Brisbane Lions set to appoint Michael Voss as coach
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Mark Stevens
September 02, 2008 12:35pm
MICHAEL Voss has been named as the new coach of the Brisbane Lions, replacing the departing Leigh Matthews.
Michael Voss new Lions coach
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September 02, 2008 02:32pm
BREAKING NEWS MICHAEL Voss has been appointed as the new coach of the Brisbane Lions. The three-time premiership captain was named as a replacement for Leigh Matthews at a press conference moments ago. He has been given a three-year contract.
Matthews out – Voss in
By Mic Cullen
2:35 PM Tue 02 September, 2008
"This morning's situation is that Michael is committed to us, and I would think that he has got a serious decision to make if Brisbane offer him the senior coaching job," Nisbett said on Monday.
"We would obviously not stand in anyone's way if they were able to get a senior position – there's only 16 available at any one time – and consequently Michael's in that position at the moment."
Nisbett said Worsfold was realistic about the situation and would happily release Voss if he had the chance to take up a senior coaching position.
Triple premiership captain Michael Voss has been named new coach of the Brisbane Lions
Brisbane Lions release statement on Michael Voss
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September 02, 2008 02:30pm
THE statement released by the Brisbane Lions today as triple premiership captain Michael Voss was appointed coach of the AFL club.
The Brisbane Lions board has officially appointed former captain, triple premiership player, Brownlow Medallist, five-time club champion and five-time All-Australian Michael Voss as the new senior coach of the club for a three-year term.
Are they seriously going to rush an important decision like the senior coach position and make it now on emotion? Is Michael Voss the one to go straight into the job?
Now, Vossy and I are mates and I would one day love to see him as a senior coach. I tell him this to his face, but right now I just don't think he has as much credibility as others who would be interested in the post.
To be honest, I am as qualified as Vossy to coach and for some reason no one has given me a ring yet. If he gets the job I will be the first to congratulate him and wish him well. From then on I would just hope he can live up to the hype.
Brisbane Lions approached new coach Michael Voss earlier this year
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By Paul Malone
September 02, 2008 03:30pm
"I stand before you to say I am ready," Voss, a three-time premiership captain of the Lions, said today.
"I'll let other people make their judgments."
``Michael is young but he is a strong leader and will bring the right skills to the job," Kelly said.
"He will do it the Michael Voss way.''
Voss said the goal for the 2009 season had to be to make the finals.
Voss lifts the lid on a double life
Nick Smart
September 3rd, 2008
It was revealed Voss, Matthews and the Lions' board had been meeting as early as March to discuss a succession plan that would kick in after the departure of the head coach.
In effect, the Brisbane board had already pre-approved Voss for the position but the process ground to a halt when Matthews failed to pin down an exit date.
.....and we are on our way again
Voss vows to be tough
September 02, 2008
"Make no mistake, I'm here to get results,'' declared Voss who secured a release from an assistant coaching job with the West Coast Eagles.
"Everyone stands on the same line whether I've played with them or whether I haven't.”
Voss's philosophy is the team above all. "The one thing I learned from Leigh Matthews is that the team's decision is put first,'' he said.
Lions chief backs appointment
02/09/2008 05:52 PM
Paul Gough
Sportal
Brisbane Lions chairman Tony Kelly denied on Tuesday the club had acted hastily in appointing the untried Michael Voss as coach just a day after the shock resignation of the club's three-time premiership coach Leigh Matthews.
Is Voss ready?
02/09/2008 06:14 PM
Paul Gough
Sportal
Why the rush?
The Brisbane Lions decision to appoint favourite son Michael Voss just one day after the departure of the club's greatest coach Leigh Matthews smacks of a situation in which there was only ever one candidate for the job.
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