I think the gripe about facing three opening round teams in three years is valid, but it should have been mentioned by the CEO pre-game during the week, not by the coach after-the-fact. At that point, it simply looks like a cop-out... particularly when we got the jump on them early.
Brett, echoing Tonga Bob and the rest, please pass on our thanks to Wags, both for agreeing to do this, and moreso for such open and forthright responses. I feel like in footy - and professional sport more broadly - there's often an instinct among media teams to sanitise, tow the 'party line'...