Time for coach Brad Scott to get nasty - The Age

North Melbourne coach Brad Scott. Photo: Getty Images

Despite the inevitable debate it provoked, North Melbourne coach Brad Scott’s post-match confrontation with the Brisbane Lions' Tom Rockliff over his exchange with veteran Roo Brent Harvey on Saturday night is neither here nor there.

Of far greater significance is North’s failure again to deliver the sort of consistent performance required by an aspiring top-four team. And to that end, at least in a symbolic fashion, Scott’s leap to defend his ageless champion perhaps meant something.

In his fifth season at the helm of the Kangaroos, Scott has resolutely stuck by the players. And it’s probably time to start asking at what cost to North Melbourne’s prospects.

The wrap.

While the patience of the coach in this long-term development hasn’t yet worn thin, that of supporters certainly has, with their team and with him.