Fremantle coach Ross Lyon has urged fans to be patient with the clubs rebuild, saying it could take about four years before his side are in a position to challenge for the flag again.The Dockers are set to overhaul their list at the end of the season, with more than a dozen players expected to be shown the door.Fremantles hierarchy have decided a rebuild is necessary following a disastrous 2016 campaign that has seen the club go from premiership fancies to competition easybeats.With just one round remaining, the Dockers sit in 16th spot with a 3-18 win-loss record.Matthew Pavlich will retire after Sundays clash with the Bulldogs at Domain Stadium, while players such as Hayden Ballantyne, Nick Suban, Michael Barlow, Zac Clarke, Garrick Ibbotson, Ed Langdon, and Chris Mayne could join rival clubs via trades or free agency.A host of other players are set to be delisted, giving Lyon the first chance in his coaching career to rebuild a list.The Dockers had previously hoped the return of star trio Nat Fyfe, Michael Johnson, and Harley Bennell from injury would allow the club to make a swift rebound.But Lyon warned that is unlikely to be the case.The 10th-year coach pointed to the Western Bulldogs recent rebuild as a typical example of how long it might take.The Bulldogs featured in preliminary finals in 2009 and 2010, before deciding to rebuild after crashing to 10th in 2011.The club broke their four-year finals absence when they finished sixth on the ladder last year.Lyon is contracted until 2020, and says hell probably need most of that time to get the team back into finals mode.We understand were rebuilding. Thats on the agenda, Lyon said on Friday.Ive certainly got a time frame. Everyone hopes to do it quickly. But I think history tells you its going to take some time.Basically (for) everyone its about in their fourth year isnt it.We dont know exactly where were at. Its a moving feast. Theres basically seven or eight players under 20 games again. Were on a journey.This year will be just the second time a Lyon-coached side has missed out on the finals.The only other time was in 2007, when the Saints finished ninth in Lyons debut as a coach.Some experts have doubted Lyons ability to be able to rebuild a list.But the 49-year-old is confident he can do it, and is looking forward to the challenge.Lyon will head to the United States during the off-season to take part in an authentic leadership course at Harvard.Hawthorns Alastair Clarkson, Geelongs Chris Scott, and St Kildas Alan Richardson are other AFL coaches who have done the course.Tanoh Kpassagnon Super Bowl Jersey . - Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco is not a fan of his teams use of the wildcat formation, saying "it makes you look like a high school offence. Custom Chiefs Super Bowl Jerseys . The Redskins announced Monday that the quarterback who led the team to the Super Bowl championship in the 1987 season will serve as a personnel executive. http://www.thechiefsshoponline.com/Youth-Larry-Johnson-Chiefs-Jersey/ .com) - The women will also have a new champion at the Australian Open. Darwin Thompson Super Bowl Jersey . Its 1987 and a Brazilian playmaker, known as Mirandinha, is being paraded around St James Park to the passionate Newcastle fans. Chris Jones Super Bowl Jersey . Thats not a comment on the suspension that banished the Portland Winterhawks general manager and coach from his Western Hockey League teams bench for most of the 2012-13 season.Collingwood has confirmed the appointment of Graeme Allan as football manager, with the Lachie Whitfield saga failing to change the AFL clubs decision.Allan left Greater Western Sydney earlier this year to become head of the Magpies netball program.Allan was fully expected to take Neil Balmes job at a later date and that news was confirmed on Thursday.The announcement came despite Allan being one of three subjects of an AFL investigation into allegations Whitfield tried to avoid drug testers.Collingwood released a statement detailing how Allan told the club about the probe, which relates to his time at GWS, prior to his recruitment.Collingwood was also made aware at this time that both GWS and the AFL had concluded or were concluding separate investigations into the matter, the Magpies noted.Frrom our discussions on this matter with various parties, Collingwood found no reason standing in the way of employing Allan.ddddddddddddThe club would like to make it very clear to all that if, at any stage, information received about any member of staff that brings into question their behaviour Collingwood will deal with that information with the appropriate authorities.Balme, who has been linked to Brisbane Lions, has been offered a director of coaching position by the Magpies.Meanwhile, assistant coaches Ben Hart and Steve Grace have both been shown the door.Former Adelaide coach Brenton Sanderson is expected to join the Magpies as an assistant to Nathan Buckley. ' ' '