SEN Breakfast duo Garry Lyon and Tim Watson have urged Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley to โbe betterโ to his players in the future.
The Pies have had one of the worst trade periods in recent memory, losing Adam Treloar, Jaidyn Stephenson, Tom Phillips and Atu Bosenavulagi for relatively cheap deals.
โNathan Buckley once said โbe betterโ. Be better Bucksโฆ if that is the case.โ Lyon said on SEN Breakfast Friday morning.
According to Treloar, Nathan Buckley DID tell him players didnโt want him at the club next year.
โI donโt think that was the truth, I donโt think that was the reality. I think anything was going to be said to move me on.โ @9NewsMelb
— Alicia Muling (@AliciaMuling9) November 13, 2020
When asked about the Stephenson situation that saw the 2018 Rising Star winner call up Buckley to find out his future, Lyon had one question to ask.
โThis 21-year old young man, who is a touch vulnerable, who we had enough faith to give him an extension on a contract nine months ago, who amongst us thought it might be a good idea to pick up a phone and say, โmate it hasnโt worked out?โโ he said.
โThat kid got told and then had to wait a week and heard nothingโฆ and he had to pick the phone up to the coach.โ
Watson was not convinced by the explanation given by Buckley on Twitter, who said that it was one of his toughest days in footy.
โNo one wants to hear that, sorry Nathan. Nobody wants to hear how tough it was for you,โ he said.
โIโm still struggling to believe that it played out like thatโฆ It beggars belief, if it played out like thatโฆ thereโs two sides to a story.
Iโll say it one more time:
Nathan Buckley is a disgrace - he has persistently lied about racism towards Heretier Lumumba, under his watch.
No one should be surprised by his lies & gaslighting. Not news
Face up to your racism Buckley, CollingwoodFC and AFL. Shame on you all. https://t.co/H65TPAgRgM
— maree pardy (@mareeep) November 13, 2020
โThe amount of spin that Collingwood are applying to this is extraordinaryโฆ. Iโm not convinced.โ
Lyon said he wasnโt impressed with what Ned Guy said at the conclusion of the trade period either.
โHeโs not a media performer, thatโs not his goโฆ his job is to manage a list and that looks it hasnโt been done all that well either,โ he said.
โI listened and watched and Iโm not buying any of thatโฆ You want to hear from the man who preaches solidarity, honesty, openness, side by side, in it together.โ
