St Kilda coach Scott Watters isn't worried by Brendon Goddard's departure to Essendon, saying there's "no disappointment" with the talent coming through at the club.
No loss: St Kilda coach Scott Watters insists he is not bothered star utility Brendon Goddard has quit the club. Picture: George Salpigtidis Source: Herald Sun
Brendon Goddard claims the talent at the Bombers was a major factor in his decision to walk out on the Saints. Picture: Michael Klein Source: Herald Sun
ST Kilda coach Scott Watters has fired back at Brendon Goddard, insisting he is not bothered the star utility quit the club.
Goddard this week broke his silence on his free agency switch to Essendon, saying the talent at the Bombers had been a major factor in his decision to walk out on the Saints.
But Watters said he couldn't care less.
"There's absolutely no disappointment from my side of the fence," he said yesterday.
"I've just finished a session with 14 young players that want to play at this football club and my energies are focused on them."
Watters, who yesterday unveiled young Saints recruits Tom Hickey, Tom Lee and Trent Dennis-Lane, added: "I've got no interest in other people's perceptions either. We deal with what we deal with here internally and we're excited about what's ahead.
"Brendon's an Essendon player. We're pretty keen to deal with the St Kilda players that are here."
Watters said last month Goddard's decision to leave was purely financial.
"The reason is about money. It's that simple," he said.
St Kilda's other high-profile departure, Jason Gram, remains in touch with the club after he was sacked because of off-field behaviour. Gram was dumped a fortnight ago for failing to honour repeated club warnings about his behaviour.
"Coaches care for their players so you don't like to see a player fall out of the system, but at the same time we've got a club culture and set of values and standards that we need to really strongly defend," Watters said.
"Really, at the end of the day players make a choice on whether they want to stay and be involved with what we want to try and deliver and unfortunately some of Gramy's choices preclude him from that."
Most of St Kilda's senior players reported back for training on Monday. Midfielder Lenny Hayes was among them as he recovers from corrective heart surgery to repair a leaky valve.
Watters said Hayes was making excellent progress and, barring an unforeseen setback, was on schedule to join in full training early in the new year.
"You run out of superlatives to describe the way he goes about his work. The way he's presented himself after the operation; he's in terrific condition," he said.
"At 32, he would be on a modified program regardless. I would think by early January he would be in full combat mode."
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