Geelong coach Chris Scott has drawn the ire of the AFL for his “extraordinary” swipe at league headquarters’ decision to introduce a wildcard round this season.

This year, for the first time, the ninth and 10th-placed finishers will stay alive after the end of the home and away season, going into a wildcard weekend against the eighth and seventh-placed teams where they will play off for an elimination final berth.

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On Monday, Scott unexpectedly accused the AFL of bringing in the two extra games for “no good reason except cash, probably”.

“I tend to think they just made it up,” Scott said of wildcard round, speaking to Fox Sports after Geelong’s one-point Easter Monday defeat to Hawthorn.

Scott knew his comments would cause a stir at AFL house — and they did.

“It was an extraordinary comment to make,” Caroline Wilson told The Agenda Setters on Tuesday night.

“I can tell you that went down like a lead balloon at headquarters. It was a pretty low dig.

“And remember, this is a guy who clashed with an AFL staffer after the qualifying final last year and really quite upset her, about an incident that he wasn’t happy about at a post-match press conference after their big win against Brisbane.

“So, he has lost a few brownie points with the AFL, Chris Scott.

“I think there’s been conversations today between the AFL and the Geelong CEO Steve Hocking.

“Just bemused — why did he say that?”

Kane Cornes said it was refreshing to hear a coach’s honest and unfiltered thoughts.

“If the expectation is for coaches to do media and there’s a deal with the coaches and 360 or whatever it is and they’ve got to speak in the media — we want the honesty,” Cornes said.

“If the AFL are upset, then don’t force coaches to do media.”

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Dale Thomas added: “You don’t want them being puppets; they’re there to actually speak their mind and give the people at home an insight into what they’re thinking about the game because they’re respected in that area.”

Wilson said Scott’s view is not completely consistent with that of others at Geelong either.

“I think there are other Geelong leaders who believe that wildcard round is there to help equalise the competition and help teams that are down the bottom of the ladder,” she said.

“It’s not just about money; it’s about teams like North Melbourne, and North Melbourne supporters, and St Kilda supporters potentially getting a final when they wouldn’t otherwise.

“I’m not sticking up for wildcard round, but if Chris says it’s all about money, I don’t think that went down all that well.”