Scott's Tigers drive-by may come back to bite Cats, warns Watson
A comment made in March may have given Richmond some extra ammunition in the Grand Finalafl.com.au
19 October 2020ESSENDON great Tim Watson believes Chris Scott may have inadvertently given Damien Hardwick and his mighty Richmond team some extra motivation for the 2020 Toyota AFL Grand Final.
Scott spoke to AFL.com.au's chief football writer Damian Barrett in March this year, and ranked the Tigers, and the dynasty they are creating, below several other great teams of the past 20 years, including St Kilda.
"Every team in the competition has deficiencies and I don't think we're in [a dynasty] era ... Richmond are a really good team and I think West Coast is going to be really strong this year, but with the greatest respect to (Richmond), they're not Hawthorn in their multiple-premierships-in-a-row (years)," Scott told In the Game.
"I don't think they're Geelong or St Kilda or Collingwood through that 2009-2010 period. I think it's a lot more even than that."
Speaking on SEN radio station, Watson asked respected commentator Garry Lyon for his views on the Scott's comments from March.
"Do you think he paid Richmond the respect they deserve even in March? Or do you reckon that was about right earlier this year?" Watson wondered.
Lyon said: "They had two premierships in the bag … he changed his tune last Saturday night. He called them a great team. Now they have a chance to become an all-time great team."
Watson said: "If you were Damien Hardwick, would you use that?"
Watson: "You would have to, wouldn't you?"
Lyon: "You'd probably just have it in the background."
Watson: "It's not the most important thing in the lead up to this game in terms if your planning or your preparation, but you would just throw it out there for some sort of emotional charge for the players to maybe remember deep in the final quarter."
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