Stuart Dew knows there's no hiding from the side's Collingwood catastrophe and will likely ring the changes in a desperate bid to resuscitate their finals hopes.
The Suns were blown away in a 79-point loss to the Magpies on Saturday night that could have looked even worse if not for four straight third quarter goals.
The one-sided nature of the contest was difficult for Dew to swallow given his side had entered 7-7 - equal eighth on points - and keen to test themselves against the AFL's ladder leaders.
Instead, they received a huge knock to their percentage and, ahead of a trip to face second-placed Port Adelaide, face the likelihood of needing five wins from their last eight games to make the top eight.
"There's nowhere to hide and we won't," Dew said.
"The only choice is to respond. People will say, 'we've seen that before', but what else are we going to do?
"We have to (compete) next week, that's just factual."
The Suns were slow to react, dropped simple marks and couldn't handle the pressure when the ball was there to be won.
"We got taught an absolute lesson," Dew said.
"The scoreboard is one thing, but what we saw is the most disappointing."
The Suns have shown a resilience this season in wins over Geelong, the Western Bulldogs and Adelaide, but dropped their guard in heavy losses to Carlton and now the Magpies in two of their past three games.
"We'll look at that, around who can stand up under that pressure, who can turn the tide," Dew said.
"We'll look at individuals in particular that we think that, when the challenges come like that, can help us.
"So whoever's the cleanest, we have to back them in and challenge them in these environments.
"A lot of this game's between the ears and that's where we failed."
