The 33-point win at the Gabba was the first time the Lions had beaten the Sydneysiders since round one, 2004, and Voss said it came as a result of a total team effort.
Not wanting to single anyone out for special praise, the coach said the key to victory came from an even list of contributions for all four quarters.
“It was very pleasing. I thought the game was set up early in that first quarter and their intent at the footy was quite exceptional,” he said.
“For us it was the best team effort we’ve had since the fresh start. We talked about new coach and new style and the like, so it was very pleasing to see everyone gel together and do their part and not have a heavy reliance on any one individual.
“They got the team reward today and that’s what it was going to take to beat a team like Sydney.
“That’s the way Brisbane Lions want to be able to play the game and we got the result.”
Voss said the Lions spoke early in the week about the nine-match winless run against the Swans and that they had to find “new” ways of doing things to break it.
He said everyone played their roles to a tee, from Adam Goodes’ tagger Joel Patfull, to half-back Josh Drummond, whose pinpoint kicking set up a number of Lions raids.
“We knew it was going to be tight, we knew when the rain set in it was going to be stoppage after stoppage after stoppage and it didn’t disappoint us in that area, it was what we expected,” he said.
“They (Lions) got their hands on the ball first, and they held their structures well and the boys were disciplined in their execution.
“When you look at the history of how the Lions have gone I think Hall and O’Keefe and Kirk and those guys have really been able to generate a lot of ball, Goodes, they’ve all really hurt us whereas they didn’t hurt us as much tonight. And our ball winners were able to get a bit of the ball also,” he said.
“It was important to say this was a fresh start for us. As far as we’re concerned it was zero-all and we had to come in with that intent.”
The only negative for the Lions was a knee injury to ruckman Matthew Leuenberger.
While Voss said he did not know the extent of the damage, he expected the big man to miss for a couple of weeks.
