OUTGOING St Kilda coach Nick Dal Santo has admitted that he was no longer having the desired impact as coach, and that he and the club were "on the same page" about his resignation.

Dal Santo spoke after his final match on Saturday afternoon after stepping down from the role just a day earlier, with the Saints rallying for the occasion to break their eight-game losing streak with a two-point win over Collingwood.

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“I've been having these thoughts for a little while and we speak to our playing group about impacting and moments of impact and what you've probably seen on field is I haven't been impacting,” Dal Santo said.

“Anything that happens on field ultimately falls into my bucket of responsibility and I accept everything that's happened this year. 

“There's no hiding the fact that it hasn't been great, but that's part of our journey.

"There will be a time that this whole club is really successful and our women's program in particular and I'm proud of where I leave it right now.”

Saturday afternoon's win against 17th-placed Collingwood was a bittersweet end to Dal Santo’s affiliation with the club where he began his football career as a 17-year-old.

“I did joke (that) I should have quit earlier,” Dal Santo said.

“(Today) looked a little different, didn't it? And what I just said to the group [...] is that's actually what it takes.

“But it's every single week and it's every day and every single week of your whole football life. It's not when it suits, it's not when you feel good, it's every day.”

Dal Santo conceded that it had been a taxing 24 hours since he made the decision to step down.

“I don't want to get emotional, but you know, getting text messages from players, their parents in the last 24, 48 hours, it's actually bigger than footy,” Dal Santo said.

“But you know, the young… women that are trying to find their way in this industry, I've got like three kids in the room that, you know, as a culture, we're trying to build something.

“And to be a small part of that is more, you know, I couldn't do anything less than that to be representing our family and be a good role model for my kids. But I'm proud of the whole journey that we've been on.”

The Saints AFLW program will enter a review process now led by highly regarded administrator Brad Lloyd who also conducted a review of Richmond's AFLW program last season.

Dal Santo said he supported the club’s decision to take on the review and that he had no bad feelings towards the club.

“I think it's a really healthy thing to do,” Dal Santo said.

“And if the purpose of it is to make this program better and then therefore women's sport, why wouldn't you? So that's my takeaway. 

“And there'll be some things that need to change. We're aware of that even before this review starts, I think, on Monday. 

“But we are forever just trying to get better. And if it helps us get better, then why wouldn't you do it?”

The St Kilda Hall of Famer plans on spending some time with his family overseas in the meantime and hasn’t made a decision as to whether he will coach again in the future.

“I'm not sure, it’s too early. I just finished,” Dal Santo said.

“I need a bit of a break. We'll go overseas as a family, spend a little bit more time together, but that decision hasn't been decided yet.”