No silly, he was anchored in Sydney tending to his NRL team. Sleepy Hollow is a long way from Sydney so he did his stuff by phone, guiding and giving advice daily to Weapon. No need to be on site when Weapon is getting great results remotely.
It's the documents you can't find which are the worry. Anyone can produce a decent document if they have something to hide.
Essendon can't...
Meanwhile, seems weird to me that Dank would unofficially work for Geelong free of charge. What a giving, kind man.