North Melbourne senior coach Rhyce Shaw has stepped away from the football club for the meantime for personal reasons, withย serious doubts over whether he will return to the role for the 2021 season.
North Melbourne had already been planning a revamp of their footy department before the Shaw announcement, with Jade Rawlings departing and John Blakey coming in as a senior assistant.
Paul Roos appears certain to join in a mentor style role to work alongside Blakey at Arden Street.
But if Shaw can't return, who becomes head coach of the Kangaroos at a stage where the club embarks on a full rebuild.
Michael Voss is a name that has been brought up by AFL greats Jason Dunstall and Nick Riewoldt.
โNo doubt if you do everything youโve ever done before a second time around, youโre going to have a better frame of mind to attack it,โ Riewoldt said onย Fox Footy.
โYouโre not going to make the same mistakes again. Iโd be surprised if it wasnโt someone like that that ends up securing the job, if indeed it becomes available.โ
Dunstall added: โItโs going to be a very testing environment for any coach that does come in to the mix.
โIโd be very surprised if Michael Voss doesnโt get a look at it, particularly after weโve seen the way that Brett Ratten has adapted in his second time around at the Saints.
โYouโve got to be a much better coach second time around because youโve learnt so many things โ what you did wrong, the little things you did right โ youโve gathered more experience. He might be the man in my eyes, but itโs going to be a very interesting search.โ
Voss joined the Lions in 2009 and coached Brisbane for 109 games before being sacked in 2013 andย has since worked under Ken Hinkley at Port Adelaide.
Another name being thrown around is Ross Lyon. The former St Kilda and Fremantle coach has been a revelation in the media this season and there is belief he could still want to return to the pressure seat.
However Riewoldt, who is a close friend and played under Lyon at St Kilda, said the rebuild of the Kangaroos isn't a project that will interest him.
โI donโt think so. I think the one thing that would drive Ross Lyon in terms of a coaching opportunity would be the opportunity to do the one thing he hasnโt done, which is coaching a premiership,โ he said.
โWithout speaking on Rossyโs behalf โฆ. I donโt think a five to 10-year rebuild is part of his plans.โ
