Carlton legend Robert Walls has advised critics of under-fire Blues coach Michael Voss to “shut up”.
Pressure has piled on Carlton as a once-promising season with goals of a drought-breaking finals look has turned ugly.
After narrowly lacking finals final yr, the Blues have slumped to fifteenth on the ladder with eight defeats from their final 9 video games forward of Sunday’s conflict with Gold Coast.
But Walls, who was sacked as Blues coach lower than two years after main the membership to the 1987 premiership, insisted Voss wanted to be given extra time.
“All of those people calling for Michael Voss to be sacked – shut up,” he advised SEN’s Sportsday.
“I was really pleased to hear (Carlton chief executive) Brian Cook come out and say he will coach his contract out, which is this year and next year.
“Obviously subsequent yr is a crucial yr for him, however these people who find themselves abusing the coach – I simply say lay off as a result of it is not simply the coach at Carlton if you’ve had 9 of them sacked during the last 20 years.
“You’ve got to look beyond that and say it’s more than just the coach.”
A triple premiership captain on the Brisbane Lions, Voss took over as coach forward of the 2022 season following David Teague’s sacking on the finish of 2021.
Walls coached Voss at Brisbane within the first 4 years of his legendary taking part in profession within the early Nineteen Nineties.
A 3-time Carlton premiership participant, Walls mentioned the Blues ought to use Richmond and Geelong as examples of sticking with coaches who had been below stress.
“When you think of what Richmond did with Damien Hardwick – he had seven years and the results weren’t great and they persisted and won three premierships,” Walls mentioned.
“We’ve seen it with Mark Thompson at Geelong and even Chris Scott took (11) years to win another premiership (with the Cats).”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
