Gillon McLachlan fronts the media. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Wayne Ludbey / News Corp Australia
NEW AFL boss Gillon McLachlan says he will speak to coaches about encouraging more exciting footy.
As debate rages over the health of the game, McLachlan yesterday made the extraordinary statement that he would urge some coaches to change their style.
With scoring at its lowest levels since 1968 and more games blighted by mauls and scrums, the new chief executive said introducing or changing rules wasn't the answer.
"I think people love flowing, attacking footy. They (coaches) love winning, quite rightly, but how we win and how we motivate a style of play to win is something I'm going to have a chat with the coaches (about)," McLachlan said.
"You can't legislate anything. I don't necessarily think it's the rules, it's the encouragement and the discussion about where we want to go because you can have whatever rules you like, there's a culture that has an influence."
McLachlan's comments come nearly a decade after his predecessor Andrew Demetriou criticised Sydney for its "ugly" style, saying the Swans wouldn't win many games unless they changed their methods. Five months later Sydney won the premiership.
St Kilda coach Alan Richardson confessed earlier this year: 'I'll be honest, I'm not really into what's great for the game. In season ... it's all about getting results."
McLachlan, speaking on Triple M, acknowledged coaches only cared about one thing — winning.
"I'm not naive about that. Do we want great contests and great games? Absolutely. Are there are some poor games at the moment? Yeah, I'm not in denial about that, but I'm not sure that it's the rules," he said.
"It's culturally about how coaches might coach ... a lot of it is just a response to one team being better than the other, so when they're chipping it around in the backline it's because they've got a young team playing without confidence and trying to avoid a massive loss."
McLachlan, who did the radio rounds at the MCG yesterday, also said:
LOWERING food prices at the footy was "not easy, but not impossible" ahead of a meeting with Melbourne Cricket Club CEO Stephen Gough next week.
A Good Friday game should be contested between two smaller clubs, but that those sides must be "competing in the top half of the eight" to generate interest.
THE AFL had plans in place in the unlikely scenario Essendon players are hit with ASADA infraction notices and unable to field a side.
"You have to cater for every scenario. Do I think that is realistic? No, but you have to look at the full spectrum of possibilities," he told 3AW.
McLachlan was adamant the AFL made the right decision in deciding Essendon's penalties, but admitted the league hurt itself by not being open enough.
"I have 100 per cent conviction of where we got to and the decisions that were made. We had such a clear view of what we had to do for the industry to protect the integrity of our finals and obviously look after the players," McLachlan said.
"Now, whether we actually prioritised getting those outcomes at the expense of a level of transparency and communication ... potentially.
"Does it mean going forward that even if we think it's the right outcome, if we have to go through the process and maybe not get as good an outcome but respect the process, maybe that's what we've got to look at."
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