AFL identity Eddie McGuire has revealed a wild act from Michael Voss as the sacked Carlton coach avoided a media scrum camped outside his Melbourne home on Tuesday.
Voss, 50, took over as head coach of the Blues ahead of the 2022 campaign, but chose to walk away this week after just one win this season.
Assistant Josh Fraser will take over as interim coach for the remainder of 2026.
Speaking on Today, McGuire confirmed the extraordinary lengths the three-time premiership winner and Brownlow Medallist went to so he could brush the reporters.
‘I’ve got a funny story that you guys (Karl Stefanovic and Sarah Abo) as journalists will love,’ the former Collingwood president began on Wednesday morning.
‘So Vossy, he goes to the gym, and when he gets home he sees all the journos out the front … anyway, about half an hour later, this lady comes down and tells the boys and girls from the media, “Hey, I know you are waiting for Michael Voss, but he’s gone”.
AFL identity Eddie McGuire has revealed a wild act from Michael Voss as the sacked Carlton coach looked to avoid media camped outside his Melbourne home on Tuesday
Voss, 50, took over as head coach of the Blues ahead of the 2022 campaign, but chose to walk away this week after just one win this season
Voss (pictured) actually decided to resign before Carlton’s narrow loss to Brisbane on May 8
‘They (the media) said, “Where can he go? We have been here the whole time.”
‘Vossy had jumped the back fence, crawled along the ground and then jumped over this woman’s back fence.
‘His daughter was waiting for him there… he then jumped in the car and they drove off.
‘The woman said, “I got robbed a couple of weeks ago, he scared the hell out of me”.’
Stefanovic reacted by saying, ‘Lucky he didn’t get shot.’
Coming into the 2026 season, Voss was in charge of an overhauled coaching group and also lost key players Charlie Curnow, Tom De Koning and Jack Silvagni to rival clubs.
Voss actually decided to resign on Friday, before Carlton’s narrow loss to Brisbane.
What he does next is anyone’s guess – and that includes the man himself.
‘We (Carlton) had a project that was sizeable. The change in player personnel was significant,’ Voss told AFL.com.au.
‘Getting some level of cohesion, and doing it under the most extreme pressure, was maybe just too big a task.
‘I’m at peace with the decision, but probably the most uncomfortable part about all this is I don’t know what is next.’
Voss departs the Blues after 49 wins, 53 losses and one draw from 103 matches.
