Former Lions AFL coach Michael Voss working hard to keep fit in life after footy. Picture: Adam Head Source: Adam Head / News Corp Australia
SACKED Brisbane coach Michael Voss says the Lions' board turfed him mid-season so they could start their unsuccessful chase for Paul Roos.
Voss has opened up on the circumstances of the sacking, with his Lions 8-11 last year but with several likely late-season wins ahead.
He said the club clearly wanted to go after Sydney premiership coach Roos, who at that stage was already talking with Melbourne.
Voss said he would forever regret the circumstances of the Daniel Bradshaw fiasco, saying the premiership teammate would still not return his calls.
And he said he warned the Lions if they did not invest more in their football department, the exodus of young players which occurred last year was likely.
The triple Brisbane premiership captain tells Mike Sheahan on Monday's Open Mike that the Roos chase sped up and potentially led to his sacking.
"There were some peripheral issues starting to emerge (when we were 8-11), a sense of urgency around the decision that needed to be made at that time,'' he said.
"here was a definite play for the club to go after Roosy and he was well down the track for another football club.
"The club was very keen to have him on board, and to do that I needed to not be in the position. They made that decision, and I only knew bits and pieces of what was going on.
"When I rang my wife that day (I was sacked), it was, "It's happened", as opposed to, "You will never believe what happened".
"There was a sense of inevitability. The circumstances (of why I was sacked) are still so vague to me. But I have felt like whether its success or failure, you have to deal with it and move on."
He admits the club made false moves in the trade period that saw Brendan Fevola arrive, but his biggest regret is the Daniel Bradshaw scenario.
He would eventually leave for Sydney, disgusted with the Lions, with Voss saying that episode made him a more values-based coach.
"it is still gut-wrenching and is still remains with me. I rang him on the Tuesday and there was a lot of noise about Fev and it hadn't come across my table. I rang Daniel and said we haven't spoken about that, and three days later I had to make the call that we are considering it and would like you to entertain the option of going to Carlton.
"I felt like I had let him down. I have lost that friendship. I haven't spoken to Daniel (since). It was about communication — that I had let him know something, and something else happened."
Voss said he wrote an official report to the Lions hierarchy pleading for more resources, with the lack of support in the footy department a key reason why so many kids left.
"We had an opportunity in 2012 to ensure we put the right resources around them and we didn't do it for whatever reason,'' he said.
"In the report I filed to the executive of the club at the time, I highlighted that if we don't get this right retention will be a major issue for the club in the very near future."
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