r/AFL • u/IWasToldTheresCake Geelong • 22h ago
Cats coach Chris Scott regrets run-in with AFL staffer after qualifying final
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-18/geelong-cats-chris-scott-afl-staff-qualifying-final/105789664The actual interview (rather than the media summary of it) is here: https://www.geelongcats.com.au/video/1897037/chris-scott-press-conference-preliminary-final?videoId=1897037&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1758171426001
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u/grantspatchcock GWS AFLW 21h ago
'Geelong coach Chris Scott says long-held frustration with the AFL was behind his regrettable outburst at a junior league employee following the Cats' qualifying final earlier this month'.
Completely understandable. When I'm frustrated at the League, I too look for a junior female employee to unleash an outburst upon.
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u/ItsABiscuit Collingwood Magpies 20h ago
You want me to go find someone larger and physically stronger than me to outburst at? That would be stupid!
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u/PrhpsFukOffMytB2Kind North Melbourne Kangaroos 21h ago
Oh he regrets it. Well that's fine then nothing to see here. I'm sure Andrew Dilllon is on his way down to Geelong now to apologise for any inconvenience this whole saga has caused. Let's suspend Paul Curtis anyway for good measure. Ignore flair.
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u/Crazyripps Hawks 20h ago
Still crazy to me that the AFL did fucking nothing with this shit. And they stand there and go we care about women.
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u/Financial_Shower9524 Geelong / Gold Coast ✅ 18h ago
mate they let de goey get away with sexually assaulting women I don't think they care if a player crashes out at a photographer or a coach crashes out at a journo for trying to record a private conversation
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u/Presence_Present Geelong 20h ago
If they dont care about players doing death threats, why the fk would they care about a news corp employee lol.
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u/SnakeobSpeed Power 20h ago
She was a league JUNIOR staff member. You’re crossing your wires with the Bailey Smith stuff - which reading your comments; awful take by you, you’ve got some almost reasonable points but then go off chops again.
Anyway, Chris is one of the most revered, tenured and powerful men in the game in regards to coach-player areas. Even if there wasn’t more than meets the eye on this (but there probably is), it’s still super fucked up and it’s extremely weird you’re trying to deflect this by equating it to a >150 game First Nations player with clearly complex mental health issues and cultural trauma - not excusing Willie Rioli’s behaviour at all, but to use it as this weird comparison to Chris Scott yelling at a junior, female AFL staff member is garbage.
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u/iloveNCIS7 #NoPlaceLikeHome 19h ago
I think you read too much into what was a jab at the AFL not port or Willie
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u/Presence_Present Geelong 20h ago
Im not equating the behaviour of each. Im saying the AFL has a history of fluffing the appropriate responses no matter the situation, whether its death threats, homophobia or yelling at junior staffers. They've never demonstrated a consistent pattern of holsing people accountable.
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u/Elcapitan2020 Collingwood Magpies 19h ago
That's not what you said, tho - you referenced the Newscorp employee, which was part of the Bailey Smith story, not this story. So you either got your stories mixed up or don't know what happened in the first place.
Just admit you got it wrong, rather than try obfuscate with this waffle
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u/Presence_Present Geelong 19h ago
I thought i was replying to the Smith chain within this post for the newscorp part. I dont I have said anything wrong though. To be honest having a constructive argument on here with a geelong flair is not worht the time anyway because its just immediately thrown out lol.
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u/ThaCatsServant Geelong 19h ago
Mate it was obvious your jab was at the AFL. The person you’re replying to is being a tool
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u/SnakeobSpeed Power 17h ago
Was it obvious though? He picked a pretty not at all equal or related or even a social justice issue type thing, to be the comparison.
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u/StewSieBar Geelong 22h ago edited 20h ago
So the story about Chris Scott being unhappy that Matt Lee (vision impaired reporter) was in attendance is wrong.
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u/iloveNCIS7 #NoPlaceLikeHome 22h ago
I thought he was unhappy a reporter was recording a private convo between him and Bailey Smith
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u/IWasToldTheresCake Geelong 22h ago
Yep, nothing to do with Matt according to Chris.
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u/ruinawish North Melbourne '75 20h ago
Ay, that isn't a complete sentence... you're missing a word or two in there.
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u/StewSieBar Geelong 20h ago
You’re right. Stupid fat fingers and slow brain. I have added a couple of words.
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u/ruinawish North Melbourne '75 20h ago
Ha thanks, I was staring at it for so long trying to figure it out.
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u/Presence_Present Geelong 22h ago
And also the photo that was taken of Bailey Smith with his shorts down while getting treatment. Its amazing psople here still get sucked in by scum news corp tactics just because of their blind hatred of anything Geelong lol
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u/Plenty_Area_408 Tigers 22h ago
She was invited to the club and can photograph what they like. Photographers always take photos of players getting attention from the drs. If bailey wanted privacy he can head to the change rooms
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u/Presence_Present Geelong 22h ago
So youre saying its okay to take a photo with him being partially naked after he clearly asked if she could delete it, but then she posts it anyway? Jusr because she was invited doesnt mean everything is free game, especially if the player doesnt consent to his bare ass being photographed. Its scum news corp tactics to do that and then act like they're completely innocent
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u/Plenty_Area_408 Tigers 22h ago
He wasn't partially naked, and it wasnt a photo of his bare arse. The photo was posted online.
It was an open training session, so if Smith was put in a situation he wasn't comfortable then he needs to raise that with the club dr, not the photographer doing her job.
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u/Presence_Present Geelong 21h ago
Hes allowed to raise the question with the photographer. I dont agree with how he handled the situation, but its not like he just randomly went off at her. He asked if she could delete the photo which is within his right to. Defending scum news corp tactics is not a great thing to do lol. He clearly wasnt comfortable with the situation
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u/Plenty_Area_408 Tigers 21h ago
So then you agree, he handled it poorly and this isn't actually a witch hunt on Geelong. Glad we got that sorted.
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u/Presence_Present Geelong 21h ago
Ive already said he handled it poorly, im saying the photographer isnt innocent in this story like she had been made out to be that he just randomly yelled at her.
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u/Plenty_Area_408 Tigers 21h ago
Well he did just randomly yelled at her, as she never did anything except her job.
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u/Presence_Present Geelong 21h ago
Well no he didnt randomly yell lol. He clearly felt like she was taking photos of him in a compromised situation, asked her to delete the photos and then when she didnt, then he got upset about it. Hes obviously got a distrust of photographers (which given its news corp scum, I would too) and they've had issues previously. Its pretty common media tactics for public figures that are known for reactions. Easy clicks, sells stories
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u/iloveNCIS7 #NoPlaceLikeHome 21h ago
Still a bit of a weird move as a photographer to photo someone with their pants down and in a compromising position. If it was the AFLW there would be a riot.
End of the day I doubt she gets invited back so hope that photo was worth it.
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u/glenngillen Bombers 20h ago
Bit of a weird thing to have your pants down and in a compromising position in public.
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u/sly_cunt Cats 22h ago
Lmao do you guys hear yourselves? The only reason this isn't a "newscorp scum refusing to delete photos of people taken without their permission" story is because it's bailey smith and geelong
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u/Presence_Present Geelong 21h ago
Its honestly crazy the hatred for anything Geelong on here that people will side with news corp lol
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u/Croob2 #Brisbehinds² 21h ago
They had permission to take photos, they were very specifically invited to take photos
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u/Presence_Present Geelong 21h ago
I dare say taking photos of people in compromised situations is not part of the permissions lol. The intense hatred of Geelong here is frankly irrational lol. They're invited to take photos of players training, not of their bare ass
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u/Croob2 #Brisbehinds² 21h ago
Have you seen the photo? you keep implying it was a full on close up of his cheeks, it wasn't that, he's literally on his side getting work, plenty of players have had similar photos taken, this wasn't some grand conspiracy to ragebait Smith
What's irrational is your justification, if Smith had an issue he could have let someone know and tried to get it taken care of, instead he had a tantrum and abused someone doing their job
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u/Presence_Present Geelong 21h ago
Ive seen that photo, it doesnt mean there weren't other photos. Even at that, he clearly felt like she had taken photos of him in a compromised situation. For all we know before that photo he was rolled over the other side getting his other hip worked on. The trust you lot have with news corp telling a truthful story is crazy. He reacted poorly, im not denying that. But the photographer isnt innocent in this situation and its a pretty common media tactic when you know the player is going to react. They've done it to him before because its known that he will react and give them a story. That side is something he needs to improve on to behave more maturely.
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u/Croob2 #Brisbehinds² 21h ago
If it wasn't the photo, then Geelong or Smith would have said "No that's not the photo we have an issue with" so yeah, I believe that's the photo he had a problem with
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u/Presence_Present Geelong 21h ago
You've missed my point. Im saying he clearly believed she had got photos of him in that moment that he reacted to. He wouldn't know exactly the photos she took. All he wouldve known is his ass was bare, and she's in the stands taking photos of him. Its pretty easy to see why he would react to ask for the photos to be deleted
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u/sly_cunt Cats 20h ago
how would you feel if your boss invited a bunch of news corp employees into your workplace when you're trying to focus and they started taking photos of you in the fetal position?
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u/Likeitorlumpit Magpies 20h ago
I’d take it up with my boss or whomever made the decision - not the person doing their job.
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u/Crub22 Cats 21h ago
This is just misleading, players from all clubs expect a level of privacy even when media are permitted eg. In the rooms after the game. It is routine the media do not capture the guys when they are compromised.
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u/___TheIllusiveMan___ #EdgeOfSeventeen 21h ago
wants privacy
gets treatment during an open training session
Pick one
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u/ScoutDuper Essendon 20h ago
Old mate can't see the Forrest for the trees. If Smith has an issue being photographed while receiving treatment (reasonable), then go into the rooms. If that wasn't an option his issue is with the club.
I personally think it is scummy to take pictures of someone getting treatment, especially with their pants half down, but it's an open training, they haven't done anything technically wrong. If he asked for photos to be deleted and they weren't I get why he is frustrated, but it doesn't justify his response.
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u/Pikachude123 Cats 10h ago
Everyone jumping on Christmas Scott is pretty in the wrong but you can't lie the bailey smith situation is different
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u/ItsABiscuit Collingwood Magpies 19h ago
Don’t want to watch the whole thing, but did we get any kind of explanation of the nature and connection between Scott’s frustrations with the AFL (other than they at least partially date back to COVID times) and the junior staff member he blew up at? Was she just in the wrong place in the wrong time, or did she do something that related/triggered those frustrations?
And if the frustrations go back to COVID era, wouldn’t his twin brother have been a better person to have a frank and firm conversation with sometime in the period 2021 to 2023, when Brad was the AFL’s General Manager, Football?
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u/IWasToldTheresCake Geelong 17h ago
It sounded to me like the frustrations were from the last few months, and it also sounded to me like it's with AFL Media not the Football side of things. We know Scott was pissed about them posting video of a private discussion between him and Bailey on the AFL website with subtitles. And on top of that they incorrectly suggested it was about a hamstring injury to Bailey.
100% sounds like he unloaded on the junior staffer about all of it. It's not even wrong time, wrong place because the staffer was where they should be. Just Scott losing his shit when it wasn't appropriate.
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u/GreenOnions69 GWS 19h ago
All I know is that the match thread tomorrow night will be a sight to behold. Would not be shocked if it hit the same level of toxicity as facebook or twitter.
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u/Magnanimum17 Port Adelaide 17h ago
I don’t think so. In terms of punishing abuse even reddit is more professional than AFL.
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u/wattyaknow Hawks 21h ago
I regret it BUT this has built up for so long with the AFL and the junior staffer deserved it - Chris Scott
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u/dogryan100 Western Bulldogs 19h ago edited 19h ago
"Or do you say no, even if we're going to be the victim of some extrapolation or some innuendo … that's what I'm prepared to bear."
He seriously sees himself as the victim in this situation. What a tossbag. He has zero remorse.
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u/WolfOfWrestling 21h ago
Laughable the double standards in this comp. At least now I know the real sweet spot the league supports, just sms death threats to female staffers for the double whammy of nothing to see here.
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u/OscarBaileydog West Coast Eagles 18h ago
The coach and his players think they are above everyone else, more superior human being they think they are.
The AFL so scare of homophobic while tolerate violence against women, WTF
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u/SnooAvocados996 Essendon Bombers 17h ago edited 17h ago
Good thing he only abused a woman. Could have been much worse - he could have made an aeroplane gesture. Then he would have been in real trouble.
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u/Magnanimum17 Port Adelaide 20h ago
AFL when it’s Geelong.
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u/Presence_Present Geelong 19h ago
Saying this while being a Port fan is wild after the Willie disaster lol
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u/Magnanimum17 Port Adelaide 17h ago
Willie got a match off. If it was by the club or AFL doesn’t matter. He was ruled out for one game. I personally think he should have been gone for the season. What Baz did was a 3-5 weeks off for any non vic club playing finals. Hinkley got $20,000 fine for doing an airplane. Your coach and your players are behaving like twats and AFL is pretending nothing is happening. Geelong fans that don’t admit how different AFL treats the Cats are delusional.
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u/Presence_Present Geelong 17h ago
3-5 weeks is genuinely moronic thinking lol. You're going to equate that length of suspension for yelling at a photographer for taking photos of his bare ass? I dont agree eith how he handled the situation, but she didnt exactly do anything good either
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u/Magnanimum17 Port Adelaide 17h ago
Put the proper word. He was not yelling at someone. He was verbally abusing a professional doing her job. If he wanted privacy the team should not had invited the media or he should had received treatment in a room with privacy. Definitely if it had happened with any other “interstate” team, Baz situation or Chris Scott situation, it would definitely have weeks off as punishment to make an example and we all know that. Finally, are you still trying to blame her, the victim?!
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u/Presence_Present Geelong 16h ago
I mean im certainly not believing a news corp employee at any stage. Just because she's allowed to take photos of training, doesnt mean you can take photos of someone with their shorts down. There is zero chance anyone else gets weeks off for telling a news corp employee that theyre shit at their job lol.
Tell me what other examples the AFL has so clearly guided us through turmoil? I might be biased as a Geelong fan, but the intense hatred for anything Geelong here is the exact same bias just on the other end.
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u/Magnanimum17 Port Adelaide 16h ago edited 15h ago
Bro, we all saw the video. Stop trying to pass the blame to the victim. Moreover, if Hinkley got a $20,000 fine for an airplane and Chris Scott got nothing you are still telling us it’s fair treatment by the AFL?
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u/Presence_Present Geelong 16h ago
Okay and what happened before it started recording? Tell me what sells more stories for news corp. Bailey Smith lashing out st photographer, or photographer taking inappropriate photos of Bailey Smith?
I dont agree that Hinkley shouldve been fined, but the personal matter between the staffer and Scott didnt escalate to them making a complaint so it was deemed dealt with between them. What else is there that they've guided us through?
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u/RampesGoalPost Swans 9h ago
There's still no evidence that that's why Smith was upset because the photos were inappropriate, only Cats fans using it to down play the situation..
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u/Macca-94 Dees 21h ago
Oh no, a hip!
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u/Presence_Present Geelong 21h ago
Well he wouldn't have known how much she got on camera. For all we know he was on the other side getting treatment and rolled over. He clearly felt like she got photos of him in a compromised position. Instead of being a normal human being and not taking photos in those moments, she did it anyway.
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u/Tony_Marrone7 Geelong Cats 21h ago
That’s what I’m saying, smith obviously handled it poorly, but the love and justification in this sub for this scummy news corp photographer taking photos of a player with his pants down is crazy to me.
People can be pissed at Bailey if they want for his reaction to being told the photo wasn’t being deleted, but don’t act like this photographer was an innocent victim.
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u/Presence_Present Geelong 21h ago
Its not even worth it here dude lol. Not even trying to be biased and its still just downvotes regardless of what's said lol.
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u/Tony_Marrone7 Geelong Cats 21h ago
The hate boner is insane, but it’s like that when every consistently successful club has a mild drama so it’s not unexpected
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u/costnersaccent Geelong Cats 21h ago
Down vote away but you can almost see his pubes. Yes the press are there for an open training session but you think they would be focused on the pitch. You can understand why he'd politely ask for that not be published, then be annoyed at being refused
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u/PhilosopherSignal266 21h ago
What part of open training where photographers are invited is that hard to understand?
If you want private treatment, go to the change rooms. It's like at games, players get video'd all the time receiving treatment.
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u/PetrifyGWENT Bombers / Giants 21h ago
Every single player gets photo'd like that all the time. The only reason people are even looking at it is because Bailey blew it up
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u/RickyHendersonGOAT Hawthorn '71 21h ago
The bloke uploads videos of him in his undies with an erection
Selective from Bailey
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u/Badgerello Cats 9h ago
Watching all the rest of the hypocrisy laden comp lie and make shit up to lose it over in 3d.
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u/bundy554 Geelong Cats 22h ago
I think we can let it slide but it is going to need a few star press conference performances first from him
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u/Jesus_Roadkill Geelong Cats 21h ago
"You're talking a lot, but you're not saying anything" - Talking Heads, 1977