I'd never have done what Lyon did: Harvey

More than five months after he was unceremoniously dumped as Fremantle coach, Mark Harvey says he has still not accepted the decision.

The Dockers controversially axed Harvey and brought in St Kilda's Ross Lyon last September after an injury-ravaged season had seen Freo finish out of the finals.

Lyon told Fox Sports' On The Couch earlier this week he would make the same decision again "given the circumstances" - something Harvey said he could never have done.

"If I was asked by another club (to coach them), and that (club's) coach had a contract, then I certainly wouldn't be entertaining it," said Harvey, now an assistant at Brisbane.

Speaking of his sacking with a year left on his contract, the Herald Sun reports Harvey told SEN radio: "Obviously it was a shock, you try and understand why.

"I guess in time as the days and months have gone on you get a clearer picture on things. People say football clubs are political and they are.

"I wouldn't say I'm accepting of it but there's an understanding of what can happen sometimes at a level where you're involved in high management."

And having spent many years as an assistant at Essendon before taking the job at Fremantle, Harvey said he had no interest at this time in seeking another senior position.

"I'm quite happy doing what I'm doing at the moment," Harvey said.

Meanwhile, new St Kilda coach Scott Watters has denied he was disrespectful to Lyon's achievements with the Saints.

Watters was criticised recently by ex-Sydney coach Paul Roos - a close friend of Lyon - after saying St Kilda should start this season with a clean sheet.

But Watters said on Thursday he was referring to the club's notorious off-field controversies, reiterating that they need to move on from those issues.

"Roosy's in the media, he has to make comments," Watters said. "I respect Paul ... really it's not an issue.

"You've got to be careful about taking things out of context.

"There are some things we'd like to move on from - some of the incidents that have probably plagued the club off-field for 12 to 18 months.

"We want to move past a lot of those things.