AFL chief Gillon McLachlan says he’ll wait until he sees the vision before commenting on a clash between Carlton coach Mick Malthouse and Channel Seven commentator Cameron Ling.
Malthouse was fuming after he was constantly shown vision of his own reactions in the coach’s box rather than replays of on-field action during Carlton’s game against Sydney at the SCG on Saturday night.
“The situation was, every time the coaches were looking for a replay, the stadium feed was straight off the Channel Seven feed, and every time they were looking for a replay, they had Mick’s head on the screen,” Carlton’s acting chief executive Andrew McKay told Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper.
Malthouse aired his concerns to boundary commentator Ling at the halftime break on Saturday night, reportedly prompting Ling to return fire and demand that Malthouse not speak to him in that manner.
“I haven’t seen the vision. I’m not worried about Michael’s relationship with Channel Seven in any sense,” McLachlan told reporters on Tuesday.
“But I will see what the vision looks like and have a better comment when I’ve seen that.
“I can’t comment until I’ve seen it.”
McLachlan said the topic was raised during a dinner with coaches at his house on Monday night, which Malthouse attended.
“It came up for about 10 seconds late in the evening. I was unaware of it really until then,” McLachlan added.