“I’m very wary,and I’m very cautious of anything to do with AFL senior coaching,” Lyon said.
“How anyone could mitigate that for me,I don’t even know,so I think it’s highly unlikely.
“I certainly didn’t enjoy what I allowed myself to be bought into last year. I probably said too much ... I was too honest,and people don’t deal with that.”
The 55-year-old departed Fremantle in 2019 with a 57 per cent winning record in 305 games as coach,having taken the Saints and the Dockers to four grand finals (including a draw with Collingwood in 2010).
Since leaving the game,Lyon has established himself in business and the football media and Goddard said his people management had become better every year he was in a senior coaching job.
“Essendon are this incredible club,historically,and I actually don’t mind the purge. I hear the right noises coming from David Barham. Regardless of me,we all want to see them get going ... he has to get all his ducks in a row,himself,” Lyon said.
Bombers football manager Josh Mahoney will be on the coaching selection panel as Barham sets up a process to simultaneously choose a new coach and conduct an external review of the club.
Meanwhile,North Melbourne have made their first significant movesince appointing Alastair Clarkson,with football manager Daniel McPherson departing the club after just one year in the role.
Clarkson ally Todd Viney has been appointed as the club’s new football manager,with list manager Brady Rawlings to report directly to Viney in a revised structure. Assistant coaches Anthony Rocca and Heath Younie will also depart.
The club is expected to release an abridged version of the football department review Geoff Walsh conducted,which contained information for the board to enable them to devise their next steps after such a horror season.
Clarkson officially begins in the role on November 1,but addressed the players on Tuesday before they went on a break.
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