However, the Essendon coach refused to reveal whether the anti-doping authority had started interviewing players as part of its investigation into the supplements scandal that has gripped the club.
"I'll probably leave that to the club to talk about who (has) and hasn't been interviewed," Hird said on Thursday morning. "I think that's something between the footy club and ASADA."
The club-commissioned Ziggy Switkowski report, released on Monday, reflected poorly on the Bombers' governance and internal procedures, and Hird was disappointed with the outcome.
"You never want to read things about your football club like that," he said.
"I know it's testing your patience as the media, but if you can give us three or four weeks until the ASADA interviews are done, and (then) ASADA and the AFL put out their report, whether it's four, five or however many weeks it is, I think you'll get a pretty open football club.
"We'll be able to talk about everything that's happened, rather than at the moment speak about bits and pieces which won't make a lot of sense.
"As a football club, we want to get through the ASADA interviews, get through the report, and then we're able to talk."
On the player interviews, Hird said: "My preference would be to get them done today, but that's not going to happen. The process will take the time it will take, it can't be hurried and we understand that. The sooner it's finished, obviously (the better for everybody)."
Although admitting his players had faced "distractions", he said there would be "no excuses" in their top-of-the-table clash with Geelong at Etihad Stadium on Friday night.
"We'll be ready. (The investigation) has been going on for a long time so it's nothing new, and the players are ready to play," he said.
Hird hailed the Cats as "the best team in the competition … the best there is".
"The one thing we've spoken about as a group is to keep our training standard up (because) that will go into our games. We've been able to do that.
"We're really happy with the way they trained on Tuesday. We had a huge week before the GWS game (last week) in terms of training, knowing that we had some bigger games coming up. As a coach, I couldn't be happier with their attitude around training.
"There's obviously distractions but I marvel at the group we've got, the way they've been able to handle this distraction and move through it. I think it will serve them well."
Ben Collins is a reporter for AFL Media. Follow him on Twitter: @AFL_BenCollins
