So much so, Scott was not barking orders to put numbers behind the ball when his side had a 17-point lead in time-on in the last quarter - and it nearly cost them the four points as Jamie Elliott kicked Collingwood within a goal with minutes to play.
But Tom Hawkins kicked his third of the final quarter to seal an 11-point win over a plucky Pies outfit at the 'G on Saturday night.
"The onus is on the players to assess the situation, that's hopefully how we coach the players, and hopefully that's what we train within our program," Scott said of his side's attitude in the dying stages.
"I think the role of the coach to an extent is over-rated, certainly with three minutes to go.
"We try to change things sometimes, and it takes five minutes just to get a simple thing done.
"To think you're going to influence the game from the box with three minutes to go is foolhardy."
The above, of course, is a bit of coach-speak mixed with an unrelenting faith in his players. Scott would undoubtedly think he could influence the game late on, but he also knows he has virtual assistant coaches running around in the shape of Steve Johnson and Jimmy Bartel who can do the dirty work for him.
Scott, though, pointed out several performances from less-heralded Cats on Saturday night, with the likes of Mitch Duncan, George Horlin-Smith and Cam Guthrie influential in the pressure moments.
"I thought some of our young players stood up - I know I say that a little bit - but we always have a keen eye on the young players who probably haven't earned their stripes in the AFL competition yet when the heat's on," Scott said.
"And I thought almost all of them were very good in that situation, even the ones that didn't have great games in the first three quarters.
He added on Guthrie, who tagged Pies skipper Scott Pendlebury: "The thing we love about Guthrie is he's very good in that negating role, but he wins contests as well.
"Some of those contested marks at the end, there's almost no safer player in our team in that situation, which is a big wrap."
It is easy to do with a win in the bag, but Scott did it in droves on Saturday night - talk up/defend his players. He did not sink the boot into forward Mitch Brown, despite the key tall getting substituted out early in the third quarter without an injury.
Rather, Scott backed Brown in and claimed he was a big part of Geelong's plans for 2014.
"We subbed out a big bloke, that happens a little bit," he said.
"Inexperienced players... history shows they tend to be a little bit inconsistent. Now we're not going to accept that from Mitch, we're not going to say 'You haven't played enough AFL footy, so we'll accept that you play well one week and poorly the next'.
"But Mitch - over the course of a long pre-season, and even last year to be honest - he's well and truly earned his spot and we've got a lot of faith in him."
Brown might have escaped with it being Round 3, but one thing is for sure - he will benefit from the positivity Scott generates in him and his team-mates.
When you put trust in a group so convincingly, they are bound to repay it. Geelong have proven that in recent years.