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Chapter 1: What are the initial reactions to Michael Voss' departure?
Nate, thank you. There is no more active fan base on Talkback than the Blues. That's been my experience across nine years together. So plenty of time across the next two hours. You just have to be a little bit patient along the way. As Mark has text through, Gerard, get Jarvis on. Hello to you, Jarvis.
Good evening, Gerard. The people have spoken, and for once, Carlton have actually listened. Today isn't just a new day, Gerard. It's the sunrise after a long sleepless night. I went to bed last night, sick in the guts after watching the agenda setters. Caro was warming up Taji like they'd already booked a welcome parade for a new coach, and I thought, here we go again. Classic Carlton.
Miss the bus, wave at it, and then blame the timetable.
Chapter 2: How do Carlton fans perceive the club's decision-making?
But I wake up, Gerard. The sun was shining early this morning. I get an SMS at 7 a.m. My phone lights up. Voss is gone. Hallelujah. Now, Gerard, I take no joy in seeing someone lose their job.
I think you do, Jarvis. I think you take great joy in it.
I don't. But, Gerard, inevitable. They don't negotiate, right? We both said he wouldn't see the buy round. And, Carlton, we decided not to waste five more weeks pretending. Let's be clear, though, Gerard.
Chapter 3: What insights do fans share about Voss' coaching tenure?
This is part one, right? Part one. It's not the finish line. The club doesn't truly move forward until the boardroom stops tripping over itself. The fish, as they say, is still rots from the head. There's remote leadership with a president based in Sydney, zero inspiration, too many voices, not enough accountability, and a constitution which is built like Fort Knox to protect failure.
The board, they need to be spilled. As for the coaching gig, Gerrard, I've said it for a long time, long might of Carlton, it feels less like a hunch, it's more like destiny now. And the timing today, it doesn't hurt that theory one bit. If it's not him, roll the dice, go for Enright, Skipworth, someone untried. I don't need the corner office to know.
You don't fix bold problems with faith decisions, Gerrard. So yes, history, they won't remember today as the solution, but it will remember it as a day Carlton finally stopped lying to itself, Gerrard. And that, for me, is a very special morning at the Carlton Football Club.
Did you feel the same way with the sacking of Mick Malthouse, Brendan Bolton, David Teague?
Chapter 4: How does the board's performance impact the team's direction?
It's different this time, Gerard. You know what? We should have sacked Voss last year, but we're looking for the media. They say Carlton can't keep sacking coaches. We thought we'd back him in, but it is inevitable. And one other thing, Kane Collins, he's been saying it, I agree with him 100%. This job, you asked Todji earlier, this is a highly coveted job now.
A coach has a chance now to back himself in and become a legend of the club to bring that long elusive number 17 premiership. It's a hot job, Gerard, and I'm all for it.
Jarvis, thank you. James has the opposing view. James in Loxley. Tottenham and Carlton don't win flags. They just sack coaches. 1-300-736-736 to have your say this morning.
Chapter 5: What do fans think about the future coaching prospects for Carlton?
This is Waitley for Hyundai. Enjoy early deals at Hyundai Prefix. On now at participating Hyundai dealers, pay.com.au and Radius Telematics. Now, back to Waitley. Who would be a coach, eh? Who wants to do this? Seriously, you've got to be a man. And that was after his only win of the season, Michael Voss, whose time at Carlton has come to an immediate end.
There's always a lot of emotions on days like today. Jack is in Ringwood. Hello to you, Jack.
G'day, Gerard. How are you going?
Excellent. Thank you.
Chapter 6: How do injuries and player performance affect Carlton's success?
I'd like to thank Michael Voss firstly for his four to five years at Carlton. That 2023 run against Melbourne and Sydney was some of the best moments I've seen in my tenure as a Carlton fan in 30 years. He went through a really tough time.
I remember those games against Collingwood and the Daemons when they were heart-breakingly lost by one goal in both those games and could have made finals in 2024. The injuries were always up and down with Carlton. There was a lot of... with changes. I don't think we were given a fair run, you know, in said and done, but...
Touched on what Luke Hodge was talking about earlier with being able to buck the trend of seven coaches in 20 years. This, as Jarvis said, has been a broad problem. This has gone from Jenny Pratt to Stephen Zavani to Brad Lloyd to Sayers. This has been ongoing for a long time now. I'm really excited about the direction of the club we're heading to.
I feel strong under Chris Davies and Graham Wright. I really hope they appoint a young, fresh coach.
Chapter 7: What are the broader implications of Voss' departure for the club?
You see with these... Trending clubs like Hawthorne and Melbourne and Sydney. I think a fresh young face who's been playing the game recently is the trend. And I think someone like a Skipworth, like a Graham, or like a... Yeah, someone along those lines will be perfect. And a Corey Edward as well. So, yeah, Gerard, it's been a testing time for Carlton fans.
There's a big weight off our shoulders now, but I feel like we've finally got some breathing room and looking forward to seeing what Carlton can do.
Jack, thank you for your call. Adrian's in Beveridge. Welcome to you, Adrian.
Yeah, morning, Gerard. I think Jarvis is just getting a little bit too excited there, but I think, you know, as a club supporter, I think our biggest mistake started when they sacked Brett Radden, and then it's just gone down there from there. But, look, I think Michael Voss has done, as being very sceptical when he was hired, I think he did A really good job with the list that he had.
I don't think our calibre of players have been to the level that we needed to be to compete with any of the recent premiers.
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Chapter 8: What changes do fans hope to see moving forward?
I think Voss came probably two years too late. I think if we came when Teague was there, it would have been a little bit different. But, yeah, I think this speaks more about Michael Voss as a person in terms you know, not being selfish, putting the club first and doing what's right and not just hanging around for the sake of it and trying to fix a broken chip. He's done really well.
I think the club has made a really good decision and allowed him to make his own decision and he's stepped away. He's done the best that he can do with what we've got. I think our plays have never been good enough, but hopefully some... Good times ahead, hopefully. I doubt it, but hopefully there's some change coming. But he's done pretty good with what he had.
Adrian, thank you for sharing your views. Dean's in St Kilda. Welcome, Dean.
Yeah, good morning, Gerard. Look, hats off to Vossi. I think he's a great guy. Gerard, I think, like the previous caller, the list, he wasn't given a Rolls Royce to drive. And I could take this year 10 decisions that Stephen Silvani made at the end of his list management, and many Carlton supporters could, but We move on.
But the run of goals, Gerard, and the fluctuations in season and in game were there from 2022. And Carlton members have seen that. And the sugar hit of 23-24 was great. It was the best ride I've had in 25 years. But I think it was a little bit of an illusion. We all wanted to believe it wasn't. We had everyone fit. We had stars firing.
But I think the list construction... And did he see the direction the game was going, Gerard? That's the big one for me. Like, four years ago, did he understand that it was going to be runners... I'm not sure how we ended up with four of the same midfielders on the same side when the game's gone differently. Mitchell seemed to see it. All the other leading coaches, obviously, Chris Scott.
They're the questions for me. Sometimes you need a circle breaker, Drew. When you go to the games, and that's a lot of Carlton supporters, I blame the fans as well. We're mad, we're PTSD, and we crave success. But the Carlton history is wanting it now, buying it with money. The board stuff that Jarvis and others have mentioned is 100% correct.
In some ways, he's been a rich man's plaything, Gerard, and I don't know when that would change, but that's a cultural piece that we'd like to see change. But that's up to him. I think he did the best he could. He probably wasn't quite the man, but this is what Carlton does, Gerard. This is what Carlton does.
Dean, thank you. It is what Carlton does. Jono's in St Kilda. Welcome, Jono.
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