Going back prior 2022 Chris Scott would often frustrate me with his stubborn gameplan that was not cut out for big finals which appeared at the time to be so glaringly obvious and of course he had this exceedingly poor finals record to support this observation, then come 2022 for reasons I'm still unsure, it thankfully 'all changed' and he has been a revelation ever since. He said in 2022 that he didn't change gameplan prior to 2022 because we didn't have the right cattle to do so, which in fairness to him was partially true but it was also to some degree a cop out because he went into detail back in earlier times saying that controlling the footy was the only way to win big games, he even pointed out figures to back up his claim, of which was certainly the case with the great threepeat Hawks side which was their one wood but it certainly wasn't the case with the Tigers threepeat side which was basically mayhem and chaos, while pushing the football forward at all costs. But alas come 2022 season, the penny dropped and everything changed and he has become a far, far better coach ever since because of it, so kudos to him.No many coaches are able to change and re event themselves over such a long period of time.
PS - One other comment I'd like to make about Chris and that is over the years I found it very hard to listen to him speak as everything that came out of his mouth sounded rehearsed, 'controlled' and uninspiring but again since 2022 he has been an absolute pleasure to listen to, being far more open, sincere and not robotic in his comments and now has become the 'complete package' when it comes to ALL aspects of being a 'great AFL coach' not that he wasn't a very, very good AFL coach but now he has become a 'great AFL coach', so hats off to you Chris.