In his last week in charge, Gillon McLachlan has given Chris Scott and Ross Lyon a parting shot.
The AFL this week announced it would hand the Kangaroos three end-of-first-round draft picks over the next two drafts, plus extend the club’s exception to have two extra spots on the rookie list.
McLachlan, who is in his last week of office, hit back at the two longtime coaches, asking them to look in the mirror.“It is manipulation. There are compromises everywhere,” McLachlan admitted on Fox Sports. “Ross’s point was: their own decisions got them there — there’s no doubt about that. But I think, statistically, North Melbourne are in the worst position of any club of any VFL/AFL club in history,” he said.
“It’s disingenuous to say ‘get out of the way’ when everyone has been the beneficiary in a roundabout .“That’s a fair debate: whether it’s too much. But they have to get out of here, because it’s just an overhang on the comp. Acknowledge it, there’s the picks, get out of dodge and come back and participate and not be where they are, which is not relevant to the comp.
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