saintsRrising wrote:rodgerfox wrote:
Isn't the whole point of a 'professional footy department' that Lyon doesn't look after these areas? And that all he has to worry about is coaching?
What a dead set flog.
You have spent years rubbishing Drain etc...and the WISE move to move away from GT Control to an expanded football department (ie Butters was right and GT was WRONG).......only now to start ridiculing the obvious benefit that Lyon has brought to the Saints.....by the fact that Lyon is part of a football department team...but the most important part as head coach.
So when you harped on about Geelong's success being based on the fact that Thompson could now focus solely on coaching, as the others areas were being managed by Balme - you were wrong?
Or, does the magical 'professional footy department' work differently with us?
Does the head coach still run the entire show? Or does the List Manager manage the list, and the fitness guy manage the fitness?
I'm still very confused as to who the boss is? And who is responsible for our list, and who is responsible for the fitness of our players.
I heard some people say once that Grant Thomas tried to run everything - and that for this he was mad! So we needed a new footy department that made the coach just focus on coaching, and other people look after their designated areas.
Maybe those people were wrong then. Because what I'm reading in this thread is that Ross Lyon looks after everything! He manages the list, he gets players fit, he does selection on his own, he develops game plans on his own - by the sounds of it, he doesn't even need assistants!
Are you saying those people were wrong.
saintsRrising wrote:
Make no mistake Lyon is the key to our fringe players being developed....and Lyon sets the scene for the players that we have traded for....even if it is Drain who does the legwork in securing the trades.
He sets the scene???
That's funny.
What the hell does that mean?
He says, "Hmmm, I need a really good ruckman" and Drain goes and gets him one? Gee, the brilliance of Ross Lyon!!!
It's like Mr Burns telling Daryl Strawberry to hit a home run, and when he does Mr Burns claims "I told him to do that!".
Fair dinkum.
I'd like someone to answer me this....
If we lost Roo, Lenny Hayes, BJ and Dal - would Ross Lyon still be the genius that he is right now?
