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Voss sacked as Lions AFL coach

13th August, 2013
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Brisbane coach Michael Voss has confirmed his dramatic sacking from the AFL club.

Players were called to the club at 3.30pm (AEST) on Tuesday afternoon to be told Voss would not have his contract renewed beyond this season.

“I don’t know how I feel, to be honest,” Voss told Channel Seven.

“Tomorrow I will wake up and I don’t go to work.

“That’s all I know.

“The club is dear to me, but what I get a kick out of is that I’ve gone every day and there’s been something to improve in our players.

“I think that’s what I will miss the most.”

With Voss indicating he would finish up immediately at the Lions, assistant coach Mark Harvey is expected to take over the role until the end of the season.

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Voss, who has coached the Lions since 2009, is a revered figure at the club.

He shared the 1996 Brownlow Medal with embattled Essendon coach James Hird and captained their 2001-03 premiership sides.

The Lions struggled badly at the start of this season after winning the NAB Cup, increasing pressure on Voss.

But he had looked much safer in the second half of the season.

The Lions had won five of their last seven games, starting with the miracle round-13 comeback against Geelong at the ‘Gabba.

The stunning news will reignite speculation about former Sydney premiership coach Paul Roos.

Melbourne spoke to him after sacking Mark Neeld earlier this season, but he has repeatedly said he does not want to return to coaching.

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The news broke late on Tuesday afternoon as the AFL continues to deliberate over Essendon’s supplements scandal.

Hird, the Essendon senior coach, has been under mounting pressure since February 5 because of the crisis.

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