:51:40","slug":"why-carlton-are-looking-beyond-the-voss-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=241029","title":{"rendered":"Why Carlton are looking beyond the Voss question"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Michael Voss is both fortunate and cursed to live in these strange times, when fans have more outlets for their anger \u2013 and more reason to be aggrieved if they follow Carlton \u2013 but when his club is wedded to a more sober response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carlton\u2019s options for repairs, at round 16, are pretty limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They can\u2019t sack Voss. Not now, despite what a portion of their enraged fan base craves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the coach is to be moved on, it should not happen until the end of the season. They are not in competition with another club, at this point, for the services of a new coach \u2013 be it a proven premiership coach, like John Longmire<\/a>, or the best credentialled assistant who suits club needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Voss\u2019s Blues have six wins from 14 games and are 10th on the ladder. Had they beaten North, they would be 7-7, with Port Adelaide coming; finals would be still less than likely, but they would be reachable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further, another mid-season coach sacking inflicts reputational damage<\/a> on the Blues, a reality that the hanging fans don\u2019t seem to get. Either that or their rage is such that they dismiss that as a consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once, sacking the coach \u2013 or another sacrificial lamb \u2013 might have sated the odd beer, pub or cardboard baron\u2019s lust for change, but it will not change the reality that the Blues don\u2019t have enough cattle to beat the best teams. Not consistently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Monday, the Blues declined to make public their private support for Voss, save for Patrick Cripps\u2019 off-the-cuff comments.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They did not wish to talk about Voss\u2019s position, on the grounds that it did not serve anyone\u2019s interests \u2013 least of all the coach\u2019s \u2013 to do so. But privately, the message was that the hierarchy had not even discussed Voss\u2019s position \u2013 he was coaching on, and they would not respond to external noise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Voss has a contract for 2026, but this wouldn\u2019t necessarily be his salvation if Graham Wright, the incoming CEO who has been reviewing the club\u2019s football operations, decided Voss wasn\u2019t the right man to coach next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(The Age)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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