Geelong coach Chris Scott doesn't want or need clarification from the AFL regarding a key umpiring decision in the final seconds of his side's loss to Sydney, saying it is clear the wrong call was made.
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Jeremy Cameron looked set to have an after-the-siren shot at victory on Saturday night, when he held onto a skied ball with six seconds remaining on the clock.
But the whistleblowers called play on, ruling the ball had not travelled the requisite 15 metres in the Cats' forward line, and the Swans proceeded to prevail by two points at the SCG.
"I looked at the vision and it's clear it did (travel 15 metres)," Scott said.
"But it's a different perspective for the umpire, he can't go back and replay the vision. They're tough calls.
"I suspect they'll have a look at it and go, 'the Swans made some blues, the Cats made some blues after that then we might have made some blues as well'.
"That's a split-second call and if he made the wrong one, I think we should say 'isn't it surprising that doesn't happen more often given how difficult the job is?'."
Swans counterpart John Longmire was reluctant to comment.
"I'm not saying anything about umpires, I know that," Longmire told reporters.
Scott, asked whether he would ask the AFL to explain the umpire's verdict, noted "it's clear".
The 2011 premiership coach proceeded to query whether it made sense for only some calls to be given such in-depth analysis and explanation by the league.
"It's not for me to speak on behalf of the AFL and what they should do," he said.
"They have a bit of a recent history of coming out and admitting their mistakes, which is probably the right thing to do.
"It's really difficult to say on one hand - and I think we all agree with this - that umpires don't determine the outcomes of games.
"And say there's a whole range of decisions across the course of the game that could be controversial, so we wouldn't focus on the last one.
"But then go and clarify the last one. That seems strange to me, in my mind if you are going to explain yourself then explain yourself over the entirety of the game, rather than building pressure on umpires."
Scott is keen for the Cats to quickly move on from the gutting loss, shifting focus to Friday night's grand-final rematch against Richmond at the MCG.
"I don't think it's a 'drop our bundle'. It's a six-day break into the best team in the competition," he said.
"We can't afford to wallow in our self-pity for too long."
Australian Associated Press
