I've been banging on all the time. wining ugly or not, I put my head up for the last 4 years. I'm not happy. The Steves wiped their arse on the fabric of this club, and patted themselves on the back.
The main question I have to ask is why the hell did RL get a 5 year contract? A complete endorsement of the man and his method. No question marks at ALL over his performance? Not from where I was looking. Not even by his own standards. He's not a premiership coach. Straight sets in 2014, limping to the line in 2015. When did any coach last get a five year contract? It doesn't happen often. Was it Wallace at Richmond? How did that end? Or was the relationship so dependent upon the vindication of the original decision to knife Harvey.
I would put it to the board that they perhaps have been neglectful in their duties to the club and us. Why not 3? Why not 2 and an option? Keep him hungry. He was hungry when he came, we saved his financial bacon in 2011. The alternative at St Kilda was about to devalue his worth as a coach, he had completely ran them into the ground. St Kilda are now closer to a premiership than us. Sadly. And Brad Johnston looks like the footballing genius to end all discussions.
Lyon has stepped up on the bridge in 2016, all relaxed after a dinner party with first class for preseason, found an iceberg dead ahead, and to mix my metaphors, we then fell off a cliff that he didn't see. Who honestly thought after 2 months of the season we would be talking rebuild at 0-8, and potentially tanking for draft picks. With no recourse or call to account for the head coach or the executive for their involvement in said disaster?