Geelong coach Chris Scott bristles at questions in tense press conference and responds to Ollie Henry booing
Chris Scott was far from pleased post-match, returning serve with questions of his own and sending a message to Collingwood fans who booed Oliver Henry. Watch the video.
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Geelong coach Chris Scott bristled at questions over their finals hopes and Jeremy Cameron’s controversial goal in a tense press conference after his side’s eight-point loss to Collingwood.
Scott, who often keeps the media on their toes, twice put reporters on the spot with questions straight back at them.
He also defended Ollie Henry, described the booing of the former Pie by Collingwood fans throughout the match as “juvenile”.
Asked about his confidence in the Cats turning their form around and making the finals, Scott was far from pleased, saying sarcastically: “you tell me what you’re after and I’ll give it to you”.
Earlier he was pressed about the Cameron goal in the fourth quarter – that was on Saturday ruled by the AFL as a wrong call – and responded “do you want me to talk about umpires?”
“I think we can play better but two games to go, do I think we can win them? Yep,” Scott said.
“I just think it is a fairly logical answer to say we have got two games to go, and we think we can win well enough to beat any team in the comp when we play our best. What would be the other answer? We just aren’t going well. Is that what you want to hear? We think we aren’t going well enough so we’ll throw the towel in?
“You tell me what you’re after and I’ll give it to you.
“I’ll repeat it, I think we are good enough to win the last two games and play in the finals, but I’m an optimist so that could be misplaced but not at this stage.”
But he said the booing of Henry, who booted four goals in an impressive showing against his old side, was a reflection of his influence as a player.
“(Henry) is going well, if you’re getting booed, it reminds me of Gary Ablett got booed once and by the 40th time he got the ball it is like, maybe you should give it a rest,” Scott said.
“I think it is a good thing personally, you want to be the kind of player that the opposition don’t want to play against. I get that’s not the reason that they are booing Ollie. A bit juvenile for me.”
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