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CibbuanoVoss joins the Eagles
July 10th 2008 07:39
WEST COAST has appointed three-time Brisbane Lions premiership captain Michael Voss as its new assistant coach for the next two years.
Voss, who will begin working with the club when pre-season training kicks off in November said he was looking forward to working at the Eagles.
"I have made a decision to pursue a coaching career and after two years out of AFL football I'm really excited about the prospect of joining the Eagles,” Voss said.
"They are a club I've always admired and (head coach) John Worsfold is a person of the highest integrity. I look forward to working under him and learning the workings of another AFL club from the inside.”
Voss rejected an offer from the AFL to be the foundation coach of the new Gold Coast club when it entered the league in 2011.
The 1996 Brownlow medallist said the length of the contract offered by the AFL - a three-year deal which included only one year as an AFL club - played a major role in him not accepting the position.
"If I was going to accept the Gold Coast job I wanted to know I was going to be able to have a really good crack at it," he said.
"I asked for an extended period but it wasn't to be. I understand and accept that.
"I want to thank the AFL and members of their GC17 bid team for their interest and wish the Gold Coast all the best. There's no doubt it is a fantastic initiative and I'm sure it will be successful."
Voss, who will begin working with the club when pre-season training kicks off in November said he was looking forward to working at the Eagles.
"I have made a decision to pursue a coaching career and after two years out of AFL football I'm really excited about the prospect of joining the Eagles,” Voss said.
"They are a club I've always admired and (head coach) John Worsfold is a person of the highest integrity. I look forward to working under him and learning the workings of another AFL club from the inside.”
Voss rejected an offer from the AFL to be the foundation coach of the new Gold Coast club when it entered the league in 2011.
The 1996 Brownlow medallist said the length of the contract offered by the AFL - a three-year deal which included only one year as an AFL club - played a major role in him not accepting the position.
"If I was going to accept the Gold Coast job I wanted to know I was going to be able to have a really good crack at it," he said.
"I asked for an extended period but it wasn't to be. I understand and accept that.
"I want to thank the AFL and members of their GC17 bid team for their interest and wish the Gold Coast all the best. There's no doubt it is a fantastic initiative and I'm sure it will be successful."
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