To which he replied: \u201cI suppose I was, yeah. I mean, we\u2019re going through a difficult period clearly, but it hasn\u2019t felt any different to other weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cAgain, I\u2019ve been really well supported over a long period of time with a plan that we put in place.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs I mentioned a couple of times, all the key people were part of that plan and building that plan.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd so it felt like business as usual to me that we\u2019d clearly articulated the risks going into this season and the difficulties we may face, but we believe in the plan and I still believe in the plan, and I\u2019m committed to seeing it through and committed to the playing group and to all the players we recontracted as part of that plan.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo yeah, it was surprising, but I\u2019ve been in this industry for a long time. It\u2019s not surprising because pressure does strange things.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scott then went on to open up about how his sacking unfolded, revealing it was supposed to be confidential until he could tell the players.<\/p>\n
But somehow the news was leaked before he was able to do so, and he admits that was \u201cfrustrating\u201d.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cIt\u2019s been a challenge at Essendon over the journey. But the frustrating thing about this was that I spoke to Andrew (club president Andrew Welsh) last night, we were going to catch up at 7.30 this morning, we were going to hold it tight.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are only eight people who knew, plus a media manager. And then I\u2019d get the opportunity to speak to the players.<\/p>\n
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\u201cBut at 7.30 in the morning, the players already knew, because everyone knew. So it made it untenable to go to the club and speak to the players. So that\u2019ll have to come a bit later.\u201d<\/p>\n