And Jeans had a word of advice for the thousands of Victorians bemoaning the state's lack of success in the national competition in recent years - get with the times.
"We have a new ball game now and basically you have to learn to adapt to the changing circumstances," he said on Monday.
For the first time ever four non-Victorian teams have filled the top four positions at the end of the home and away season, meaning there will be no finals in Melbourne in weeks two and three of September.
And as a result there is also a strong likelihood of a third successive grand final without a Victorian representative while the premiership is also likely to go outside Victoria for a sixth consecutive year.
However Jeans, who coached St Kilda to its only premiership win in 1966 and Hawthorn to the 1983, 86 and 89 flags, said the Victorian clubs had failed to adapt to the changing times.
"Technology is responsible for most changes in football," he said.
"People want to know why we had to go to a national competition but because of the improvement in (air) transport and because of (improved) communication, that's why we had to become a national competition.
"And if you want to talk about the possession game, the possession game again has come about because of technology.
"It's because we have improved the surfaces of the ground, that's how we can play this possession game.
"We don't have cricket wickets in the middle of the ground anymore, we don't have practice pitches on the half-forward-flank, we have soppers to take the water off the ground. It's all basically due to technology so change is inevitable."
"It's just how well you manage change and this (domination by non-Victorian clubs) is part of the system now and we have just got to accept that."
While Jeans said the home ground advantage the non-Victorian sides will enjoy in September as a result of finishing higher on the ladder would be a big factor in this year's finals series, he said there was still a chance for the four Victorian sides - which filled positions five to eight - to thrive in September.
"Home ground advantage is a big advantage but it's still a matter of having your players up and whether they are carrying injuries," he said.
"To win a premiership you not only have to have a good team but you need everything to go your way (in terms of player availability)."
The AFL also announced on Monday that former Footscray full-forward Jack Collins, who kicked seven goals in the Dogs' only premiership victory of 1954, will present the Coleman Medal for leading goalkicker this season to Carlton's Brendan Fevola while Essendon's Bill Duckworth, the 1984 Norm Smith Medalist, will present this year's Norm Smith Medal.
The league will announce who will hand the premiership cup to the winning captain and coach once the identity of this year's grand finalists is known as it continues the recent tradition of the cup being presented by a legend of the winning club.
