The crater Chris Fagan will leave in Brisbane following his departure will be impossible to fill, especially after how he built the Lions from the depths of irrelevance to arguably the best team of the modern era.
Fagan secured a revered three-peat of premierships last week, but has admitted it was time to hang up the whistle, with a move to Melbourne to be closer to family on the cards.
But who is equipped to take over the Lions as they hunt for a historic four-peat?
There are a few names internally who have been floated, while a host of assistant coaches have been around the mark with previous coaching vacancies.
Nathan Buckley
The former Collingwood coach is heavily into the North Melbourne vacancy, and is a name that would be thrown into the Brisbane mix.
However, if Buckley were to miss on the Kangaroos role, following Melbourne and Tasmania's decision to go with Steven King and Ken Hinkley, would the Pies icon attempt to go for an AFL role again?
Buckley did state he will return to Geelong in 2027 if he doesn't win the North Melbourne job, but that was before Fagan's decision.
