Acting North Melbourne coach Brett Ratten is resisting the urge to achieve out to Alastair Clarkson declaring he must “forget about footy” after stepping away from the sport to deal with his properly being.
Ratten, who took over final week after Clarkson’s determination to step down, stated the pair chatted by textual content earlier than and after North Melbourne’s heartbreaking three-point loss to Sydney at Marvel Stadium on Saturday.
But, acutely aware to not burden Clarkson with any undue nervousness as he continues to take care of the continuing investigation in to historic allegations of racism, Ratten has averted a lot contact forward of this week’s showdown with Collingwood.
“Personally, it‘s an interesting one. I want to reach out to him,” Ratten informed reporters on Thursday.
“But I want him just to forget about footy.
“And I just want him to take a breath, go for walks, do things where he‘s not consumed by the game and clear his mind and his wellbeing.
“I have been there thinking, ‘Do you want me to do anything?’ … but I have just been very reluctant to do anything because we want to let him have his own space.”
Ratten stated the four-time premiership coach could be a greater likelihood to return to the sport if he was given room to fix after his determination to step away.
“If we keep putting him in emails and all these things he gets every week or every day, he’s back in the same spot,” Ratten stated.
“So let him have his freedom, let him have his space, let him get his well being back and get back here.
“I’m just keeping his seat warm.”
Ratten stated he couldn’t take credit score for the sturdy performances of gamers together with Bailey Scott and Eddie Ford which helped the Roos nearly declare victory in his first recreation on the helm.
“Not at all, there’s things that you do in your program … sometimes they just take a little bit of time to transfer from the Monday to Friday into the weekend,” he stated.
“We got a bit of a spike on some of the things that we’ve been working on, and that was through Al, that wasn’t me – that was what Al was doing.”
Originally revealed as Ratten stays away from Clarkson as he ‘keeps his seat warm’
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
