It's not going to get you into the [top] 10, so there's nothing to gain."Voss's last game in charge was against his former club the Brisbane Lions, with Carlton fighting hard in the second half for a respectable 11-point loss against the dual reigning premiers last Friday night, a performance Malthouse said was the Blues' best this season."That is as good a game as they've played," Malthouse said. "They're not a bad side They are a quarter short of probably winning four or five more games than what they have won."Nonetheless, it hasn't worked."Carlton has endured a torrid time off the field this season, being handed a $75,000 fine for its handling of Elijah Hollands's on-field mental health episode against Collingwood.Voss, whose contract was to end at the end of the season, coached the Blues in 103 games between 2022 and 2026, with a winning record of 47.5 per cent.But Carlton is on a run of seven consecutive AFL defeats and sits 16th on the ladder, with just one win from nine games this season and only sitting above other Melbourne giants Essendon and Richmond on percentage.Malthouse, who coached 718 AFL/VFL games, 54 of them for Carlton between 2013-15, as well as having lengthy spells at West Coast, Collingwood and the Bulldogs, understands better than anyone the pressure on coaches at AFL level, particularly at the big Victorian clubs.The 72-year-old ABC pundit said the pressure on the big clubs was enormous."I think the big clubs get smashed," Malthouse said. "Essendon gets smashed