Herald Sun Chief Football Writer Mark Robinson has recently raised Ross Lyon as a potential candidate to take the Blues' coaching gig at the start of 2020.
His comments came shortly after it was revealed that Brisbane great Michael Voss met with the Blues coaching selection committee this morning.
While 'Robbo' believes Voss is the frontrunner, he says that caretaker David Teague and current Fremantle coach Ross Lyon cannot be discarded.
โI know this is going to sound ridiculous, thatโs OK, itโs coaching silly season,โ Robinson said on Fox Footy's AFL 360 on Wednesday night.
โIโm not ruling out Ross Lyon.
โIโm inundated with people from Perth saying โyouโre too soft on Ross Lyon,ย youโve got to go harderโ, thereโs real angst over there.
โHe hasn't got a contract beyond next year, does he want a contract going into next season? โWhat if they say โweโre not giving you oneโ and Ross goes, โwell, Iโm a professional coach, this club over hereโs just offered me five yearsโ, what does he do?โ
Triple M's Tom Browne added to the speculation on Thursday, stating Lyon could land at the Blues if a potential win-win scenario could be met with the Dockers.
โI wouldnโt discount Ross Lyon for the Carlton job, I think there are some people that are interested in him,โ Browne said onย The Hot Breakfast.ย
โIโll give you some mail on Ross Lyonโs situation this morning: heโs contracted to Fremantle next year, [and] I believe has a restriction in his contract which says he canโt really coach elsewhere.
โSo theyโd have to sell it as a win-win to Fremantle and the prospective club.
โIt would be a delicate negotiation if he could get somewhere.โ
