ADELAIDE'S players weren't surprised when coach Don Pyke gave them the silent treatment at three-quarter time of Sunday's horror 91-point flogging at the hands of Melbourne in Alice Springs, midfielder David Mackay says.
Pyke eyeballed his players for about 30 seconds without saying a word before addressing the group as the Crows trailed by 80 points at three-quarter time at TIO Traeger Park.
The final margin was the Crows' biggest loss under Pyke and their biggest since round 24, 2011.
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"That third quarter was really poor from us, so Pykey was just trying to elicit a response from us," Mackay told reporters on Monday morning.
"As a playing group, we all understand how we're going and the areas we were poor at.
"We just weren't able to arrest that and change that.
"We expect whatever comes our way in terms of taking it on the chin because of that performance out there.
"It was no surprise to us how the coaching staff dealt with that yesterday."
The injury-depleted Crows (6-4) will be waiting on scans on winger Paul Seedsman after he was a late scratching from the loss with an adductor injury.
Seedsman missed most of last season with a groin issue.
Defender Luke Brown will also be assessed after he didn't play any further part in the game after quarter-time due to a concussion.
"Seedsman will be assessed as the week progresses, but I think it was more of a precautionary measure and hopefully he'll be right," Mackay said.
"We'll progress over the coming days and hopefully those guys (Seedsman and Brown) put their hand up this week."
The Crows take on Greater Western Sydney at Adelaide Oval on Sunday.
"History will say that we respond pretty well to poor losses," Mackay said.
"I've got a lot of confidence in this group, and the coaching staff do, that when we're set a task and when we need to respond, we do."