There’s a few sides to this.
1) Richmond have been **** for most of his involvement in AFL footy
2) Hardwick is a Clarkson man and therefore an enemy. Also, Hardwick was a **** coach as of 2016 (by his own admission). The turnaround, fueled by humility, storytelling and emotion has been something the extremely analytical Scott cannot get his head around. It simply perplexes him.
3) further to point 2, our game style bemuses master coach C. Scott. In his autocratic world, the ball must be moved traditionally and with the utmost organisation. Our staggered, half-crazed drunkard act when we get the ball offends his notion of football and therefore cannot be taken seriously.
4) we have beaten them when it counts in two finals series now and are almost single-handedly responsible for the tightening noose around his neck.
I reckon the quite frankly bizarre comments from an opposition coach stem from a combination of these reasons.