Brisbane will enter conversations with Chris Fagan about his plans at the end of the season as the club hunts a three-peat of premierships for the second time this century.
Fagan is contracted until the end of 2027 and has been mentioned in passing as one incoming Tasmania team should consider in luring him down to the Apple Isle after his Lions stint comes to an end.
Brisbane chairman Andrew Wellington says he'll give the dual premiership coach the capacity "go on as long as he's got the passion and energy to go on".
"That's really going to be the question. Yes, Chris has a contract, but to be honest, I think we're fortunate to have a coach like Chris and a relationship that we have with Chris where the contract's the formal part of it," Wellington said to AFL Media.
"But in reality, it's an ongoing conversation with Chris at any point in time about how he's feeling about coaching, and certainly the results at the moment support the view that he's still got the energy and the passion to do it. So as long as that's the case, Chris will go on."
Wellington wants to wait until the off-season to begin contract talks with Fagan, as the 65-year-old reflects on what he wants in 2028.
"We'll have the conversation when he's ready to have the conversation. It's hard, though, I think, when you're getting towards the end of a season and for Chris to actually have the time to sit back and think properly about how does he feel about continuing on," he said.
"Logically, those conversations typically happen after the dust has settled post-season."
Wellington said there's been no clear coaching succession plan put in place, despite the likes of Danny Daly, Cameron Bruce and Dale Morris being thrown up to make the transition to the hot seat.
Daly and Bruce's names have lingered among coaching searches around the competition, but have remained in Queensland. Morris, a surprise name, was recently thrown into the mix by Brisbane legend Jason Akermanis, telling Zero Hanger the former Bulldog has the experience, man-management and tactical nous for the senior coaching position.
"That hasn't been raised at all," Wellington said. "In football, anything's always a possibility, but put it this way – it's not something I'm sitting here expecting."
