Ross Lyon likely to be appointed coach

[lazzadesilva]

From a few people who have links to St Kilda, the word is that Ross Lyon is very likely to be appointed coach again. I think they are nuts to revisit this appointment which was a failure last time (although they were in two grand finals) but hey, they know best I guess. I shudder at their decision making.

[Mr Miyagi]

Awesome, we can beat them in a Gf again. They should be in one by 2035.

[Jezza]

They should appoint Yze, but they're probably stupid enough to bring back Lyon.

[Mr Miyagi]

Timmy Watson’s a shoe in

[Pies4shaw]

SEN has been reporting that Lyon has got the gig and the announcement is imminent.

I wonder if they'll bring back Uncoordinated Nick and the Tiprat as his sidekicks? "Getting the band back together".

[swoop42]

While I never wanted Lyon for Collingwood anyway after enduring our mind numbing football in 2021 the biggest knock for me is he'll need to overcome the entire history of the game to ever become a premiership coach.

That's not a chance I wanted our club to take but as it's one of the 17 other teams I really couldn't GAF.

In his defence he has been seen as a viable option for a number of senior coaching positions these past couple of seasons and was the leading candidate (after Clarkson) for the Carlton role last year before pulling out.

I kind of feel it'll be disingenuous for any media to now take a negative view of this impending appointment just because it involves a club he's already coached.

In reality the pickings have gotten pretty slim for St Kilda and while it might not be fair on Yze, with him having now gone for and missed out on a number of senior roles, appointing him could not only be seen as St Kilda settling for the 2nd best candidate but the 3rd or 4th.

Lyon might well not be the correct choice but of those available it's hard to argue that his record doesn't make him the most qualified and seemingly for many Saint supporters his appointment will be welcomed.

[lazzadesilva]