Port Adelaide great Kane Cornes has called on Geelong coach Chris Scott to address his team's repeated finals failures after Scott dismissed such criticism as "lazy".
After winning the premiership in his first season as the Cats' senior coach, Scott has endured a wretched run in finals, winning just four out of his last 16 matches.
Thursday's qualifying final defeat to Port Adelaide left Scott with a 1-7 record in the opening round of finals matches since the 2011 premiership win, with the last qualifying final win coming in 2016 against Hawthorn.
Cornes compared Geelong's finals failures to his own Port Adelaide team prior to their breakthrough 2004 premiership win.
Make no mistake, Geelong was the team under the most pressure heading into the 2020 finals series and the Cats – once again – didn't cope," Cornes told SEN's The Captain's Run.
"Choking in a sporting sense is an awful word to use, I was part of a Port Adelaide team in the early 2000s that was on the end of countless front-page newspaper headlines, accusing us of doing just that.
"As brutal as it is, it's the best word (choking) to describe what has happened to Geelong in finals since 2011 – the numbers are there, they're plain to see.
"They're 1-7 in week one of the finals since 2011 and that one win was from a miss after the siren - they're four wins and 12 losses in all finals in the same period.
"Scott is wrong to say it's lazy criticism – the numbers speak for themselves.
"Scott and Geelong can't dismiss the questions as lazy, something is wrong when it gets to the business end for this team."
Scott was left to rue missed opportunities in front of goal on Thursday night, particularly from Coleman Medallist Tom Hawkins, who failed to kick a goal from six shots at goal.
However, the veteran coach was not concerned about clocking up another defeat on his finals record.
"We all feel pressure at this time of year, I didn't think we crumbled under the pressure," he told reporters after the qualifying final.
"I don't think we'd look at the way we played and thought there were fundamental problems with the game style.
"It's a privilege to be under that pressure, it's hard work to get here and I thought we had our chances.
"I think the criticism is a bit lazy personally, but we'd like to win more finals."
Scott's Cats will aim to right their finals record when they take on the winner of Saturday's elimination final between the West Coast Eagles and Collingwood next week.
Port Adelaide great Kane Cornes has called on Geelong coach Chris Scott to address his team's repeated finals failures after Scott dismissed such criticism as "lazy".
After winning the premiership in his first season as the Cats' senior coach, Scott has endured a wretched run in finals, winning just four out of his last 16 matches.
Thursday's qualifying final defeat to Port Adelaide left Scott with a 1-7 record in the opening round of finals matches since the 2011 premiership win, with the last qualifying final win coming in 2016 against Hawthorn.
Cornes compared Geelong's finals failures to his own Port Adelaide team prior to their breakthrough 2004 premiership win.
Make no mistake, Geelong was the team under the most pressure heading into the 2020 finals series and the Cats – once again – didn't cope," Cornes told SEN's The Captain's Run.
"Choking in a sporting sense is an awful word to use, I was part of a Port Adelaide team in the early 2000s that was on the end of countless front-page newspaper headlines, accusing us of doing just that.
"As brutal as it is, it's the best word (choking) to describe what has happened to Geelong in finals since 2011 – the numbers are there, they're plain to see.
"They're 1-7 in week one of the finals since 2011 and that one win was from a miss after the siren - they're four wins and 12 losses in all finals in the same period.
"Scott is wrong to say it's lazy criticism – the numbers speak for themselves.
"Scott and Geelong can't dismiss the questions as lazy, something is wrong when it gets to the business end for this team."
Scott was left to rue missed opportunities in front of goal on Thursday night, particularly from Coleman Medallist Tom Hawkins, who failed to kick a goal from six shots at goal.
However, the veteran coach was not concerned about clocking up another defeat on his finals record.
"We all feel pressure at this time of year, I didn't think we crumbled under the pressure," he told reporters after the qualifying final.
"I don't think we'd look at the way we played and thought there were fundamental problems with the game style.
"It's a privilege to be under that pressure, it's hard work to get here and I thought we had our chances.
"I think the criticism is a bit lazy personally, but we'd like to win more finals."
Scott's Cats will aim to right their finals record when they take on the winner of Saturday's elimination final between the West Coast Eagles and Collingwood next week.
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