Coach ... Michael Voss talks after being sacked by Brisbane. Source: Chris Hyde / Getty Images
THE Brisbane Lions have designed a left-field succession model where their next senior coach will be appointed for one fixed term to develop the best senior assistant coach in the country.
Paul Roos remains the Lions No.1 target to replace Michael Voss but, if he cannot be recruited, the likes of caretaker coach Mark Harvey could be promoted on a short-term deal to groom the next long-term appointment.
The Lions say they have not received AFL funding to recruit Roos, who would command $1.5 million a season and has successfully groomed John Longmire at Sydney.
Whoever takes over as senior coach must embrace the succession model and will have a say in the appointment of his successor.
Lions premiership player Justin Leppitsch, now at Richmond, and Kangaroos star Adam Simpson, who is understudy to Alastair Clarkson at Hawthorn, are the leading candidates to be appointed on the guarantee they will take over as head coach in two years.
The Lions say they have not settled on Harvey as the No.1 alternative to Roos and have made overtures to other candidates.
Former senior coaches Rodney Eade and Mark Williams have not been approached and triple Brisbane premiership coach Leigh Matthews has declared he would not be tempted to return.
It is understood Harvey had been looking for employment opportunities for next year in Perth where his family still live but was tipped off several weeks ago by a well-connected player manager that he would be coaching Brisbane for the final rounds of the season.
Lions chairman Angus Johnson insisted the board had undertaken an exhaustive process in identifying the succession plan as its preferred model and said the successful applicant would have previous senior coaching experience.
However, he did not believe the club needed a coach with a high profile to boost the sport's sagging popularity and said he would be in charge of coaching the team and not just a figurehead.
"We are looking for a senior coach that embraces the concept of succession, passing on his experience and wisdom and developing the senior assistant coach to be our next senior coach," he said.
"We believe in the succession model."
Johnson confirmed Roos was the priority target but admitted he was not overly confident the 2005 Swans premiership coach wanted the job.
He said the decision to sack Voss was not rushed in order to enter the auction for Roos.
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