Correct.GrumpyOne wrote:Lets not forget guys we were one errant bounce away from premiership number two. Lyon was/is a good coach but had many faults.
Watters has me moist. His approach to the task and the appointments made, especially Aaron and Maxy, indicate that he is not going to be content midfielding the ladder.
2012 will be tough for us, but I can see in the following two years that we will again be the team to beat for the premiership.
NO ONE likes the underhanded way Lyon left us....deceitful for sure...BUT this revisionist shyte that it was terriblegoing to the footy under him blah blah.....is BS.
I went along in 2009 and EVERYTIME I went to a game I didnt expect to win.......I KNEW we were gonna win cause we were just that good - the best in the comp. Players were enormous and Lyon helped build that.
Sure, didnt win a flag - he cant kick goals for Schneider and others in the 10 meter goal square though can he? he cant make a ball bounce a meter longer to Milne?
As a coach/playing group it was/sitll is about giving yourself a chance to win a flag by first getting there and second on the day getting it all to come together with some luck (see hawks 2008 V LUCKY IMO).
Like him or not as a person (and I agree hes no "future builder/developer" of lists )but he can coach. If Freo get a decent injury run he'll improve them out of sight over the previous moron in Mark harvey.
Lyons biggest unkown obstacle is that the game has caught up with the defensive model he loves......the question mark Freo must be worried bout is can he develop them offensively as well? - he couldnt with us IMO