Tuesday, July 29, 2014: Garry might have been in hibernation...

Free Agency has to go, at least according to whichever Scott it is who is coaching Geelong.

Responding to a question regarding James Frawley at his weekly press conference, Scott took the chance to get on his soapbox regarding free agency - specifically the way in which it apparently flies in the face of the league's apparent commitment to equalisation. "I don't think there are many people, maybe other than some of the players, that like free agency" he said, "the easiest solution is to abolish free agency."

But it wasn't just the players who rankled Scott, who when asked about Garry Lyon's remark that the Dees should respond to any attempt to lure Frawley with their own offer to Steven Motlop. "Garry might have been in hibernation for the last four or five years, but Geelong has been attacked pretty hard. Not just at the player level, but with its coaches, its administrators, with its chef at one point".

With the Masterchef final concluding last night, perhaps the clubs could do to re-sign their chefs sooner rather than later.  

In the news...
Tyrone Vickery will face the tribunal tonight after the MRP deemed his punch too grievous for their points system. The incident received nine activation points, the level at which the MRP washes its hands of the whole situation.

Gary Ablett will take on a coaching role with the Suns for the rest of 2014 while he recovers from that shoulder injury. "He just didn't feel right on the weekend" said Suns coach Guy McKenna.

Hawks assistant Luke Beveridge has been poached by the Saints. The 43-year-old will take over as the Saints director of coaching in 2015.