sport news Geelong Cats coach Chris Scott reveals how close he came to quitting at the end ... trends now Geelong coach Chris Scott reveals how the club's best players could have made him QUIT last year with just a few simple words Geelong coach Chris Scott was prepared to quit if his players doubted him Scott relied on senior players like Joel Selwood and Patrick Dangerfield Scott revealed that he does his 'soul-searching' before every season By Steve Larkin For Australian Associated Press and James Cooney For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:51 BST, 26 September 2022 | Updated: 23:51 BST, 26 September 2022 Viewcomments Geelong coach Chris Scott was prepared to quit at the end of last season if his players doubted he could lead them to an AFL premiership. Scott bluntly asked captain Joel Selwood, Patrick Dangerfield and other players if they believed he could take the Cats to the flag. 'Yeah, I did, absolutely,' Scott told Fox Footy's AFL 360 program on Monday night. Geelong Cats dual premiership coach Chris Scott (pictured after winning this year's grand final) has revealed he was prepared to quit at the end of 2021 if he didn't have the full support of his players Cats Captain Joel Selwood celebrates with Cats waterboy Sam Moorfoot after winning the premiership. Scott has revealed Selwood was one of the players whose backing he sought 'And I made it hard for them. I said, "If you have any doubt at all, you have to tell me". 'It was a bigger group than just Joel and Pat, I am not going to name those [other] guys. 'But I have done a version of that almost every year I think but at the end of '21 in particular, they were emphatic - and that support was the basis of my drive for '22.' Asked if he would have quit if the players expressed any doubt, Scott replied: 'Yep.' Last year, Geelong were crushed by eventual premiers Melbourne in an 83-point preliminary final drubbing. That result was Geelong's fourth preliminary final defeat since 2016. They also lost the 2020 grand final. Scott also relied on Cats star Patrick Dangerfield as he made the call on whether he'd continue in 2022 after a run of heartbreaking losses in the finals series in recent years After getting the backing of his players, Scott delivered the Cats this year's premiership with an 81-point belting of Sydney in last Saturday's grand final. 'I would like to think I do the requisite level of soul-searching every year,' Scott said. 'The most important thing to me at Geelong is I make sure I am doing what is right for the club. 'I did think really hard about it - whether we could do it. And if we couldn't, we needed to change tack and maybe part of that change involved me. 'But by the time the end of the season rolled around, I was committed and I was sure that with the good people that we have around that we could put a plan together that would give our guys a chance.' Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility