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- News.com.au
AFL 2025: St Kilda coach Ross Lyon responds to report of unofficial succession plan
St Kilda coach Ross Lyon steered clear of earmarking assistant Corey Enright as his potential successor, declaring the decision 'above my pay station'. Enright was reported as unofficially next in line for the Saints' senior coaching role once Lyon's tenure finishes. The former three-time premiership Cat has served as an assistant at St Kilda since 2022 alongside Robert Harvey, Jared Rivers and Brendon Bolton. Lyon joked that Enright could have the role now ahead of the Saints' tough trip west to take on Fremantle before praising the club's intent to build its entire coaching panel. 'We certainly elevated Corey to senior assistant, we work really closely together,' he said. 'He can have it today if he likes, I'm not sure he would want to go over to Perth, in all seriousness, we've got some really high-end assistants. 'What we're building here on and off the field, we'd like to get an alignment and continue it on in perpetuity, really, and ultimately end up the best Saints ever. 'If Corey is part of that, that would be great, I've just got to stay in the present and keep working – we've got a real philosophy we want to develop all our people. 'Serious football clubs develop their people … all our assistants are required to do it, Corey went to Harvard last year (for) an authentic leadership course. 'We'll continue to grow him, there's nothing, anything in writing, an agreement, but Robert Harvey's coached senior football, Brendan Bolton (as well), we've got a really experienced panel.' Lyon said stability was important in luring and maintaining key players, perhaps alluding to the likes of Max King and out-of-contract gun Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera. But he handballed the decision as to whether Enright would be St Kilda's next senior coach to the club board and executives. 'It's above my station in life and at the club, it's certainly not something that is present and front of mind,' he said. 'Obviously, contract negotiations players want to know where I'm at, which is nice right, then the club extended me for a year. 'A part of that is what stability, if you don't go on, will there be and we just think we've got people who can step into it at the right time if that's appropriate. 'It's an executive and board decision, ultimately. There will a process run, there's no mandate anywhere. Theoretically, it's a nice theory, we like it.'
ABC News
23-05-2025
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- ABC News
Postecoglou's message touches Blues AFL coach Voss after Spurs' Europa League win
Carlton coach Michael Voss could not help but smile when he saw Ange Postecoglou's name pop up on his phone. He had not expected the trailblazing Tottenham Hotspur manager — and Carlton supporter — to reply to his text message of congratulations for his Europa League final triumph on Thursday AEST. Postecoglou's Spurs defeated Manchester United 1-0 in the final in Bilbao, giving the North London club its first trophy in 17 years. "I wasn't expecting a reply, but such is the man, he (Postecoglou) replied," Voss said. "Short and succinct and the last message was 'Always watching', which was a nice little message at the end." Postecoglou has long-standing links to Carlton, including being a part of the selection panel that chose Brendon Bolton as coach in 2015. Voss spent time at Spurs over the off-season, working with Postecoglou as part of a personal development trip. He relished Postecoglou's "special" triumph. "He's (Postecoglou) very forthright in his views and I think some people have called him stubborn at times," Voss said. "But I just see a coach that really believes in what he thinks is the right way to do it, and he's proven that over time. "I will just say that probably the message is not so much what he told me, but what I get out of it was, it's about persistence and modelling the right things, and you've got to believe, keep getting after it. "It really doesn't matter what other people say. It's more about what we think and what we believe." Voss said he hoped to draw on some of the adversity and pressure Postecoglou had overcome. "Watching another coach go about their business and how they're able to do that, it probably does put into context the enormity of the job," Voss said ahead of the Blues' clash with GWS at Docklands on Saturday. "And the level of persistence it takes to be able to obviously experience the ultimate. "If anything, you walk away, you're almost doubling down on the things you think are right. And that holds you in good stead. "Maybe there's a little bit of a lesson in that for us right now." The Blues are 12th on the ladder, four points adrift of the eighth-placed Giants. AAP
Daily Mail
23-05-2025
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- Daily Mail
AFL coach Michael Voss reveals the uplifting two-word message he got from Ange Postecoglou after Europa League triumph
Carlton coach Michael Voss couldn't help but smile when he saw Ange Postecoglou 's name pop up on his phone. He hadn't expected the trailblazing Tottenham Hotspur manager, and big Carlton fan, to get back to his message of congratulations for his Europa League triumph. After all, Postecoglou is the biggest deal in Australian sport right now, following his trailblazing Europa League final win over Manchester United. 'I wasn't expecting a reply, but such is the man, he replied,' Voss said on Thursday. 'Short and succinct and the last message was 'always watching', which was a nice little message at the end.' Postecoglou has long-standing links to Carlton, including being a part of the selection panel that chose Brendon Bolton as coach in 2015. Voss spent time at Spurs over the off-season working with Postecoglou as part of a personal development trip and on Thursday morning relished his 'special' triumph. 'He's very forthright in his views, and I think some people have called him stubborn at times,' he said. 'But I just see a coach that really believes in what he thinks is the right way to do it, and he's proven that over time. 'I will just say that probably the message is not so much what he told me, but what I get out of it was, it's about persistence and modelling the right things and you gotta believe, keep getting after it. 'It really doesn't matter what other people say. It's more about what we think and what we believe.' Voss hopes to draw on some of the adversity and pressure Postecoglou has overcome. 'Watching another coach go about their business and how they're able to do that, it probably does put into context the enormity of the job,' he said ahead of Saturday's clash with GWS at Marvel Stadium. Voss's under-achieving Carlton team are sitting 11th on the ladder 'And the level of persistence it takes to be able to obviously experience the ultimate. 'If anything, you walk away, you're almost doubling down on the things you think are right. And that holds you in good stead. 'Maybe there's a little bit of lessons in that for us right now.' The Blues will regain Tom De Koning as they attempt to overcome recent inconsistency against injury-hit GWS. Voss was prepared for Giants skipper Toby Greene, in his 250th game, to set the tone, while he went in to bat for skipper Patrick Cripps, who has come under some criticism. 'You get stuck a little bit between the criticism of we're a one man band, and then as soon as a few others start joining him, it's he's not doing good enough,' Voss said. 'So I'll take the share load version. 'I'll take the leader who's willing to step back for others to step up and I think we'll be ultimately a better club because of it.' There is no timeline on Elijah Hollands' return from leave for personal reasons. The Blues will honour late club great Robert Walls with a one-minute round of applause at 12.42pm, seven minutes into the first quarter on Saturday - representing his 12 years at Carlton in the No.42 guernsey.
