Former St Kilda and Brisbane player Brett Voss has shared how his brother, Michael, is faring after he was sacked as senior coach of Carlton mid-way through the season.
Brett, who played 170 AFL matches (35 for Brisbane and 135 for St Kilda), spoke on the Unpluggered Podcast about how Michael is tracking with the Blues currently on a seven-game win streak.
"I always say with Michael, he's my big brother, I always looked up to him and I've followed his career closer than anyone else," he said.
"He's a competitive beast and he wanted to be in where the fire was and he wanted to achieve and climb the mountain. He has been through the wringer, but he is fine now. I think the first time he went through with Brisbane and got given a bit of a raw deal that probably hurt him a little bit.
"To give credit to Carlton, I think they have managed it quite well in terms of how Michael's gone. It is a results game and it is a high performance industry and the results weren't there.
"It's probably harder for him now to watch as they are obviously getting some results and it would be super frustrating for him to see that. But he would know he has to take some sort of credit for that because if they were no good they wouldn't be winning anything.
"They were on the edge, he just couldn't get them over the line. By all reports he is going to become an expert and be in the media now, so he will never be wrong again so I am sure he will enjoy that."
Michael has begun working as an expert analyst for Fox Footy as part of its coverage for the second half of the 2026 season.
Brett's son Jackson has made his own name as a star of the VFL in recent years for Frankston.
The 25-year-old was eligible to be a father-son selection to St Kilda during his 2019 draft year, however, the Saints overlooked him as an option.
His father, who played at St Kilda from 2001-07, believes the situation at the time could have been handled much better by the club.
"It's been a frustrating journey for (Jackson) and for us as a family," he said.
"The father-son, he probably wasn't quite ready there, he was pretty close.
"That's probably a moment where I did get a little bit dirty at the club for, (not) so for not picking him, but more so how they communicated it at the time. I just felt they could be better as an organisation for how they do that."
Jackson has starred for the Dolphins at VFL level for years and has become a possible mature-age draft option for AFL clubs.
However, no team is yet to gamble on the consistent and ready-made midfielder.
Brett said the way the league assists its state league players as they hunt for AFL contracts is a "disgrace".
"I'm super critical of the AFL in general in terms of recruiting and in terms of the pathways for the boys that don't go through the traditional and get drafted at 18 and go through and go straight into a club," he said.
"I think it's a bit of a disgrace to be honest in terms of the next level pathways. Like the VFL could be much, much more.
"He is still persisting down there and the Frankston crew have done a tremendous job and it's great to see that club really starting to set up and become a great (place to go).
"In terms of his chances (of being drafted), he was close last time.
"I think he can play AFL no doubt. I don't think there's any doubt in that. I think it's one of those things where they start to look at what you can't do instead of what you can do. But hopefully, he jumps that last hurdle. But we have all been concentrating on the fact that the AFL is not everything.
"He is a very good footballer no matter where he plays."
