Neil Craig could take over from Michael Voss. Source: DAVID CROSLING / AAP
NEIL Craig has emerged as a key contender to be the next coach of the Brisbane Lions, with the club understood to now firmly favour a Paul Roos-style succession model.
The Lions' coaching subcommittee — which includes triple premiership coach Leigh Matthews — is yet to make a recommendation.
But the Herald Sun understands the club considers it risky to appoint an untried assistant as Michael Voss' successor.
Craig, who has a year to run on his contract with Melbourne, has been interviewed for the Lions job. Other interviews were held on Wednesday and yesterday.
Former Adelaide coach Craig took the helm at Demons after Mark Neeld's mid-season sacking, but will not stay at the club after the appointment of Roos.
Former Dockers coach Mark Harvey — a senior assistant to Voss — has told the club he does not wish to be considered for the senior job.
But it is not known if the succession idea has been put to him.
Harvey has been linked to the caretaker role at his original club Essendon, with James Hird serving an AFL-imposed suspension for much of next season.
John Worsfold — who ended his tenure at West Coast last week — has declared himself out of the running for the Lions job.
If the Lions opt for a succession model, they will be competing with Melbourne for the services of emerging coaching talent, such as Hawthorn assistant Adam Simpson.
The decision not to offer Voss a new contract and the Lions' approach to Roos has been the catalyst for a bitter boardroom split that looks set to see an extraordinary general meeting.
A ticket led by directors Paul Williams and Mick Power is seeking to have chairman Angus Johnson removed and Matthews join the board.
That push now has the signatures of more than the 5 per cent of eligible voting members required to trigger an EGM.
The request for an EGM is expected to be lodged with the club within days.
The club then has 21 days to announce an EGM.
Williams told the Herald Sun letters had been exchanged with Johnson in recent days.
"Neither party seems real happy with the others' proposal — but there is any number of members screaming for an EGM," Williams said.
"We think Angus needs to step down and he is not prepared to do that for some time."
Williams said the handling of Voss and then the botched approach to Roos had been the catalyst for the board push.
"There was certainly a lot of noise from members and certainly a lot of the key financial supporters at that time but certainly the Vossy decision and then I suppose the approach to Paul Roos … I suppose it brought things to a head," Williams said.
"And then at that stage Leigh (Matthews) was in a position where he wasn't prepared to join the board while Angus was chairman."
AFL boss Andrew Demetriou said this week the AFL Commission would this month consider giving the Lions extra financial assistance because of a short-term cashflow problem.
But Demetriou said the league would not intervene in the coach selection or boardroom affairs.
The Lions, the AFL, the Ipswich City Council and Springfield Land Corporation last month signed a heads of agreement for the development of a multi-million-dollar development of a new training and academy centre.
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