Brett Ratten sacked

[TrialByVideo]

Wow.... didn't see this coming from them sneaky sainters..... tight as a drum down there at the StKilda Disco.... the extensive search, numerous candidates and absolutely exhaustive process all coordinated by their president, who knows what it takes when it comes to world first recruitment practices, having founded Seek.com!
Had me blindsided. ..

 

[taztiger4]

All true. No big team handed over as it was 13 years ago. Wossy has to start from scratch. Hope Ratts gets a 2nd chance somewhere.

3rd chance

 

[TigerForce]

3rd chance

Yeah, I keep thinking he was a stand-in at Carltony.

 

[TigerForce]

"Hi Ross, thanks but no thanks"

 

[DavidSSS]

Lyon left StKilda, are they trying to convince him it wasn't the right move to dump them?

Can't see any other reason they would want him back. Has been a decent coach, questions over whether he still will be, questions over the list at StKilda.

No question over loyalty - he has shown by past actions that he has none . . . then again, StKilda have no loyalty either, sacking a coach barely months after renewing his contract.

As the Footyology article says - Love has found a way.

But it is likely to all end in tears.

On a more serious note, StKilda are a decent rebuild and a far better list away from being contenders. This really does smack of a short term fix when they need a long term plan.

DS

 

[TigerFurious]

No doubt Lyon can coach but like milk, his coaching has an expiration date. Seems he he has about 5 years where players and assistants can tolerate his “demanding” ways before they get sick of it. Problem is St Kilda appear much further than 5 years away from being a genuine premiership contender.

Also, are we just going to ignore the sexual harassment allegations from his time at Fremantle? Yes? Okay then.

 

[TigerForce]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1584352131682750464

 

[TOT70]

Time to move on. Which coach will it be next week?

Beveridge? Hinkley? Brad Scott?

 

[Eddie Bax]

This whole saga, like the Essendon drama, smacks of the inability to recognize the real underlying issue: the list is just not very good.

That's probably driven in both cases by the overarching problem of chronic dysfunction in club leadership, but I digress.

I'll give Lyon credit, he took teams with some pretty ordinary bottom sixes to grand finals. But they were also teams with top end talent of the Riewoldt, Pavlich, Fyfe calibre.

The current Saints don't have that, and I doubt he can wring any more out of this list than when Ratten got them into the finals, especially with three years out of a coaching role. The game moves on fast.

 

[TigerForce]

Time to move on. Which coach will it be next week?

Beveridge? Hinkley? Brad Scott?

Hinkley's next on the chopping block. Big pressure next season with Horny at the club.

 

[Little Ziggyadee]

"Hi Ross, thanks but no thanks"

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Stkilda are shiit. It's a career ender if you decide to go there.
From recruiting to assistant coaches it's a dead end

 

[TrialByVideo]

Not enjoying the way the St Kilda President pronounces 'Lyon'.

Yeah, ever time I've heard him I wonder if he thinks his *smile* don't stink...... or he has an unfortunate speech impediment. Might be both.

 

[Legends of 2017]

He says he has unfinished business at the saints. Maybe he would have finished it years ago if he didn’t abandon them for more money elsewhere

 

[Nico]

This is my favorite line from the Footyology article:

"...if Lyon wasn’t so busy in recent years knocking back jobs he was never offered..." lol

 

[craig]

All true. No big team handed over as it was 13 years ago. Wossy has to start from scratch. Hope Ratts gets a 2nd chance somewhere.

Or a third he got stitched by the Blues also first time around.

 

[craig]

Time to move on. Which coach will it be next week?

Beveridge? Hinkley? Brad Scott?

Hinkley or Simmo will be the next in line to get the Arse if they have poor starts to the season.

 

[waiting]

Wow.... didn't see this coming from them sneaky sainters..... tight as a drum down there at the StKilda Disco.... the extensive search, numerous candidates and absolutely exhaustive process all coordinated by their president, who knows what it takes when it comes to world first recruitment practices, having founded Seek.com!
Had me blindsided. ..

Marx brothers.
TBV you have taken back in time.

Might have to dust off the old ‘video VHS tape, sit myself down and reminisce.

Those were the days of true comedy.

 

[waiting]

Lyon left StKilda, are they trying to convince him it wasn't the right move to dump them?

Can't see any other reason they would want him back. Has been a decent coach, questions over whether he still will be, questions over the list at StKilda.

No question over loyalty - he has shown by past actions that he has none . . . then again, StKilda have no loyalty either, sacking a coach barely months after renewing his contract.

As the Footyology article says - Love has found a way.

But it is likely to all end in tears.

On a more serious note, StKilda are a decent rebuild and a far better list away from being contenders. This really does smack of a short term fix when they need a long term plan.

DS

Deserve each other!

 

[waiting]

If Brett Ratten was a ‘player’ the AFLPA mouthpiece Dangerdive would be over in the press, radio with Whateley saying how bad the player was treated.

The AFLCA hadn’t been heard. No outcry. Nothing about the fact he was signed up to an extension for two years and gets paid 6 months.

Where are they I ask?????????????????

 

[The Big Richo]

The AFLCA hadn’t been heard. No outcry. Nothing about the fact he was signed up to an extension for two years and gets paid 6 months.

He agreed to that clause in the contract though, how can they get angry if it is used?