GEELONG coach Chris Scott insists the club never claimed it was perfect amid questions surrounding its culture due to the concussion controversy.

An on-field powerhouse for two decades, the Cats are awaiting a possible sanction from the AFL for their handling of a secret agreement with premiership defender Jake Kolodjashnij.

Due to the club's outstanding record of qualifying for finals and harnessing and attracting talent, Geelong has often been the envy of the competition.

But Scott believes the external perception doesn't fit how the club thinks about itself.

"We never said we were perfect," he said on Wednesday.

"We never set ourselves up to be some cultural icon. 

"We know what is important to us ... I think we have an understanding of how we're slightly different to other groups.

"But no one should interpret that as thinking we're better than anyone else."

Geelong chief executive Steve Hocking and former Cats president Craig Drummond had oversight over the deal with Kolodjashnij, which was kept hidden from the AFL and AFL Players' Association. Hocking had a stint at the AFL as football boss, before returning to be Geelong's chief executive, while Drummond was leading the Cats' board when the deal with Kolodjashnij was struck and is now the AFL Commission chairman.

Kolodjashnij signed a waiver that meant he effectively took on legal responsibility for future brain trauma.

"I tend to assume good intent in my life, and I certainly do when it comes to people that I've worked with really closely for whatever it is, 15 or 16 years and been exemplary in the way they've gone about their business," Scott said of Hocking.

"You can be an absolute high performer in your field, it doesn't preclude you from making mistakes into the future.

"We're all fallible, despite what anyone says."

Scott said there had been no negativity around the playing group since Kolodjashnij identified himself as the player at the centre of the concussion crisis.

"I think any player deserves the right to privacy," he said.

"I understand that we are in a public game, and there's a quite savage desire to know certain things. 

"I suspect the players are saying, 'hey mate, if there is anything we can do ...'.

"In terms of the impact on our broader group, I haven't seen any negativity at all.

"I thought our players, as they have done for a long period of time, they just get on with the job. 

"Difficult to compartmentalise sometimes, maybe this is a little more challenging than other times, but I'm still pretty confident we can do it.

“Because the situation is the status quo I haven't felt the need to get an update (on Kolodjashnij)."