Woosha reaches out to sacked Voss

West Coast coach John Worsfold reached out to Michael Voss yesterday after his sacking from the Lions. Picture: Chris Hyde Source: Getty Images

WEST Coast Eagles coach John Worsfold has not ruled out approaching sacked Brisbane counterpart Michael Voss to join his support staff.

The 2006 Eagles premiership coach is on the verge of an extension to his coaching tenure at West Coast and revealed he sent a personal message to Voss just hours after the Lions great was dumped yesterday.

Worsfold joked that Voss might actually still have a contractual commitment to West Coast after the Lions playing legend was appointed as an Eagles assistant late into 2008.

Voss reneged on his Eagles agreement when Brisbane triple premiership coach Leigh Matthews quit the Lions.

"I will check the terms of that contract. He may actually still be contracted here, because he only cut it to be a senior coach elsewhere," Worsfold quipped.

"We've got a lot of coaches here that are passionate, motivated and skilful. So we're not lacking in that area and we're not out there looking at the moment.

"Surprises are always around the corner."

West Coast management is currently conducting a full review of Worsfold's football operations, with changes expected in the support coaching staff.

Worsfold has retained a close association with Voss in the evolution of their relevant coaching times.

"I've had a pretty good relationship with Vossy for a long period of time," Worsfold elaborated.

"So as soon as I heard I sent him a message and he got back to me straight away.

"At some point in time I look forward to catching up with him."

Worsfold said it was too early to establish if formal discussions with Voss would be initiated.

"Not at this stage, because there's no role here," he said.

Worsfold confessed he is in discussions with the Eagles board of management and in particular chief executive Trevor Nisbett and club chairman Alan Cransberg on his future.

A highly anticipated blueprint presentation of his plans for next season and beyond has been put on hold by Eagles powerbrokers until September.

Worsfold is expected to win a two-year extension after 12 seasons already as Eagles coach, which have yielded eight finals campaigns in the past 11 years.

"The board had a meeting yesterday (Tuesday) and they've got another meeting in a month's time," Worsfold said.

"I talk regularly outside of board meeting with Trevor and Alan, so everything is going along pretty well.

"I'm very confident that my focus is on what's best for the footy club. What they need, what they're looking for and if I fit into that that will be great and if I don't other great things open up.

"Alan Cransberg has made it public that they're keen for me to coach on if I've got the passion and I've indicated that I'm keen to coach on.

"At this stage, things are starting to line up."

An extremely buoyant Worsfold revealed that he would consider coaching another AFL club if he was not extended at West Coast.

He declared that neither he nor his manager Reg Gillard had been approached by any of the current AFL outfits searching for a new head coach.

"Yeh of course I would. Absolutely I would," Worsfold said, further portraying his own enthusiasm to coach on.

West Coast is still an outside chance to make this year's finals if they could win at least two of their last three games against powerhouse outfits Geelong at home on Saturday, then Collingwood in Melbourne before rounding out home-and-away qualifying with Adelaide at home.

"There's a process that our board will go through I appointing anyone to this club and they'll go through that process, it's due diligence," Worsfold said.

"Part of that is sitting down and talking about terms of contract and all the others sorts of things that happen in making that appointment.

"We've got to make sure it's the right thing for the footy club and that process is under way."
 

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