The Cats have won a pair of thrillers, last Friday night against St Kilda and Saturday night against Fremantle, to begin Scott's coaching career in the best possible way, even though they have both been heart-stoppers.
While they aren't playing as well as he expects them to as the season rolls on, the spirit and determination to win is something that Scott already admires about his men.
Those qualities were best summed up by star forward Steve Johnson fighting through the after-effects of running head on into giant Freo ruckman Aaron Sandilands in the second quarter, and still contributing in the second half.
"With 122 kilos hitting you front on I could understand why you wouldn't get up … he was pretty sore and he's still pretty sore now," Scott said.
"We were tempted to sub him because he couldn't move at half time, but he toughed it out.
"He's one of those freakish players, but maybe outside of Geelong the determination that he shows is a little bit underrated. It was very courageous when you look back on it, but that's just what we expect of all our players.
"The fact that we have some highly skilled players is secondary to the fact that they win the hard ball and take their turn when it's required. I'm fortunate to have inherited that group of players."
Scott sees plenty of improvement left in the 22 that played against Fremantle, with the bonus that the likes of Matthew Scarlett, Cameron Mooney, Joel Selwood and Tom Lonergan have to come back.
"We have a lot to work on; we've altered a few things that we are not quite seeing at the moment and it's the strength of character of these players, and their competitiveness, that is getting us over the line as much as anything the coaching group is doing," he said.
"Fremantle defended their front half very well and at times we attacked really well, but at others we were really disappointed with our skill level and our method. It was more open, but I would prefer to play contested footy even though we certainly want to score heavily."
