Why then did we negotiate a 3 year unconditional extension to his contract with his manager?

Brilliant. I too thought she was going to stick the boot into the club. Pleasing.

The meeting we had after the poor start would have gone along the lines of we better go back to what we were good at so we can win some games and hopefully make the finals . But knowing what we know now, could there have been an alterior motive from the coach? Yes, his first goal is the advancement...

I'd dispute the assertion that the list at Freo is better. ON PAPER AT PRESENT there may be some players there who have better skills, BUT this does not take into account the fact that we have a new (and seasoned) broom at the trade and recruitment table in Chris Pelchen and with prudent list manag...

I don't agree Mark. IMO, Ross had no intention ever of staying beyond this year. You can't persuade a guy to stay that doesn't want to. 'No intention ever'?.... so what was his request 6 months ago about?... was he bluffing? I think he was open to leaving and open to staying, as time went on he obv...

I believe the players are neutral re this matter as they have been asked to be. They have both said that at the end of the day they are disappointed with his departure but we need to support the club going forward. Lyin took the cash and bailed out to what he perceived as a list that will more likel...

I believe the players are neutral re this matter as they have been asked to be. They have both said that at the end of the day they are disappointed with his departure but we need to support the club going forward. Lyin took the cash and bailed out to what he perceived as a list that will more likel...

I don't think the Board did so badly, they were just caught blind sighted as everyone else was. I understand that an initial offer was out there but did not satisfy Lyin. That's ok, what offer is accepted at first instance when renegotiating a contract. Through a normal negotiation process an accept...

asaint wrote:hate him hate him hate him. Can't wait to see him fail. Teams are built on trust. Who would trust this dog?

Dogs are actually loyal, faithful and don't bite their masters. If Lyin had half the qualities of a Dog I might not feel so much disdain for him.

Sorry, don't know what happened to my post above. Anyway, what I was trying to say is that on the BF Freo board, one Freo poster is saying that he believes that Lyon put out signals during the year that he was available for the right offer. That's what prompted the approach from Freo as they did not...

in may in the newspaper he emphatically states that he is contracted for 2012 and he would stay for the contract. He was headhunted and he said he did not not about the Freo/Mark Harvey arrangement. Anyone could see that. Bahahahahahaha are you serious? are you? And if you believe that, you'll beli...

Iceman234 wrote:

Ice Wolf wrote:Mission was coming to Melbourne due to his wifes job, Ross just happened to get him to our club as opposed to the other Melbourne clubs.

I say that he will probably stay on.

You don't think they'd move for the right price?

Lock him up with a water tight contract and no bloody out clauses!!!

In the aftermath of Ross Lyon's treachery it is interesting to reflect on his assertion that not once in his time at St Kilda did he implore his players to consider loyalty to either each other particularly or the team in general. That tells me that he was never really truly committed to his club b...

I don't really get why so many think Lyon is such a great coach. Ultimately he coached for the short term, which gave us wins without the silverware but more importantly to himself, he maximized his market value in the shortest amount of time. When I look at his coaching achievements this is what I ...

Buckets wrote:

saintbrat wrote:

Buckets wrote:Has Bj been on The Footy Show yet?

was on the panel and they asked him first up

Same response as Roo?

yep

As evidenced per the discussion on AFL Game Day about Ross Lyon's move to Fremantle, Nick Riewoldt has an amazing way of not showing his entire frustration publicly - even though it seems that privately he must be furious - and would clearly like to let it out - but his professionalism stops him do...

We are in the market for a coach, so as a club we need to be as professional as possible. Engaging in a slanging match would not be a good look, and may scare off potential candidates. Yes, agree, but it must be bloody tempting to have at least one crack at the dog. You can see the hurt in Rooey.s ...

When asked by Robbo whether Lyon actually ever told the players he would be at St. Kilda next year, Nick's answer was that he had another year on his contact to run...there were assumptions made...but he never said that verbatim. This tells me that Lyon was deceitful to the players he once called &q...

I reckon Lyon knew his time was up and would have started to look around some time ago. He's a career coach, with a young family. And the reality is, your currency can go from being a $1m a year man, to unemployable almost overnight! I reckon Lyon felt that may have happened to him if he stuck arou...

The Craw wrote:Lyon B@stard

Caling it a dog act is being too kind as dogs are loyal.

Ross is leading by example. He has shown loyalty, committment, integrity and courage. Now for all the players to follow and win us our second flag.

Congratulations to our club and supporters. This is great news and a show of confidence and loyalty by our great leader. Now for the players to follow Ross' example and drive for a successful 2012 and beyond.

As posted on a different thread, if Hawthorn can get a deal done with Clarkson whilst they are in finals mode, then why can't we do the same?" Let's hope for some good news this week, but Nettlefold's words and body language last night on Footy Classified, did not convince me that things were ...

Why couldnt he just adress the questions put to him with a bit of certainty.... Surely he knew what was coming and had time to think about some better thought out answers.....he looked like an imbecile....unsure and trotting out utter crap.... Have some conviction Not sure I'd be this rough on him ...

For the year we had it was never going to end well. It was going to catch up on us. We've had a great year to get where we were. They should be congratulated on that. I'm with you PakenhamSaint. It was a terrible start to the year and it got worst. The boys did very well to come back as they did an...