Carlton champion Anthony Koutoufides is "shocked" regarding Michael Voss' decision to resign effectively immediately as the Blues' senior coach.
Voss made the call after a horror start to the season, winning one game from nine starts.
The decision was a long-time coming, but was still a surprise to the Blues fans.
"I'm shocked given it's only round 10," Koutoufides said on SEN.
"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.
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"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."
The Blues will now be on the hunt for a Voss replacement, while assistant coach Josh Fraser will take over in the interim.
