Nathan Buckley admits it’s been a whirlwind appointment to Geelong assistant, revealing it was less than a week ago that Cats coach Chris Scott reached out.

And in the space of just over six days, Buckley was able to secure the job at Geelong to replace Steven King – who was the man Melbourne appointed their head coach.

“I’m absolutely pumped – it’s come together really quickly, just over the last week,” Buckley said. Grand Final

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“Chris Scott reached out pretty much six and a half days ago

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