https://thewest.com.au/sport/afl-2021-ross-lyon-in-box-seat-to-replace-david-teague-as-carlton-coach-c-3697445
If the AFL had a Hall of Fame for Common Sense, Leigh Matthews would be the inaugural Legend.
No expert has a greater ability to cut through the bulldust and white noise better than coaching legend Matthews.
It is why he was so easily able to reawaken Ross Lyon’s interest months back, an exchange that could take Ross the Boss all the way to Carlton’s coaches box.
And it is the same radar that allows Matthews to confidently predict Lyon would make a decent fist of coaching the Blues next year.
As Matthews told the Herald Sun on Monday, his role in rekindling Lyon’s coaching flame came about from a simple observation in the bowels of the MCG.
“We ran into each other after working a game at the MCG and I just said to him, ‘How are you enjoying the media?’. For those of us who have coached, a day in the media box is pretty dull. I just said to Ross, ‘How are you doing, are you getting stimulated by the media?’.
“And I think I used the phrase, ‘You are too young not to coach again’.
“I am not a person who can judge coaches. I can’t tell the connection between what players have done and what the coach has told them to do. There are a lot of lucky coaches who were in the right club at the right time … but you can’t be lucky twice.
“Ross has taken two separate groups of players into grand finals, and that to me says Ross must know what he is doing.
“I have never been behind the scenes with Ross. To get two clubs into grand finals, that has to be a tick for the coach. That fits into the can’t-be-lucky category.”
David Teague’s death-by-a-thousand-cuts departure from Carlton has thankfully entered its final week.
It is now 70 days since the Blues announced their external review, and if you were blunt you would say it has been a masterclass in cutting David Teague off at the knees.
Finally on Saturday with an injury-ravaged list that had been rocked by the second and more serious cancer diagnosis of its co-captain Sam Docherty, it all fell apart.
By Monday morning, the decks were cleared for what surely will be Teague’s final act.
Luke Sayers has finally stepped up to take over Carlton, and take responsibility for the widespread cull that will inevitably sweep so many aside within his football department.
As revealed by the Herald Sun on Monday morning, president-elect Sayers was finally elevated to the official presidency in
... keep reading on reddit ➡Bookmakers' current odds to win the league:
60% - Paris Saint-Germain
30% - Lille
7% - Monaco
3% - Lyon
FiveThirtyEight's current odds to win the league:
49% - Paris Saint-Germain
39% - Lille
11% - Monaco
