SA Footy

St Kilda endorses Swan Lyon as its new senior coach
Michael Gleeson and Jake Niall
October 11, 2006


ST KILDA is understood to have chosen Sydney assistant Ross Lyon to be its next senior coach, with an announcement expected to be made as soon as today.

The Swans assistant has leapfrogged his Sydney contemporary John Longmire, who was the early favourite, into the prized St Kilda senior job.

SD Says

Im happy to put my hand up and say I picked this one

poor bastard.....

Did he seriously apply for this position? Spend the next 2 or 3 years asking the boss if how he is doing things is right.

St.Kilda's new logo on their jumper---- " IN ROD WE TRUST"

He must of got all the tactic questions correct !!!

And yes Reb i do agree !!!

Rik E Boy wrote:poor bastard.....

Maybe not. If he has some idea of how to coach he should do alright.

stan wrote:

Rik E Boy wrote:poor bastard.....

Maybe not. If he has some idea of how to coach he should do alright.

Then He's DOOMED I SAY!!!! DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!!!!!!!!!

Mr66 wrote:

stan wrote:

Rik E Boy wrote:poor bastard.....

Maybe not. If he has some idea of how to coach he should do alright.

Then He's DOOMED I SAY!!!! DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!!!!!!!!!

DOOMED very creative Mr 66

As for that picture ''Oh the pain the pain of it all''

Mal

the mail in Sydney is the job was a very close call between Lyon and Bond and Horse was not well prepared and did not even come close

Horse either thought he had it in the bag or he is over-rated

question is, do we rate assistant coaches too highly just because they have been part of a premiership team or top 4 club, how do we actually measure their value at that time to that particular organisation

sydney-dog wrote:Mal

the mail in Sydney is the job was a very close call between Lyon and Bond and Horse was not well prepared and did not even come close

Horse either thought he had it in the bag or he is over-rated

question is, do we rate assistant coaches too highly just because they have been part of a premiership team or top 4 club, how do we actually measure their value at that time to that particular organisation

Refer Craig/Roos fora possible answer.

Mal

that's a good call both were assistants at struggling clubs at the time of their appt

sydney-dog wrote:Mal

that's a good call both were assistants at struggling clubs at the time of their appt

Remind me, what has Craig done again?

well he has turned a non competitve club in to a top 4 club in a short time by developing his list

do you not agree

sydney-dog wrote:Mal

that's a good call both were assistants at struggling clubs at the time of their appt

WE AGREE
after 6 months of.......

lets look at some stats

Last 3 Premiership Coaches
2004- Williams - 6 years to win a premiership
2005 - Paul Roos - 4 years to win a premiership
2006 - Woosha - 5 years to win a premiership

Other long term coaches

Laidley - 4 years with the Kanga's, 2005 only season in the finals
Thompson - 7 years with the cats, 3 of those years played finals footy
Connolly - 5 years with freo, 2 years playing finals footy

Yes, some peoples definition of a good coach is purely a Premiership coach, but a realistic look at Craigy's job thus far, he's done a pretty good job

sydney-dog wrote:lets look at some stats

Last 3 Premiership Coaches
2004- Williams - 6 years to win a premiership
2005 - Paul Roos - 4 years to win a premiership
2006 - Woosha - 5 years to win a premiership

Other long term coaches

Laidley - 4 years with the Kanga's, 2005 only season in the finals
Thompson - 7 years with the cats, 3 of those years played finals footy
Connolly - 5 years with freo, 2 years playing finals footy

Yes, some peoples definition of a good coach is purely a Premiership coach, but a realistic look at Craigy's job thus far, he's done a pretty good job

SD I said EXACTLY the same thing about Grant Thomas doing a fair job
getting saints to top3-6 but was shot down by the anti aints posters.[re saints the excuses post]
Premierships is not the measure of greatness, Craig getting a average team to
prelim finals is a sensational effort, as was Thommos team playing on that diabolical concrete catastrophe

difference is Thomo was handed a good list, Craigy had to develop his list

what also hurt thommo is he refused to recruit a quality ruckman

my mail is even though he had a good relationship with the player he was developing an environment when he controlled every part of the club and failed to listen to medical advise, recruiting advise, player managers, he just grew too big

sydney-dog wrote:difference is Thomo was handed a good list, Craigy had to develop his list

what also hurt thommo is he refused to recruit a quality ruckman

my mail is even though he had a good relationship with the player he was developing an environment when he controlled every part of the club and failed to listen to medical advise, recruiting advise, player managers, he just grew too big

Difference is one team played on a football oval as well.
Agree Craig had no help, Thommo had plenty of it.

sydney-dog wrote:difference is Thomo was handed a good list, Craigy had to develop his list

what also hurt thommo is he refused to recruit a quality ruckman

my mail is even though he had a good relationship with the player he was developing an environment when he controlled every part of the club and failed to listen to medical advise, recruiting advise, player managers, he just grew too big

Medical advise was a big part of the farewell decision !!!

sydney-dog wrote:difference is Thomo was handed a good list, Craigy had to develop his list

what also hurt thommo is he refused to recruit a quality ruckman

my mail is even though he had a good relationship with the player he was developing an environment when he controlled every part of the club and failed to listen to medical advise, recruiting advise, player managers, he just grew too big

Looks like the ruckman was an issue to - Gardiner to be a Saint !!!

Gardiner/Everitt choice for St Kilda
I, being a parochial Aints supporter make a definite preference for
Spider Everitt
because,
Everitt would be 2 years of hell, Gardiner would be 5 years of hell.