gringo2011
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Bassat said basically that in his email.
"We were clear when we appointed Ross that we had a lot of work to do in terms of both our processes and our ability to seriously compete on-field, and our plans remain grounded in that reality. Put simply, we are trying to do this the right way, not the easy way."
No, he didn't explicitly say the players aren't good enough. That's probably not something he can say publicly. But reading between the lines it's pretty clear to me that "our ability to seriously compete on-field" includes the players on the list.
I also did a long post this morning about how our list looks compared to the Bulldogs list. Plenty seem to agree with that. I think most supporters who pay much attention think our players aren't that good and we need better ones to seriously compete.
If you don't think that then I understand why you'd be sceptical about Lyon. But otherwise I personally don't the see the harm in keeping him around maybe one year too long (which would be the end of this contract). If the players are good and the coach is s**t then the next coach will have plenty to work with, just a year later. But if the playing list needs improvement then chopping and changing coaches is exactly the wrong way to go about improving it.
He's saying that the club needs to bridge the gap from a mid table list to a serious finals side. Plenty of opinions on the best way to do it. Dogs have an underperforming list and played off in a GF and consistently develop players.
We are behind them but they weren't at full strength and we offered no resistance. Lyon claims that he wants the performances to make fans proud. All they do is make me angry and frustrated, even when we win.
I started this fight and I back Lyon for now but he shouldn't be immune from criticism or have zero KPIs. We are the biggest bunch of messiah complex fans in footy. Even in the face of a sinking ship we'll all be telling ourselves that we're in a submarine and it's part of the plan.