STAR West Coast onballer Daniel Kerr has met with his club's leadership group following his latest suspension, but coach John Worsfold remained tight-lipped on what punishment, if any, was deemed necessary.

Kerr was given a three-match ban for striking Tiger Matt White in Sunday's 77-point loss to Richmond, and Worsfold said any decision reached by the team's leaders on a separate sanction would remain in-house.

"The leadership group have met with Daniel and had a good discussion about all issues regarding his suspension," Worsfold said at his weekly Wednesday press conference. "[But] I'm not going to comment on what they've decided."

However, the coach conceded Kerr's disciplinary record – he has now been suspended for 11 matches in his 155-game career – was having a negative impact as West Coast attempts to rebuild from a horror 2008 campaign.

"He needs to avoid being suspended because he's too good a player to be [unavailable] to play," he said.

"The two suspensions he's had this season you would say were avoidable.

"We'll have to talk to him about it. I've spoken to him in the past about different strategies to avoid being suspended.

"On field, obviously we're performing well below the way we would like to perform. Now to come out of that rut we need our best team up and going.

"Having players suspended makes it even tougher for us. So we do feel as though we've been let down in terms of wanting to regain some respect that we've lost over the last month or so."

Vice-captain Dean Cox, joined in the leadership group by Adam Selwood, Ashley Hansen, Tyson Stenglein, Matt Priddis and captain Darren Glass, addressed the issue immediately in Sunday's match.

"I've played a lot of footy with Kerry (Kerr), and we know exactly what each other do in situations," Cox said.

"He would have been disappointed in turning the footy over and he runs flat out to try and take care of it himself.

"But it's just a matter of settle down and let's focus on what we have to do next time."