By AAP
Geelong’s coach Chris Scott was prepared to quit last year if his players doubted he could lead them to an AFL premiership.
Scott bluntly asked captain Joel Selwood, Patrick Dangerfield and other players if they believed he could take the Cats to the flag.
Victorious Geelong coach Chris Scott thanks the Cats’ legion of fans.Credit:Scott McNaughton
“Yeah, I did, absolutely,” Scott told Fox Footy’s AFL 360 program on Monday night.
“And I made it hard for them. I said ‘if you have any doubt at all, you have to tell me’.
“It was a bigger group than just Joel and Pat, I am not going to name those (other) guys.
“But I have done a version of that almost every year I think but at the end of ’21 in particular, they were emphatic – and that support was the basis of my drive for ’22.”
Asked if he would have quit if the players expressed any doubt, Scott replied: “Yep.“
Last year, Geelong were crushed by eventual premiers Melbourne in an 83-point preliminary final drubbing.
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