Geelong coach Chris Scott has bristled at suggestions his club is struggling to handle the off-field behaviour of star midfielder Bailey Smith.

Smith has courted controversy several times in his first 12 months at the Cattery, particularly since verbally abusing a photographer at a training session the week after Geelong’s qualifying final win in September.

The AFL’s more recent concerns around how unpredictable the 24-year-old has been with his social media use.

He has been forced to delete multiple offensive Instagram posts, including some directed towards respected journalist Caroline Wilson and former Herald Sun writer Mark Robinson.

Cats chief executive Steve Hocking last week received a letter from the AFL’s legal counsel , who declared Smith was on his final warning, and r

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