The players wanted to speak with each other in private to ensure they were on the same page.
A sombre mood engulfed the Kangaroos' room as the players emerged from that meeting, but the coach maintained an upbeat yet realistic mood after the game.
Scott had observed his team hang in the game until midway through the second quarter when, with the margin only a goal, Leigh Adams did not take the first option through the middle to handball to teammate Andrew Swallow who was streaming forward.
Adams lost the ball in a tackle. Geelong quickly counterattacked and the old, wily Darren Milburn kicked his first goal for the afternoon.
It was his second for the season and fourth in the Cats' record-breaking 25-game home winning streak in which he has been involved every step of the way.
The lead stretched to two goals, then three, then four and the winner was never in doubt.
At half time, with inside 50s 28-27 in North Melbourne's favour, the Kangaroos were five goals behind. Mistakes, that factor which turns a coach's hair grey before its time, were critical to the margin.
"The amount of times we are going forward and trying to generate an opportunity to score and making a mistake and the ball bounces back to the other end and (ends with) a goal to the opposition is really killing us," said Scott.
Scott is aware such turnovers are a consistent issue, the ball use forward of centre a disappointment for most of the season.
"Our skill execution is still not up to the level required and that is not something we can turn around in one or two (weeks) or even a month," he said. "You need to work on that for a long period of time, and we are doing that, but it is still letting us down."
The path Scott is embarking on towards success requires faith and unity. When you are trying to mould a side into one that has the skill and the attitude to be a future contender you need to follow a plan, try new faces and see how your team performs against the best. And no-one within the club should doubt that vision.
Perhaps that explains the inclusion of second gamer, the 23-year-old, Cameron Pedersen as the second tall forward in preference to the 57-gamer Aaron Edwards. Pederson struggled as a forward replacement for Lachlan Hansen but on the basis that it's always better for coaches to learn about youngsters than to keep returning the to tried and true, his inclusion was worth the punt.
Scott's message is solid and logical, even when frustration must have been running through his veins all afternoon. And outsiders point to the fact that the Kangaroos have not been competitive with top-four teams so far under Scott's reign.
He is not fussed about that.
"The only reason I use the measure of the top four sides is that is where we want to be, so we don't want to measure ourselves against anyone else," Scott said.
"The next month or so of footy [in which North faces Melbourne, the Brisbane Lions, Sydney Swans and Adelaide] we want to improve the things that are letting ourselves down at the moment. (It's a) work in progress for us," he said.
Scott has seen good signs in Shaun Atley (17 possessions), Jamie Macmillan (16 possessions), Ben Speight (15 possessions and one goal) and Kieran Harper (10 possessions and one goal), players with a combined games tally of 18 after today's game. They have good skills and poise, Scott said, while indicating the defensive side of their games remained in development.
"We've injected some players who have got the attributes we're looking for, but some of our defensive work needs a lot of training," Scott said. The Kangaroos have conceded more than 100 points per game on average, so it's clearly an issue.
There is no escaping the reality for North Melbourne but Scott will not look for an easy out. His comments after the game again reflected his confidence in the approach being taken.
"We really are exposing our players to the best sides in the competition and trying to improve our own game so in the longer term we can be a competitive side against the top four teams," said Scott.
"We're not there at the moment. We have to keep working on it. We're absolutely aware of that but I'm still really confident in the direction we're heading. I keep saying it but I'm very confident."
