Brisbane coach and now two-time premiership-winning coach Chris Fagan has spoken about having 'imposter syndrome' whilst coaching the Lions.
Fagan coached the Lions to a second flag on Saturday as the Lions won back-to-back premierships, having made their third grand final in a row.
The premiership coach said only now he feels like he belongs in the coaching ranks after winning a second premiership.
"There were times when I’ve, even up until last year when we won the flag, I felt like maybe there was a little bit of imposter syndrome,” Fagan said on Fox Footy's AFL 360.
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"Was I good enough to help this team win a premiership? All of those things, all those thoughts go through your head — I think they’re natural enough.
“So, winning one gave me a fair bit of confidence, and I guess now that we’ve been able to do it again, I feel like maybe I do belong in the coaching ranks. So, hopefully I’ve got a few more years left in me; we’ll see how we go.”
Fagan who this year is now the oldest coach to win a premiership (beating his record from last year), explained his time coaching in Tasmania and with Melbourne and Hawthorn helped him and hoped he could inspire others.
“First of all, I think I’ve been pretty fortunate in my football background to have some great coaches, both in Tassie and working with Neale (Daniher) and ‘Clarko’ (Alastair Clarkson), so I learned a lot from those guys, so I was probably no rookie when I came to the opportunity to coach the Brisbane Lions.
“All my past experiences had helped me enormously, so I’m very grateful for that. But I think in terms of I hope that it gives others that have walked in my shoes the idea that maybe it is possible to coach an AFL team if you do a good enough apprenticeship.
“It took me a long time; I worked at AFL level for 19 years before I did get the opportunity and was very fortunate to get it.
“But I do hope that it does give other people who are working in the industry the idea that if they work hard enough and take their opportunities when they come along that they may well be able to do the same thing."