Geelong will be sweating on scans for the knee of their invaluable utility Mark Blicavs, after he suffered an inadvertent knock in the first quarter of Saturday night's loss to the Power.
Blicavs collided with Zak Butters, with the Power's wrecking ball making contact with the 301-gamer, mid-kick.
Chris Scott provided an optimistic update on the 35-year-old's condition, post-match.
"They're (the medicos) hopeful it's not serious," Scott said.
"I don't think it was clear cut that he couldn't go on.
"It's always dangerous to give an early diagnosis, and we'd be really straight and upfront with you if it was something clear cut and he was going to miss weeks, but it's not that.
"It may well end up being that once they do all the investigations, but I think they have a level of optimism that this could be really short term. He was pretty upbeat as well."
Following the shock loss at the Adelaide Oval, Scott offered insight into his coaching philosophy, refusing to fall into the trap of wholesale changes after one poor performance.
"I am a big believer (that) in the game full stop, but especially knowing our group so well, that you shouldn't jump at shadows," Scott said.
"You don't want to wait too long, but you do need to see a pattern before you make big changes. If you do make those big changes and then you see something else the next week, you forget who you are and then you are changing all the time.
"I don't think there are huge fundamental problems with our game, we certainly had some individuals off (tonight) but that happens.
"I think it is likely that we will stay positive and try to forget that one as quickly as possible."
The Cats next chance to right the ship comes against North Melbourne, on Saturday afternoon.
