Scott's side is winless after four games, but his focus on bringing long-term success to the club outweighs his desire to get some immediate relief from the pressure of the disappointing start to the season.
"Sure we want the result, we want to get the win, but I don't just want to scrape through for a win when we're still letting ourselves down in fundamental areas of the game," Scott said from Aegis Park on Thursday.
"If we go out and fix those fundamental areas … then even if we don't get the result I'll be a happier coach because we'll have fixed those areas and on a consistent basis we'll start getting the results.
"We just need to brush up on the areas that are letting us down at the moment. The players are really clear as to what those areas are.
"I'm really conscious that footy [walks] a really fine line at times and there are some things that we're not doing well and they're having a huge impact on the results.
"Scoring accuracy is one of those things. We've just been really poor in front of goal. We do an enormous amount of work on that and we've got to continue to work on it further, but we also know that can turn around really quickly."
North's position at the bottom of the ladder is not a situation the coach would have planned for as he worked his side through a long pre-season.
While it's clearly not ideal, Scott won't be deterred from his vision for team success by short-term issues of form or fitness.
"Football is a funny game at times. Results can fall for you at times and results can go against you," he said.
"Something I say very regularly is that AFL footy is full of a lot more lows than it is highs. The simple mathematics suggests that. There are 17 teams in the competition at the moment and I'd suggest there are only a couple that are feeling really good about themselves.
"There's a fine line between us winning two games and losing two games and sitting reasonably comfortably with where we're at. The fact is we're 0-4 so we've got a lot of work to do, but we're just focused on the things we've got to improve on and we're really confident that if we fix those things up then the results will come for us."
The Roos' crop of youngsters, largely lauded during a promising 2010 campaign that yielded 11 wins, has come in for some stern criticism as the team faltered early.
Jack Ziebell and Ben Cunnington have worn the brunt of those harsh assessments, but Scott will continue to back them in.
"When we bring players into this football club we set some pretty high standards in terms of the qualities that we want in players and Jack Ziebell and Ben Cunnington exemplify those qualities," he said.
"They're outstanding young men and are going to be outstanding young footballers.
"Jack Ziebell's had a very interrupted career so far - two broken legs and hip surgery - so we know where he's at in terms of his development.
"Ben Cunnington's had stress fractures and a knee injury, so they're coming off limited preparations and they've got some work to do, but we've got absolute confidence in where they're going to get to as footballers."
Scott was delighted to welcome Kieran Harper into the side for his first game, with the youngster to bring "some speed and competitiveness around the ball" on the back of some excellent performances at VFL level.
