Commentator haunted by grand final blunder

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Basil Zempilas says helium attempted to get Simon Goodwin backmost connected the dais to springiness a premiership code erstwhile helium realised the Melbourne manager had been snubbed.

Amid each the euphoria which followed the last siren successful Saturday's AFL expansive final, Goodwin was not fixed a accidental to springiness a triumph speech, arsenic is customary for the premiership-winning coach.

Zempilas called the concern "regrettable" and revealed however helium instantly attempted to marque amends connected the nighttime erstwhile helium realised his mistake.

"As they were having the squad photo, I asked 1 of the radical to spell and get Simon let's get him backmost up and let's bash it," Zempilas told Triple M.

"And I said Simon, 'my apologies, that was crazy,' and helium said to maine 'there's truthful overmuch going on, it's fine, it's fine.'

"And helium stood adjacent to maine and we tried to get the PA down to beryllium capable to get Simon to accidental what helium wanted to accidental successful beforehand of the assemblage oregon immoderate helium mightiness person been going to say.

"The PA I couldn't reach, the cupful had gone, and BT was down broadside of signifier and said 'I'll drawback him', and Simon was 'hey, nary occupation astatine all'."

Despite Goodwin not taking offence to being snubbed, Zempilas admitted helium had replayed the infinitesimal implicit and implicit successful the days that person followed the expansive final.

"I don't privation that to beryllium remembered arsenic the infinitesimal from Melbourne's large premiership victory," helium said.

"I realised that Simon Goodwin hadn't spoken. Now that was regrettable, and that was a mistake.

"In the extremity — I've played this implicit tons and tons of times, arsenic you bash — I volition accidental that contempt what radical mightiness say, I pridefulness myself connected this benignant of work.

"I pridefulness myself connected getting these large moments right. I've done 4 Australian Open presentations, 5 Melbourne Cup presentations, they're large moments and you privation to get them and that didn't spell precisely to plan, clearly.

"So that's regrettable, and it's disappointing for Simon."

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