What about what happened at the Bulldogs? Wallace got a running jump out of them early doors and led them through a steady decline over the following seasons until he pulled the pin. Then he took over at the Tigers. Yes there are mitigating factors but a s**t coach is a s**t coach.
Voss is going to carry the can for that mental recruiting at Brisbane for quite some time. Adding Xavier Clarke, Amon Buchanan, Andrew Raines, etc for a tilt at the premiership? Want to gamble with your club and career on someone who had a lapse in judgment like that?
I think Ratten will get another go, and we could do a lot worse than get him in. Whether he wants to leave the Hawks or not is a different story.
Voss is a good coach. He never should have had the freedom to make all the calls regarding recruiting. Our club was (and still is) way Under resourced. Any club would do well to get Voss on board as an assistant at least.
I think he could extract the mongrel out of your mids.