David Mundy throws the footy forward Picture: Michael Klein Source: HWT Image Library
DAVID Mundy talks about "Fremantle choices". It's a phrase straight out of the book of Ross.
Coach Ross Lyon has worked his magic at the Dockers, convincing his players to enjoy a holiday with little relaxing, rewarded by an amped-up pre-season.
Like St Kilda players before them, the Dockers have committed.
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"Each and every player is convinced by it, the results of individuals and the team that we had last year," on-ball star Mundy told the Herald Sun.
"Ross has come in and he has certain mantras that he goes on with and goes on about, but they were results based.
"You put the hard work in, we've seen the results ... some boys have made hard choices throughout their time over the pre-season and over the off-season but, if we want success, it doesn't come by making easy choices.
"To be part of the Fremantle Football Club and football playing group, you need to display certain behaviours and really buy in, and people make personal choices throughout that.
"If they don't want to make the Fremantle choices, they won't be around much longer."
Dockers Matthew Pavlich and Ross Lyon. Picture: Daniel Wilkins Source: HWT Image Library
When Lyon arrived at the club at the end of 2011, he took no time to set his standards.
Former Dockers assistant coach Todd Curley spent the 2012 pre-season under Lyon before quitting to pursue a career in the oil and gas industry.
"To be honest, the playing group, any playing group probably, are desperate to have success and him coming in with a reputation and having success, they couldn't wait to start training under him," Curley said.
"I guess he was just really confident in what he wanted and what he wanted to put in place. He was able to give the confidence to the group that if they took that on board, anything's possible."
Clancee Pearce got rid of what Lyon described as his "fat a---" and forward Michael Walters was told to get with the program or leave. He chose the former.
Michael Johnson was another player who has blossomed under Lyon.
But why do they work so hard for Ross?
"It's just high accountability, high-review processes," Mundy said. "If someone's not toeing the line, the group's notified almost immediately.
"It's not only Ross, it's really the players holding each other to account - a high peer review (system).
"I wouldn't boil it all down to Ross, but he's the head of the snake I guess."
The standards went up a notch this summer. Lyon encouraged his players to embrace pre-season, not to loathe it.
He reckons the players haven't done more, they've just been worked harder. Certainly midfielder Lachie Neale felt the pain. The 19-year-old collapsed during a session in 30C-plus heat in January. Teammate Matt de Boer faced the media after the incident.
"It is good that Lachie is pushing his body to the limit," de Boer said.
It's been about working hard - abnormally hard, as the former St Kilda coach puts it. "We talk about normal effort gets you normal results but abnormal effort gets you great results," Lyon said in an interview with ABC WA last month.
Mundy said it was about making "hard" choices. "It's easy to come off the training track for example and say 'I don't want to jump in the ice today because it hurts or it's too cold'," he said.
"But the abnormal decision is to really knuckle down and get your recovery right and do what's required. I definitely know which path will lead to AFL success.
"That was something that Ross starting speaking about from day dot at Fremantle."
Curley said there was never any doubt what Lyon means when he speaks.
"It's just really plain, what the players need to do to be successful in his team," Curley said.
"They all understand that and like anything, once they buy in and have a bit of success, I guess you're going to do it more and more."
Mundy said that before last week, he had not even thought about Round 1.
"We've got to get through training before we can play," he said. "Some of the review processes from our training are quite pointed and demanding.
"If you didn't train well, they're often more abrasive than post-match reviews.
"In terms of the workload that we've done, you can quote our sports science guy for this, but that's our ticket to the dance. We've done what was required."
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