St Kilda coach Ross Lyon thought of calling retired West Coast spearhead Josh Kennedy after shedding star ahead Max King to harm.
King suffered a shoulder harm at coaching earlier this month, prompting Port Adelaide nice Kane Cornes to counsel Lyon attain out to Kennedy, who referred to as time on his adorned 293-game profession on the finish of the season.
Lyon mentioned he was tempted by the prospect to sound out the long run Hall of Famer.
“I liked it, to be honest. I thought it was a bit of left-field thinking and creative,” Lyon informed SEN.
“I really did like it and then it’s like, if you break it down even further, he (King) kicked 52 goals for the year, if it’s six games (that he could miss) that’s 12 goals and that’s two a week.
“I think we can find two a week, so I (calculated) it that way.
“I did like the thinking, I was like, ‘Yeah, I should pick up the phone’.”
Kennedy had revealed a need to play on past 2022 however {that a} debilitating knee harm had in the end made the choice for him.
He retired as West Coast’s all-time main goal-kicker, a premiership participant and with three Brownlow votes in his farewell recreation towards Adelaide, the place he kicked eight majors.
Despite the Saints coach’s curiosity in Kennedy, Lyon mentioned he’ll look throughout the partitions at Moorabbin for King’s substitute.
“Probably where we’re at… we need to develop in our system some young talent and probably find out about a few on our list,” Lyon continued.
“We’ve just got to work through it.”
Lyon labelled the harm to King, the membership’s main goal-kicker over the previous two seasons, as “really disappointing”.
“It was really disappointing, first and foremost for Max and also our supporters,” Lyon informed SEN Sportsday.
“I didn’t know much about Max at all really except from the outside.
“But I came in and he really impressed me early, I don’t say that lightly.
“The desire to improve and do the work and become what everyone wants to do, become a great player as a part of a great team.
“So, in a short period, he really impressed me.”
