But what's important for the team now is to move on. And he's confident the work of Pascoe and the remaining coaching staff has them ready to do just that.

Veteran coach Bobby Naumov and former Charlestown boss Shane Pryce have taken the reins in what appears a seamless transition for the Jaffas. Naumov came on board this season, while Pryce has been with the club in recent years as an assistant and lower-grade coach.

The Jaffas had won four of six games to start the season when Pascoe resigned a week ago, citing his need for a break from football to focus on work and family.

The club showed no signs of faltering after the change, ending Magic's unbeaten run on their turf.

Sessions dedicated the win to Pascoe, who spent more than five seasons in charge, but said the third-placed Jaffas had to switch focus to this Sunday's round eight clash with Charlestown at Lisle Carr Oval.

"What he has done at the club, won't be forgotten," Sessions said of Pascoe.

"But although he has left, we're not going to dwell on this, he's made a decision to leave, and that's fine.

"It was a big game against Magic, great. Hopefully he was watching and he's watching for the rest of the season, but we've got a job to do. Now we've got to do it for everyone else at the club.

"It's not just Jimmy. There's plenty of sponsors and people who work extremely hard behind the scenes for us.

"That one on the weekend was for him but now we need to take a step forward and move on from that."

He said the Jaffas settled quickly after the surprise exit.

"From the start of the year we've been training as a big squad anyway," he said.

"We've had Pascoe, Naumov and Prycey all amongst everyone. Everyone has been around everybody, so he had implemented enough for the rest of the club, so we can just pick up and keep going.

"It's always hard to replace someone like that, someone with his knowledge, but what he has implemented at the club, that will stay there for a long time.

"The classification at the start of the year was that Bobby was the first grade coach and Jimmy was the head coach, so you've seen a lot of what Bobby has been doing.

"Between Jimmy and Bobby, the sessions that were being put on were next level anyway. They have really pushed all the players."

He said the change would not alter how the side played.

"A lot of the technical side of things on how we're trying to play this year, Bobby's brought in," he said.

"We're not just going to try and lump the ball upfield and expect our front guys to work. We're going to keep the ball and try to play a bit more. That hasn't changed with Jimmy leaving."