I basically agree with Johnny about this. Lyon may be good at getting a team all on the same page, but you rarely win the big ones with scores of 60 odd points. I watched both games yesterday. North vs the Injectors was good to watch. Good result too seeing the drug cheats beaten.Johnny Member wrote:Only once, in one very short era has scores of >70 ever been good enough to win flags.
His philosophy is flawed.
He's had 5 years to change it, and he hasn't. He's even acknowledged the flaw - but hasn't proven capable of changing it.
He's no genius. He's brilliant at getting players to 'buy in'. But what he has them buying into is a lemon.
Toe pokes, bad bounces, benching gun players, poor tactical game day coaching, etc. etc. is not why we lost 2 winnable flags. It's cause we couldn't kick a big enough score. Full stop.
Same reason why Freo haven't and almost certainly won't win a flag.
And that is purely the work of Ross Lyon. And if its not, and the players at two clubs over 6 years aren't listening to him - then clearly he isn't a good coach at all.
Sydney vs Freo was awful to watch. A rolling contested maul. Lyon's defensive gameplan is a bit one dimensional. If teams get drawn into the defensive dogfight then Freo are in business. If they find ways to open it up and break the shackles, Lyon' s finals teams seem unable to switch gears and respond in kind.
Personally I can't stand Lyon. Primarily for the way he left the Saints. I hope he doesn't win one.