SEN's Gerard Healy has reacted to Michael Voss' resignation from Carlton, believing the club should attempt to sign Paul Roos as its next coach.

Roos, who hasn't coached in the AFL since 2016, has been involved in two successful coaching succession plans, having handed the reins to John Longmire at Sydney in 2011 and Simon Goodwin in 2017 at Melbourne.

And with Carlton admitting that they will be attacking the draft, the 1988 Brownlow Medallist believes the 62-year-old would be the best person to help start the rebuild.

"Sadly, today, Carlton ended the coaching career of the great Michael Voss," he said on SEN's Sportsday.

"It’s an historic day in many respects because it brings to an end his direct involvement in the game as player or senior coach. Michael Voss is a true legend of this sport, one of the greatest players the game has ever seen.

"An inspiring triple premiership captain and Brownlow medallist with the Brisbane Lions, his name is headed towards official legendary status in this game. Of that I’m sure, it’s only a matter of time.

"Sadly, the coaching career didn’t match his hallowed playing days, but not, I’m sure, through lack of effort.

"The king is dead, long live the king is the only mantra you can operate under when a coach is sacked, so the only decision now is who is the next King.

"It may well be Ken Hinkley, but let’s exclude him for the moment.

"This is not an easy job, it’s a tough job because the list is not a premiership list and needs some serious rejuvenation, as Graham Wright said in so many words today, saying they’ll be hunting for picks at this year's draft.

"Is Harry up for sale? Someone is.

"It’s not, as Ken has said many times, a one and eight list, but it’s not in good shape.

"There’s still plenty of pain ahead, which is why a new untried coach which is evidently the preferred model, is an unnecessarily serious risk for the club and the new coach himself. Will the next untried coach last all the way to a prelim final or a flag?

"To me, the perfect model for this job is the Paul Roos, Simon Goodwin handover model.

"Appoint Roos if he's available (or Hinkley for that matter if he was agreeable) to take the hits and weather the storm initially as you reset the list, set the ship on the right path off the field and hit the draft hard, and simultaneously appoint an assistant coach like James Kelly, or James Rahilly out of the Geelong SuperCoach factory to take over in two years time.

"Roos is currently on a beach in Hawaii, reaching for the factor 15 (sunscreen).

"He’s refreshed and ready to go and knows exactly what is required in this situation."

Cornes: Voss was in an impossible situation

SEN's Kane Cornes has congratulated Michael Voss on his decision to stand down as coach of the Carlton Football Club after a tenure overshadowed by drama, speculation and relentless pressure.

News of 50-year-old's departure broke on Tuesday morning with the club 1-8 this season and enduring just as many issues off the field as on.

Voss was at the helm for 103 matches between 2022 and 2026 with a winning record of 48.06%.

"Voss standing down as coach. What are my thoughts? Good on him," Cornes said. "What a shocking position the club put him in if the reports are to be believed that the club approached Craig McRae to sound out his interests to coach Carlton at the end of last year.

"Once you're out on the coach you're out on the coach. You trade some good players away and invest in the future. Voss was in an impossible situation to have a good year this year with the pieces he was given by the club.

"He has been let down and I do not blame him for one second for having enough, hopefully he can have sometime off and gather his thoughts for what’s next.

"Another chapter in the pretty unsuccessful story of the Carlton Football Club."

Icon of the game: Scott hails Voss

Geelong's Chris Scott took aim at certain sections of the media when asked about the departure of a fellow coach and hailed Voss as an "icon of the game".

“In the football sense, we all acknowledge that it’s part of the job. It’s a bit like the leader of an ASX listed company, sometimes you need to take responsibility for things that you’ve really played a very, very small part in, that’s the nature of leadership,” Scott said of his Brisbane premiership teammate.

“But when it’s explicitly stated that you are not a part of the decision making in some areas, it’s unfair that then all of a sudden you become a spokesperson for those failures. That would be my observation.

“I think he specifically has had to wear that a little bit over the past month or so.

“It’s not about fair or unfair, it’s about right or wrong. And some sections of the media chose to sheet the blame home to him. That’s wrong, and they should take responsibility for that.

“Some of the things that Michael specifically has had to deal with just don’t reflect the reality for a head coach. So I think some people have been a bit irresponsible sheeting some of the blame for some things that he has absolutely no control, much less responsibility, for.

“It’s been explicit that coaches don’t take responsibility for player availability, and yet, when there is considered to be poor decision making around that stuff, the coach has to wear some of the blame of it as well. You can’t not be a part of it, but also be expected to take responsibility as well. But that’s an observation I prefer not to expand on too much more.

“He’s (Voss) an icon of a game. I think my reaction is the same whenever these things happen. There’s an understanding in our business that this day will sort of come for all of us,” Scott said.

“I don’t try to reflect on too much, but it’s good policy to think of these people at their best. Nothing will change what a champion of the game he has been."

Carlton breaks silence

Cornes' take came hours before Carlton finally broke their silence on Voss's departure.

Some six hours after the news broke, the club released a statement saying: "The Carlton Football Club can confirm that Michael Voss has stepped away from his role as AFL Senior Coach.

"A selfless leader throughout his tenure, the Club came to a mutual agreement with Voss, who addressed players and staff at IKON Park today, expressing a wish to provide the Club with clear air to progress in 2026 and pursue a new coaching direction.

"Voss departs IKON Park after nearly five seasons at the helm, during which time he led the Blues to consecutive finals appearances in 2023 and 2024, with 2023 culminating in a preliminary final."

The club also confirmed that Assistant Coach Josh Fraser would become interim head coach.

In a letter to members, Carlton President Rob Priestley said: “Michael is a strong leader who has led our football club with great professionalism and a genuine commitment to Carlton.

“Across five seasons, he has invested himself fully in the role and handled himself with impressive character throughout. The fact this decision is mutual reflects his selfless mindset and the Club thanks him sincerely for his contribution.

“During the off-season, the Club was very intentional in implementing changes to refresh our football program, including appointing a new and highly credentialed General Manager of Football in Chris Davies, introducing six new coaches, and beginning a significant transformation of our playing list.

“Those changes were made not only with the long-term interests of the football club front of mind, but also with the intent of ensuring Michael had strong support to achieve progress in the areas identified for improvement.

“Ultimately, beyond results alone, we have not seen the intended evolution in our game, and to his credit, Michael acknowledges that now is the right time for the Club to move forward under the leadership of a new senior coach.

“Our club will now commence that process, which will be led by Graham and Chris, two of the most respected football people in this industry, and we will go about this the right way to bring the best AFL Senior Coach we can to Carlton.”

Parkin: I was hoping Voss would stay

“It’s something, I must admit, that I didn't expect to be quite truthful,” Carlton’s last premiership coach, David Parkin, said on SEN’s Whateley.

“I thought he'd be encouraged to see out the contract and I was even hoping that things might turn and he remained the Carlton coach for some time, but obviously I was a long way off the mark.”

Parkin added: “I’m very disappointed that Michael got to the position where he thought that A) he wasn’t wanted, and B) he couldn’t do the job that was required.

“I get very disappointed in my old age when I hear these news items almost on a daily basis.

“I was on the selection panel at that particular time and there were some very, very good candidates who are now in the system and doing a good job in other clubs. He was in good competition at the time.

“But having completed the interview and knowing his history, what he had in his mind or head to do, I must admit I was really confident when he was finally appointed to that job and as a consequence of that, very disappointed that it's eventuated in his dismissal or his deciding not to go on.”

Lyon: Voss never backed away from the situation

Garry Lyon believes Voss would have lost no admirers with the way he has handled himself.

"My immediate reaction is I'm not surprised," Lyon said on SEN Breakfast.

"But I want to congratulate Michael Voss for the way he has conducted himself throughout the course of this year. History may judge him as ultimately being unsuccessful from a coaching point of view. Now that's harsh, but he coached Brisbane to a final, he coached the Carlton Footy Club to a prelim final.

"But what he has done under enormous pressure and scrutiny and been the lead story for most of the Mondays throughout the course of this year with the manner they've played and, you know, media camping out at Carlton, all those things. The way he's conducted himself and handled himself, he never backs away, he fronts up to every request pre-game.

"He speaks positively, post-game he goes to the press conference and tries to explain the unexplainable. I think he's done it in such a manner that he loses absolutely no fans. And in the end, coaching might not be the profession that he wanted it to be, but I don't think he's lost one fan whatsoever in the process."

Watson: I'm surprised he lasted that long

Tim Watson spoke of the pressure Voss faced week in, week out as senior coach of the Carlton Football Club.

"I think there were some moments there in recent times where there was probably an inkling as to how he was thinking and where he was going because," said Watson.

"His narrative around his team shifted. It was that he was doing everything in his power to protect the players from any criticism that might come their way from him. But then it started to shift.

"Ever so subtly around... this is what I've been asking the players to do. They haven't been delivering on that. So I think there has been a subtle shift over that period of time.

"I'm surprised that he lasted this long under that sort of pressure because it wasn't just this year. You think about last year and the pressure that he's been on there at Carlton over a long, long period of time, and everyone questioning, a lot of Carlton fans questioning him being the coach, and then even the conversations around whether or not he was going to continue on this year at the end of last year.

"And then we had the story about the fact that Graham Wright had actually approached Craig McRae, which they deny, but then others believed that that was categorically 100 per cent true."

Koutoufides: Voss did a great job

Blues legend Anthony Koutoufides spoke of Voss' tenure on SEN Breakfast.

"I'm shocked given it’s only round 10," he said. "It's been a tough year. Only one win in nine rounds. They were terrific against Brisbane and maybe there was hope there, but they couldn’t get it over the line. Doing Blues radio we saw it in the box the last time we saw him coach, there was a lot going on.

"Vossy – he has been terrific at the club and what a wonderful man. I adore him as a lot of people do. He got to the prelim final and had the toughest task to beat Brisbane up there. He did a great job Vossy, a really good job.

"I feel like we had the talent there. At the end of last season we lost three key players for us. So this year is a different line up but I think in those few years we had the players they just couldn’t get it over the line. A few years ago maybe 2024 they looked like they might go on to win.

"It fell away so quickly. As fast as it came is disappeared so fast. They had the list but as you know it takes so much more than good players."