{"id":82199,"date":"2021-06-08T05:21:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T05:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=82199"},"modified":"2021-06-08T08:05:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T08:05:54","slug":"faceless-blues-dobbers-should-be-first-ones-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=82199","title":{"rendered":"Faceless Blues dobbers 'should be first ones out'"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Brisbane Lions coach Justin Leppitsch says the Carlton<\/a> players who've bagged coach David Teague anonymously should be "the first ones out", as an external review<\/a> into the Blues gets underway.<\/p>\n

A report by The Age<\/a> today claimed that at least one player had criticised Teague over a lack of clarity in the game plan, while another questioned the thinking behind team selection. The comments were leaked to the Melbourne masthead.<\/p>\n

Leppitsch lashed those who had taken aim at Teague without revealing their names.<\/p>\n

"I get disappointed when I hear even the rumours that may not even be true of players going to whether it be a board member and bad mouthing the coach," Leppitsch said on SEN.<\/p>\n

"To me, I'd be looking at that player straight away saying, 'You're the first one out. If you are going to go down that path, you are untrustworthy in my opinion. I don't care who you are'.<\/p>\n

"So I think if the board do hear stuff like that from players, they're the first ones I'd be ringing and saying, 'You're not a part of what we want, I don't care who you are'."<\/p>\n

\"David<\/p>\n

Leppitsch presumably has one of the strongest grips on culture in the game, given his storied involvement in premiership success.<\/p>\n

The Victorian was a member of Brisbane's premiership three-peat between 2001 and 2003, before serving as an assistant coach at Richmond as the Tigers surged to the 2019 and 2020 titles.<\/p>\n

He said "culture first" was the key for the perennial battlers, who are languishing in 14th on the ladder with a 4-8 record after Sunday's loss to West Coast.<\/p>\n

\"Zac<\/p>\n

"We're all different as people, we're all made up differently, we all have different strengths and different weaknesses. There's no one out there deliberately trying to hurt your organisation," Leppitsch said.<\/p>\n

"So why speak poorly of David Teague?<\/p>\n

"He looks like a guy who always tries his best to get the best out of his team.<\/p>\n

"So to do that (complain), to me, I think is low. Those are the sorts of people to me that I'd be looking at straightaway."<\/p>\n

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