Collingwood’s Craig McRae has nominated his former Brisbane Lions captain Michael Voss because the AFL’s coach of the yr.
Voss has led the Blues into the finals for the primary time in 10 years, simply three months after his job seemed to be in jeopardy.
After sitting fifteenth on the ladder heading into spherical 14, Carlton then went on a nine-game win streak to safe their spot in September.
It is definitely the primary time since 2011 the Blues have completed a home-and-away season contained in the top-eight as they had been handed a finals spot in 2013 resulting from Essendon being banned due to their notorious dietary supplements saga.
McRae, who has a compelling case to be coach of the yr himself after main Collingwood to the minor premiership, praised Voss’ resilience.
“You (journalists) would have gone to his press conferences; you would have seen the stories and the rumour mill around him,” McRae mentioned on Tuesday.
“Then to turn the ship around, I think that’s coaching.
“It’s not simply him; we have got an unbelievable community of individuals and assets behind me that is the explanation why I’m standing in entrance of you.
“But I think he (Voss) survived all that and then he got that (Carlton) team back in the finals for the first time in (10) years – I think it’s just an incredible coaching effort.”
Voss is in his second season at Carlton after being appointed on the Blues greater than eight years after he was sacked by the Lions.
McRae performed beneath Voss’ captaincy throughout Brisbane’s 2001-03 premiership three-peat and the pair have famously remained buddies.
Before their first two matches teaching in opposition to one another final yr, Voss and McRae made a guess that the loser had to purchase the opposite dinner.
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