COACH Paul Roos says it’s hard to comment on Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson’s altercation with a Port Adelaide supporter, as he hadn’t been in the same situation before.

Roos said he regularly caught the bus back to the team hotel when he was involved in interstate matches, adding that haddn’t been in Clarkson’s scenario.

“You can only hear what Clarko said and we only got a small snippet on the video, but I certainly haven’t been put in that position, so it’s hard to comment,” he said from AAMI Park on Monday.

“Alastair came out yesterday (Sunday) and spoke pretty openly about it. I haven’t been in that position before, so it’s pretty hard to comment.

“I don’t walk back [to the hotel] anyway, but I walked across there [before the match] when we played the Crows, but I didn’t walk back there. It’s an individual choice and you should be able to do that, but I must admit I normally come back on the team bus.

“I’m sure the AFL will look into it, as they probably are at the moment.”

Meanwhile, Roos said he had no issue about handing the senior coaching duties over to senior assistant coach Simon Goodwin at the end of the 2016 season, despite Melbourne’s encouraging start to the year.

Roos said he had no problems with sticking the plan he had agreed upon, when he took over as Melbourne coach for the 2014 season.

“I was wedded to it when I first started. I was excited about getting Goody to the club and continuing to develop,” he said.

“I think it’s great for the club that it’s got a future now and we’re probably the only club in the competition that’s got a coach for the next five years, so that’s unusual, but it’s great for the footy club.

“I’m just enjoying it at the moment and I’m looking forward to what I can do over the next year and a half.”

Asked if wanted to be around in five or six years’ time, Roos said with a laugh:  “Nup, not at all.”