St Kilda captain Jack Steele conceded it was “not ideal” audio from the coaches field might develop into public and Ross Lyon has spoken to particular person gamers to organize them for what they could hear.
The new Saints coach, who is understood to be animated and vocal throughout matches, wished to ensure a variety of gamers have been “comfortable” with what had been stated within the field throughout Friday’s apply match in opposition to Essendon.
St Kilda unintentionally uploaded its delicate coaches’ field audio to a league-wide shared Dropbox folder on the weekend, with the membership making a proactive response to the error in case the audio was accessed earlier than it was deleted from the folder.
Sensitive tactical data might have been uncovered to different golf equipment by way of the leak, however Steele stated Lyon was additionally targeted on assuaging sure gamers’ considerations over feedback made about them within the field.
“It’s not ideal – it’s not the information you want to hear come out about your club,” Steele stated.
“But at the end of the day it was a mistake, and Ross addressed things (Wednesday) morning before it all came out, which was for me quite impressive.
“For him to get on the front foot and just knock it on the head was pretty special … it’s not what you want coming out at this time of year right before round 1.”
The Saints captain stated Lyon was “quite open and honest” about feedback involving a number of the gamers.
“He told us exactly how it was, exactly what’s happened. Just audio of the coaches’ box had been leaked with the game footage, so he didn’t really beat around the bush in terms of the information,” Steele stated.
“There were some things said that he needed to address with certain people, just to make sure they were comfortable with what was said.”
Speaking on the AFL Captains’ Day at Marvel Stadium on Thursday, Steele stated it had taken the taking part in group a while to regulate to Lyon’s extra intense type in conferences and on matchday after the extra laid-back method of predecessor Brett Ratten.
“Ross is definitely business, he wants to win really bad … not saying that Ratts didn’t want that, but he’s very serious when it comes to footy and meetings like that, whereas Ratts would always usually have a lighter take on things,” Steele stated.
“And there’s no right or wrong answer, they’re definitely different, it’s taken a while for us as a playing group to adapt to Ross’ ways, but it has been a nice and refreshing change for Ross to come in.”
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