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CibbuanoVoss' coaching future up in the air
June 28th 2008 01:34
MICHAEL Voss would not be precluded from coaching the Gold Coast franchise when they enter the AFL in 2011 even if he decided to pursue other coaching opportunities in the meantime, according to AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou.
The three-time Brisbane premiership captain has been approached by West Coast coach John Worsfold to join the Eagles in a senior assistant role.
But Demetriou said Voss may be put at a disadvantage if he seeks experience as an assistant before taking a senior job.
"I think the coach who coaches the next couple of years would be in the driver's seat to coach when they (Gold Coast) enter the AFL system," Demetriou said.
"Having said that, it gives that coach and the board of GC17 a chance to look at each other and it may just be, as I said before, it may be that the coach of GC17 might be in popular demand from other clubs, or it might just be that some other unbelievably good coach is out of contract and is interested in coaching the Gold Coast.
"It would be a nice headache to have, but I do think that someone who starts with the club would be in the driver's seat and I think it would be exciting for that person."
Former Lions boss and member of the GC17 bid team Graeme Downie said last week the development coach was likely to be given first crack at the senior position.
"The way we would like to approach it is to appoint a development coach who would stay on as our senior coach," Downie said.
"It is possible that we could end up with a lower-profile coach without AFL aspirations for the next two years before stepping back into the market."
Demetriou said a decision on who will coach the new Gold Coast side, which will play in the under-18 TAC Cup competition next year before moving up a level to the VFL in 2010, then debut in the AFL the following year, will be made within a month.
The three-time Brisbane premiership captain has been approached by West Coast coach John Worsfold to join the Eagles in a senior assistant role.
But Demetriou said Voss may be put at a disadvantage if he seeks experience as an assistant before taking a senior job.
"I think the coach who coaches the next couple of years would be in the driver's seat to coach when they (Gold Coast) enter the AFL system," Demetriou said.
"Having said that, it gives that coach and the board of GC17 a chance to look at each other and it may just be, as I said before, it may be that the coach of GC17 might be in popular demand from other clubs, or it might just be that some other unbelievably good coach is out of contract and is interested in coaching the Gold Coast.
"It would be a nice headache to have, but I do think that someone who starts with the club would be in the driver's seat and I think it would be exciting for that person."
Former Lions boss and member of the GC17 bid team Graeme Downie said last week the development coach was likely to be given first crack at the senior position.
"The way we would like to approach it is to appoint a development coach who would stay on as our senior coach," Downie said.
"It is possible that we could end up with a lower-profile coach without AFL aspirations for the next two years before stepping back into the market."
Demetriou said a decision on who will coach the new Gold Coast side, which will play in the under-18 TAC Cup competition next year before moving up a level to the VFL in 2010, then debut in the AFL the following year, will be made within a month.
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