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“What is this macho bulls--t?”: Lyon’s pointed message to concussed Crow
SEN • March 31st, 2026 10:26 am
Garry Lyon has delivered a pointed message to Adelaide’s Jordon Butts.
It comes after the Crows defender entered concussion protocols having presented with delayed concussion symptoms from last Thursday night’s loss to Geelong at GMHBA Stadium.
Butts copped some friendly fire from teammate Lachlan McAndrew in the third quarter which had him dazed and confused.
It took a little while for club doctors to bring Butts off the ground before he underwent a Head Injury Assessment (HIA) which he passed.
The 26-year-old has since been ruled out of this Friday night’s crunch clash with Fremantle at the Adelaide Oval, and he hasn’t escaped the wrath of Lyon.
“Concussion remains one of the biggest issues in football, one of the biggest challenges in football,” a passionate Lyon said on SEN Breakfast.
“There are complexities surrounding players who have had their careers ended and lives uprooted on the back of concussion.
“So, to Jordon Butts, when you get whacked in the head, as you did on Thursday night…
“What is this macho bulls--t of shrugging off the doctor and saying, ‘Get out of my way, I'm good enough, I'll stay out there’, when the prudent, responsible course of action is to get yourself off the ground, do the HIA, take the pressure off the doctors and the coaches who are sitting in the box.
“We had this farcical situation unfolding with Jordon Butts who gets hit in the head, looks dazed but decides in the best interest of everyone, ‘I’ll stay out here because I don't know why’.
“Who do you think you're impressing? Who do you think you're really impressing by staying out there when you've been dazed and the doctor is circling you. Get off the ground.
“Yet, for some reason, we have this outdated, ‘Oh, I won't come off, I'm tough’. Get off the ground.
“As it turns out, we had the circus going around where the Adelaide doctors looked at it and couldn't get him off or didn't get him off and then we had to get the intervention from upstairs and they said, ‘No, no, get that man off’ and then they got him off. They did the HIA, I think he came back on and now, lo and behold, delayed concussion symptoms and he's going to miss the next two weeks.
“Take responsibility, players, for the whole playing cohort. Not just for your own ego by thinking I’ll stay out because I’m tough. That’s not helping anyone these days.
“Take responsibility, do the right thing, get off the ground, do your HIA. If you’re no good you’re not coming back on. If it’s all ok you’re back on and you’ve missed five minutes.
“Doing this and trying to hoodwink doctors is not impressing anyone and it’s not helping anyone in the whole process.
“So do the responsible thing and get off the ground.”
