BREAKING: Michael Voss quits in Blues bombshell as details of shock AFL call emerge

Carlton coach Michael Voss has resigned, effective immediately.

That’s according to several reports early Tuesday morning.

Voss’ decision comes after a tumultuous start to the final year of his contract, with the Blues winning just one of their first nine games.

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Assistant coach Josh Fraser will reportedly serve in the interim.

Current Carlton coaching mentor Adam Simpson, John Longmire, Nathan Buckley and Ken Hinkley are all potential options for the Blues.

Code Sports reports Voss held regular talks with chief executive Graham Wright and football boss Chris Davies in recent weeks to discuss his future.

The club was concerned with what it saw as a string of roster missteps that saw Charlie Curnow, Tom De Koning and Jack Silvagni depart.

Over the weekend, Davies addressed Voss’ future.

“Look, that will clearly be a discussion from the commentators…. My role right here, right now, is to provide as much support to Michael as I possibly can for this game here,” he said.

“And he knows, he is a realist, that our performances need to get better. He is working really hard to get that done.”

Seven’s Tom Morris, speaking on SEN, said both parties came to the conclusion a change was needed if the club was to move forward,

“The fact that it’s Round 10 is very early … very rarely it (a coach sacking) is before the bye,” he said.

“I think the main thing here is (the Blues) knew Voss wasn’t the guy going forward, and he knew he wasn’t the guy going forward.”

Addressing Voss’ future, AFL reporter Jon Ralph said moving on from their coach now allowed the Blues enough time to make important calls over its list.

“The greatest challenge for Carlton is to exit Michael Voss with all of the respect that he deserves, but also finding a coach before the finals campaign starts,” Ralph told Fox Footy’s On The Couch on Monday night.

“That would give Carlton all the time it needs for massive list calls. The likes of Patrick Cripps, Harry McKay and also chase the likes of Joel Amartey.

“If you’ve got a coach in place by September 1, you can make that call and make that pitch and show your vision.

Carlton legend Anthony Koutoufides, meanwhile, said he was “shocked” by the news.

“They were terrific against Brisbane. Maybe there was some hope there,” he told SEN on Tuesday.

On where it went wrong, Koutoufides said: “I felt like for those two or three years, we had the list, we had the players.

“A couple of years ago in 2024, it looked like they were going to win it … It fell away so quickly. As quick as it came, as quick as it disappeared.

“It’s not easy to win them, but I think the list was there.”

Over five seasons, Voss coached Carlton to a 49-53-1 record, taking the club to back-to-back finals campaigns in 2023-24.

His 2-2 finals record included a sparkling run to the preliminary final in the 2023 season. Both losses came against Brisbane.

Voss and Carlton were rocked by the Elijah Hollands saga in April, which saw the club come under intense scrutiny for the better part of a month.

“The greatest challenge for Carlton is to exit Michael Voss with all of the respect that he deserves, but also finding a coach before the finals campaign starts,” Midweek Tackle’s Jon Ralph told Fox Footy’s On The Couch on Monday night.

“That would give Carlton all the time it needs for massive list calls … If you’ve got a coach in place by September 1, you can make that call and make that pitch and show your vision.

“The roadmap for Graham Wright — the former Collingwood CEO — would seem to be very similar to five years ago when the club (Collingwood) did move on from Nathan Buckley. That was a decision they made to appoint Craig McRae by September 1.”

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