sumavich
26 May 2008, 11:22
ROSS Lyon's demeanour was measured after his side's capitulation yesterday, but the St Kilda coach's words cut deep. "My job is to set us in a direction with a group of players that aren't mentally soft and aren't physically soft," Lyon said. "We have a few that are, and opposition clubs know that.
"We'll self-assess and the players will self-assess. If we're honest, we're not hard enough, we're not tough enough, consistently enough. I can show you games and quarters, but league footy's about a week-in, week-out battle."
Lyon said too much had been left to club leaders Lenny Hayes, Luke Ball and especially veteran Robert Harvey. Put in Pavlich, ummmm someone else.
"Leadership's everyone's responsibility. It's too hard against good teams in tough conditions to leave too much to too few.
"We're not hard and tough enough, often enough, across the board. Which is my responsibility to fix, so I've got an opportunity, I've got 13 weeks to fix it. If I can't do it, then we'll reassess."
"We'll self-assess and the players will self-assess. If we're honest, we're not hard enough, we're not tough enough, consistently enough. I can show you games and quarters, but league footy's about a week-in, week-out battle."
Lyon said too much had been left to club leaders Lenny Hayes, Luke Ball and especially veteran Robert Harvey. Put in Pavlich, ummmm someone else.
"Leadership's everyone's responsibility. It's too hard against good teams in tough conditions to leave too much to too few.
"We're not hard and tough enough, often enough, across the board. Which is my responsibility to fix, so I've got an opportunity, I've got 13 weeks to fix it. If I can't do it, then we'll reassess."