Victorious NAB Cup Grand Final coach Ross Lyon was reluctant to endorse the competition's format after the game at AAMI Stadium on Saturday.

Lyon said it was hard to make an assessment of the cup so soon after the team's five-point victory over Adelaide.

"We've had a hard-fought win, NAB Cup Grand Final, let's just enjoy this minute as it sits," he said.

"I have no real thoughts on it; I'll probably take some to the Coaches Association and put in a little (input) there."

"But we've respected it all the way through and where it sits at the minute."

Lyon was more forthcoming on his thoughts about the trialled interchange limitations.

"I'm certainly not a fan of it, (but) you work within the limitations of the competition," he said.

"I'm happy with all the rules but the interchange (rule) is incredibly difficult to manage."

The St Kilda leader made managing the rotations appear easy during the Grand Final - he used 62 of a possible 64 interchanges effectively.

Lyon said it was important to give players a break because of the hot weather. The club is optimistic the players will recover well after competing in 30-plus-degree temperatures.

"We won't know the full ramifications for that until the next 24-48 hours but we had one cramp and that was 'Grammy' (Jason Gram)," Lyon said.

"It was a credit to our nutritionists and conditioning coaches and performances managers that they provided great resources for them and we only had one player cramp in those conditions."

"Players were very disciplined to their interchange - we are confident that we came out OK."

Lyon said the players would have to be 'on the ball' with their hydration at the club's family day at Frankston on Sunday.

Michael Tuck Medal winner Gram said the playing conditions weren't too uncomfortable once shade came across the ground.

Gram, who collected 33 touches in a best-on-ground performance, said he was 'grateful' to win the medal.

"Michael Tuck was a champion player and played a lot of footy," he said.

"I haven't had a full pre-season, I've been really rusty with the kicking, even at training, but I've worked hard on it this week."

Lyon said the high-possession game was the type of effort the club expected from Gram.

"He played a real team orientated game so we were really pleased with that," he said.