"Pick up the phone now." | Kane and JJ on Chris Fagan's future (29.09.26)
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Will Chris Fagan leave Brisbane to move back to Melbourne?
You think now that the focus shifts absolutely toward Chris Fagan and what his future looks like. He did speak last night on AFL 360 and even spoke about the desire or the potential desire to move back to Melbourne. This is Chris Fagan on 360 last night.
If I don't continue with Brisbane, I think I'll move back to Melbourne to be around my daughters and son-in-laws and the grandkids. So... Yeah, if I was to be involved in footy, it would be back in Melbourne doing something. I always enjoyed my role at Hawthorne where I was more looking out for Clarko and working in the background a little bit more. That sort of role, I think, is where I probably feel most comfortable, which is probably a ridiculous thing to say. It sounds ridiculous. Yeah, I know. But I'm just telling you the truth about myself. I just sort of like to be that one-out, one-back person.
And that makes sense. I mean, he's done it for so long. He'd be the best one-out, one-back person you could ever look to have involved at your club. I mean, North Melbourne should be looking to rattle the
piggy banks.
Why should North Melbourne call Chris Fagan about a coaching role?
Well, let's explore that. Let's explore North Melbourne. So Longmire heads to Essendon. Perfect. How good is that? Now, if you are Jen Watts, Sonia Hood, Todd Viney, now they don't have a coach, but I don't know if today's the day to pick up the phone or when that right day is because you just want to allow him to enjoy the moment, to gather his thoughts, maybe make his mind up whether he wants
to
be Brisbane's coach moving forward. But if he's open and has just said that he wants to move back to Melbourne, he's putting his hand up to say, I would love to play that one-out, one-back role that Longmire is going to play at Essendon. Pick up the phone now. Say, Faze, we don't have a coach yet. We're open to your input into... been somewhat in the background of the process in terms of selecting a coach. But when we get that coach, how about we get you as coaching director, create whatever role he wants for him, whatever role it is, and just get him around the group. Now, whether he's ready to receive that phone call, I'm not sure. And you have to be a little bit delicate and respectful of Brisbane and all of that.
But North Melbourne's a club. If they could get him, what a major boost that would be for the new coach and the Kangaroos.
Could Chris Fagan help Tasmania build its AFL football program?
Yeah, I think the obvious other club is Tasmania as it tries to build and he could be... The senior coach is always the front man and the figurehead, but to have a Tasmanian who has achieved what he's achieved. And I think he's symbolic of Tasmania, isn't he? He didn't play the game at the highest level. There were so many knockers and doubters as to whether he was going to be able to do the job at the highest level. And now he sits comfortably alongside any coach who's ever coached the game. So again, whatever title, whatever role you'd like to give him, it's just interesting to me that He has, you know, he doesn't, he's telling us clearly, and I believe him that he doesn't know whether he wants to coach the team, but he certainly knows what he will do if he decides not to.
So I just wonder whether, and I think people always give us a little bit more in terms of the breadcrumbs than they even think they are at the time. So if he, yeah, it won't, it won't surprise me one bit if he, if he moves on, do you have a feel one way or
the other? Probably more likely to leave and stay. I, said on trade radio that i was watching the abc news last night for some unknown reason but his mom was on and she's amazing she's 88 and she was asked what she thinks he should do and she said no that's enough that's enough i want him to i want him to walk away he'll still be involved in football he has to be but the stress of coaching is too much so if he's listening to his mom clearly the pull to head back to melbourne and be around family at this stage of his life is important um
Who could replace Chris Fagan as Brisbane Lions coach?
So yeah, then who is next? Now we're jumping ahead a little bit here and they'll give him all the time and he says he still hasn't made his mind up.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Will Chris Fagan leave Brisbane to move back to Melbourne?
0:00–1:08
2
Why should North Melbourne call Chris Fagan about a coaching role?
1:08–2:18
3
Could Chris Fagan help Tasmania build its AFL football program?
2:18–3:51
4
Who could replace Chris Fagan as Brisbane Lions coach?
3:51–4:49
5
How difficult would it be for Brisbane to choose a new coach and keep players motivated?
4:49–6:22
6
How are AFL rule changes reshaping coaching and Brisbane’s scoring game?
6:22–8:13
7
What makes Brisbane’s recent AFL finals wins so remarkable?
8:13–9:21
8
How have the Brisbane Lions stayed successful despite injuries and player departures?
9:21–10:26
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