- Mar 11, 2019
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If we had Bevo or Ross as coach i wouldn't watch footyI'll always scratch my head over the decision to drop Stanley for the Collingwood QF. It really did mess with our team structure, especially when it came to Blitz. And Scotty's excuse being, "We dropped Stanley because we thought it was going to rain," was a weird one too.
I remember the commentators pre-game absolutely stunned live on air when it came in Stanley was dropped, and then the entire week which followed Geelong supporters and the media just went in on Chris Scott. It was a bloodbath. Thankfully we came out and won the next week; that was the most I ever saw Scotty under the pump from supporters and the media. Selwood even mentioned after the SF win how he was happy to win for the coach after the hate he got all week. I literally only remember all this because it was just so randomly intense!
Love Scotty to absolute bits, but anyone who says dropping Stanley wasn't a super strange decision is rewriting history. It stands out even today because Scotty rarely makes mistakes, which is a good thing for us, having such an excellent senior coach.
Chris Scott is not the perfect coach of course, but he's pretty damn close to it! Imagine if we had Bevo, Hinkley or Ross lmao. You shudder to think. Love yah, Scotty!