Alastair Clarkson has defended his fiery mood, saying he can’t assure it won’t flare up once more.
While the North Melbourne coach apologised in individual for his conflict with a feminine journalist on February 1, he has defended his position within the incident.
It was the most recent of a number of run-ins that Clarkson has had throughout his AFL profession, which featured 4 premierships as Hawthorn coach.
“You’d think, with the experience … I’ve continually learned my lessons,” he informed the Seven Network.
“But this has been with me ever since I was a kid – if I see something unjust or untoward, I will defend – and I saw something that was unjust and untoward.
“I felt like I wanted to defend our gamers and workers and I am unable to give a assure I will not do this once more sooner or later.”
But Clarkson admitted this latest incident had given him pause for thought.
“It was a wake-up name for me, as a result of it was confrontational,” he stated.
“I spoke to a feminine journalist in a way that I did not assume was condescending in any method in any way, actually, besides that I believed her behaviour was untoward – and he or she took offence to that.
“I apologised in the next couple of hours to her.”
Clarkson additionally dismissed commentary that it is an issue for himself and the Kangaroos.
“I haven’t really lost control … because I was doing what I thought was in the best interests of the club,” he stated.
Also on Monday, North soccer supervisor and long-time Clarkson assured Todd Viney stated he had spoken to the coach about his mood.
“Part of my role as GM of footy is to control that, make sure he’s not a ‘bulldozer’, in his words,” Viney stated.
Clarkson defended participant Tarryn Thomas, who’s again on the membership after a couple of weeks away as he offers along with his off-field behaviour in direction of girls.
“You come in at 17-18 years of age and somewhere along the way, just the wheels fall off for a period of time,” Clarkson stated.
“To be fair, everyone has issues in their life.”
Clarkson, Brisbane coach Chris Fagan and former colleague Jason Burt are additionally the topics of an ongoing racism investigation, stemming from their time at Hawthorn.
“It’s tough when you have to confront these types of allegations, but we know the program we put in place at that club over a long period of time and we know the care we had for all people in that club,” Clarkson stated.
“It was the reason the club was so successful in that period.”
Clarkson, in his first season at Arden St, is bullish about what the lowly Kangaroos can obtain.
“I’m excited … trying to get them to believe that, yeah, they’re 18th for a reason, but they can get to first if they want,” he stated.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
