Lions split over NAB Cup final being moved to Melbourne.
CRUCIAL YEAR: Coach Michael Voss has one season to save his job at the Brisbane Lions. Picture Jono Searle Source: The Courier-Mail
THE coaching career of Michael Voss will depend on Brisbane's results this year, after contract talks were delayed to the end of the season.
Voss will not necessarily have to pilot the Lions into the AFL finals to keep his job but they need to improve on last year's 10 wins for the triple premiership captain to continue his tenure at the Gabba.
Voss, 37, is in the second season of a two-year deal.
He met with chairman Angus Johnson, CEO Malcolm Holmes and football manager Dean Warren last month and it was agreed to put talks on hold until the end of the campaign.
Voss told The Courier-Mail he was "comfortable and confident" about the process and no official benchmarks had been set for him to keep his job.
But he knows Brisbane cannot go backwards this season.
"I'm realistic enough to know that if we aren't improving and not getting around that number (10 wins), it will be hard for me to argue," Voss said. "Wins and losses are what we are measured by.
"We want to see improvement in our Gabba results and individuals continuing to develop, but wins and losses are obviously pretty important in the overall scheme of things.
"Hopefully by putting this issue to the side until the end of the season, it will remove some distractions and allow all of us to focus on what we need to do to be successful.
"It's the right time to wait."
About to enter his fifth season in charge of Brisbane, Voss has a 39 per cent success rate with 35 wins and a draw from 90 matches at the helm.
The only time he guided Brisbane to the finals was in 2009. The Lions have since finished 13th (2010), 15th (2011) and 13th (2012).
Voss said qualifying for tomorrow night's NAB Cup grand final against Carlton at Etihad Stadium was a well-earned reward for a good pre-season by the players but was unlikely to hold much sway for him at the negotiation table come September.
"I don't know if it's a measuring stick. It may come up at the end of the season when we all sit down, but the season proper is where we are held accountable," he said. "(That) is where we want to see the improvements."
And Johnson said the Lions want to create a culture of "continuous improvement" but insisted no hard numbers had been set in stone for Voss.
"There is an expectation that we will do better on the field than what we did last year but we expect that across every facet of the footy club," he said.
"Vossy wants to improve our results, the players want to improve our results and we are confident that we are heading in the right direction."
Brisbane have recalled midfielder Jack Redden and defender Matt Maguire for the NAB Cup decider.
The Lions are near full-strength for the club's tilt at a first pre-season trophy.
Carlton named former captain Chris Judd on the interchange bench.
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