Worsfold met with his club’s board on Tuesday morning, in a meeting arranged before the start of the season, to discuss the Eagles’ 1-4 start to the season and the overall development of the side.
He said the club’s board and match committee were still on the same page and agreed the club’s young players were capable of mounting a premiership challenge in three years.
The coach said there was a lack of tolerance to losing games from the board, players and coaches, but reiterated that short-term pain was part of building for success.
“I feel pressure about not winning games because that’s what we’re all here to do, we all want to win,” Worsfold said from Subiaco Oval on Tuesday.
“(But) you have to sometimes wear some pain to build a premiership-winning team and I’m prepared to wear that pain. If that’s personal pain, it’s pretty easy to wear when you’ve got a strong vision in mind.
“Short-term criticism and attacks are only there to take your eye off the ball and they won’t do that to me.
“In terms of answering questions to the board, I’ve done that for eight years so that’s an easy part of the job.”
Worsfold said he wasn’t required to re-sell his plan for success to the board, but give them an update on how that blueprint was progressing.
“They are questions regarding why we are where we’re at (and) what our plans are,” he said. “They wanted to know if we’re tracking along as we expect.
“We’re sticking with the plan. We’re all on the same page and very strongly supportive of it.”
Quinten Lynch has not played since he was dropped following West Coast’s round one loss to the Brisbane Lions, and Worsfold said he explained the match committee’s plans for all senior players currently out of the side.
Ahead of Sunday’s western derby clash with Fremantle, he said Lynch, Ash Hansen, Ben McKinley and Mark Nicoski were all in line for recalls to boost a struggling forward line.
“Questions came up about the experience we might be able to add to our team if required,” Worsfold said.
“The board certainly don’t have any interest in selection issues but they do like to know how our players are developing, so that’s always part of what I talk to them about.
“They wanted to know how those guys were tracking and whether they were still in the mix. I obviously gave them an idea of where the match committee’s been heading with all of that.”
Worsfold also defended the club’s highly touted young players - who have not met lofty outside expectations so far this season - saying he was happy with their development.
“There’s a few young players that aren’t in good form, but their development is still tracking along pretty well,” he said.
“I’m confident that this group will be challenging for a premiership in three years.
“Whether that’s me coaching it or me cheering it on, I’m confident it’ll be there.”
