WEST Coast skipper Shannon Hurn says the Eagles will respect the situation confronting Adelaide this week and try to play the game the way Phil Walsh would have wanted it to be played.
The Eagles have been in mourning since Friday, just as the Crows have, following the news of Walsh's death.
He spent five years at West Coast between 2009 and 2013 as an assistant coach under John Worsfold and forged a strong bond with many of the current Eagles players during that time.
Hurn said playing last week against Melbourne just a day after the players heard the news had been difficult, but he was pleased with how his side handled the situation.
He said this week posed a completely different challenge but he was determined to honour his friend and former mentor.
"It'll be probably a little bit different and that will be a challenge," Hurn said on Tuesday.
"We will show respect to what Adelaide face this week. And we'll probably have a couple of things pre-game and post-game, but we're still going out there to win a footy game.
"I think it's going to be a really good game. Adelaide will be trying to do the same thing. They'll be trying to play some good football and I suppose (play) how Walshy wanted to play the game and that's probably playing it in the right spirit. That's what we'll be trying to do.
"So we understand it's going to be a different week and probably a few different emotions, but we still need to prepare as well as we can for how we want to play and how we think Adelaide is going to play, and then make sure we can go out there and execute it."
West Coast is working with Adelaide and the AFL to finalise arrangements for pre- and post-match tributes on Saturday night and those details will be confirmed in the coming days.
Hurn said former Eagles coach John Worsfold joining the Crows as director of coaching this week would not impact the game tactically.
"He was here for 12 years and he was a very good coach," Hurn said.
"He finished in 2013, so it's been 18 months and all our coaching staff has pretty much changed since he's been here.
"It'll be something that's good for Adelaide because he's a very good coach and understands a good brand of football.
"But the difference in the last 18 months has been that things have changed a lot in our group. We have different players. The game's evolved and adapted, so it's not like he'll have too many inside secrets about us."
