AFL Hall of Fame inductee Malcolm Blight on SEN’s Whateley has said he doesn’t apologise for the comments directed at Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley, but welcomes an open discussion about rule changes.

Blight, in light of Buckley’s disagreement with the potential introduction of zones stated that Buckley should resign if he doesn’t like it, but also said he respects Buckley and the comments were not personal.

“I was probably a bit dramatic to be honest,” said Blight.

“It wasn’t so much at Bucks, it was for anybody.

“I make no apologies but I did probably go a bit hard,” he added.

"I had my bucks night at Ray Buckley's place in Adelaide, I played with Nathans father.

"On the odd occasion, Patsy and I we babysat Nathan many many years ago.

"In saying all that, I certainly respect what he’s done in the game, I respect what hes doing at Collingwood and I respect their family.

"Its nothing personal, its purely and opinion."

Blight while disagreeing with Buckley, says that he has never blamed the coaches for the current state of the game.

“What Nathan said, I hope Steven (Hocking) turns him around because he will see it’s for the betterment of the game.

"People have blamed the coaches for this happening, and it’s probably true to some degree, however the coaches do what they do to win with their team.

"I have never ever been critical of the coaches, nor the players.

"What I’ve been critical of is the administrators haven’t kept up with it."