PORT Adelaide vice-captain Brad Ebert says a commitment to 'get the job done' against Collingwood on Thursday night is the best tribute the players could pay to Phil Walsh.

Ebert was a 17-year-old when he arrived at West Coast ahead of the 2008 season and was joined a year later by Walsh, who moved from the Power as an assistant coach.

The pair was reunited last year at Alberton when Walsh replaced Alan Richardson as an assistant coach.

Ebert said Walsh's maverick outlook shaped the way he played the game.

Port takes on the Magpies at Adelaide Oval this week and although the Power haven't yet decided how to pay homage to Walsh, Ebert believed a brilliant performance would be an apt tribute. 

"I hope as a group we can pull it together and play some really good football and do it in his honour," Ebert said.

"We're all going through it together, so to get out onto the track and play together is, in a way, a good escape.

"His big thing was 'getting the job done' and I think that was one thing he instilled in us here … going forward, I think that's one thing we can really carry [with us], to just 'get the job done'."

Port Adelaide full forward Jay Schulz has been cleared to play on Thursday night after he escaped sanction for a tackle that knocked out Sydney Swan Ted Richards last Thursday night.

Schulz was again well held in the side's 10-point loss to the Swans; he's kicked 10 goals in the past eight rounds.

But Ebert said the club's skills and decision-making when under pressure would prove its barometer against the Magpies.

"We'll put the time and effort into Collingwood and make sure we're mentally prepared to play, (Walsh) meant different things to different players and I know that'll be in their minds," he said.

"But I think the best way we can go about it is to play and to give it a good crack.

"We've probably just faded in those areas (skills and decision making) and if we can fix them up I think it'll go a long way to getting the job done."