Indigenous players defend Lyon<\/a><\/p>\nSeveral indigenous players who have played under Saints coach Ross Lyon come to his defence after comments he made during a training session led to a meeting where Lyon offered to stand down.<\/p>\n
“It talks to our environment in the way it was handled, and the shop floor took care of it.<\/p>\n
“If there had been an impasse and a complaint, it would have been taken outside of that office and escalated.<\/p>\n
“Those that are alluding to, ‘Why didn’t it go to the CEO?’ it’s because it became a non-issue that was resolved really quickly and appropriately.”<\/p>\n
Hill and Wanganeen-Milera have shown public support for Lyon since the issue was first made public through a Seven Network report on Monday night.<\/p>\n
It was reported Lyon offered his resignation at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n
But today he moved to clarify that situation.<\/p>\n
“All relationships are built on trust \u2026 so the context of that was, ‘If you don’t think I can rebuild the trust, I would consider my position,'” Lyon said.<\/p>\n
The coach said he “hugged it out” with the First Nations players at their meeting.<\/p>\n
“I am grateful that we got together. It’s a psychologically safe environment, we’re all accountable,” Lyon said.<\/p>\n
“Everyone talks about psychological safety and the ability to be your authentic self, express yourself and your opinion, and be safe about it and be heard.<\/p>\n
“That’s what occurred, and we’re really proud of that.”<\/p>\n
St Kilda next plays Carlton at Docklands on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
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