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FREMANTLE coach Ross Lyon said this week's death of his former Victorian schoolboys teammate and one-time coaching competitor Dean Bailey put into context last year's Grand Final loss to Hawthorn.
Asked if he was still affected by what happened last September, Lyon said it was completely overshadowed by Bailey's loss, at only 47.
MATCH REPORT
"You know what, in 1984 I went with Dean Bailey to Ireland with the Victorian schoolboys' side — with Garry Lyon and Steve Silvagni and those guys," an emotional Lyon said after the 70-point win over Collingwood.
"Dean Bailey was a part of that, and he has lost his life to cancer. We have all been affected by it.
"Then you read the Daniel Morcombe (case) and it is horrendous, and you have to question where society is going.
"It is (only) a Grand Final loss. Those things tend to sober you up. In my world, footy is really important, but we are not sitting around feeling sorry for ourselves."
Lyon and Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley both wore black arm bands in honour of Bailey.
Lyon said getting off to a strong start was crucial for his team as it was coming off an abbreviated pre-season after making the Grand Final for the first time.
"It was really important to get some momentum by getting a win on the board early," he said.
"We have got some things to work on. I thought our clearance work and ball work early was poor, but when we did get it, we looked really dangerous."
Nat Fyfe was outstanding before being subbed out at three-quarter-time after copping a slight knock to the leg. But, but Lyon said it was purely for precautionary reasons.
BUTCHERS TAKE TO MAGPIES
The Dockers coach said he was excited to have a fit and fired up Aaron Sandilands to start the season, with the ruckman going up against young Magpie talls Brodie Grundy and Jarrod Witts.
"I thought it was bold," Lyon said of the Magpies' decision to favour Witts ahead of the more experienced Ben Hudson as Grundy's back-up. "They backed their youth with Witts and Grundy.
"Grundy is going to be a star of the competition. It would have been easy to play Hudson from the outside, but you can lose and go forward.
"And clearly those ruckmen will go forward against a specialist ruckman like Aaron."
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