By Tyler Lewis
Caddy was streaming forward during Essendon鈥檚 41-point loss to Gold Coast on Saturday afternoon when he crashed into the umpire.
The emerging forward, who kicked three goals, was not seriously injured in the accident but needed 15 minutes to get his breath back.
The incident comes just days after the AFL introduced potential suspensions to players who repeatedly make contact with the officiators.
Scott launched a stern defence of Caddy when asked if he thought the collision could spell match review panel.
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鈥淚鈥檝e lost count of the amount of times I have contacted the AFL about moving the umpires out of the corridor (middle of the ground),鈥 Scott said.
鈥淭hey sprint into the corridor and they stay there 鈥 and that鈥檚 clearly where we want to get the ball.
鈥淓ven when I was at the AFL I tried to move them out of the corridor and they still wouldn鈥檛 move out of the corridor.
鈥淲e鈥檝e been at them and at them and at them to move out of the corridor and the last response I had from Steve McBurney (umpires chief) was, 鈥楯ust pretend they鈥檙e invisible鈥.
鈥淲ell, he wasn鈥檛 invisible and unfortunately it took the wind out of Nate Caddy, it took 15 minutes to get him going again.
鈥淲hose fault is it? Certainly not Nate Caddy鈥檚. And particularly given we put this on the agenda to move the umpires out of the corridor and they refuse to do it.鈥
Essendon won the free kick count but should have had another in a high tackle free kick to first-season forward Angus Clarke.
Scott doubled down on his review of the umpires, saying the reason the fourth umpire was introduced was to gain clarity on both sides of the contest.
鈥淣ot only that, the arc then tells our doctor to check on the umpire and assess the umpire,鈥 he said.
鈥淎nd it鈥檚 Nate Caddy鈥檚 fault? I don鈥檛 expect him to have anything to answer for that.
鈥淧art of the reason for the four umpires was so they didn鈥檛 get blind sighted, so you can have an umpire on each side of the contest.
鈥淎ngus Clarke clearly got taken high in the forward 50, the umpire is on the other side and pays holding the ball.
鈥淣ow that happens but the reason we have four is so the umpire on the other side of the contest can see it and it would make sense if the umpire was on four quadrants on the outside.
鈥淏ut they insist on running into the corridor and they鈥檙e coached that way, then we have a player collide and it鈥檚 the player鈥檚 fault.鈥