Geelong CEO Steve Hocking is facing heavy scrutiny over his handling of Jake Kolodjashnij’s secret concussion deal.

Kolodjashnij has been ruled out for this weekend’s match, and it appears his season is over. Meanwhile, an independent King’s Counsel has been called in to investigate the club over the secret deal that wasn’t lodged with the AFL.

Kolodjashnij, who is out of contract at the end of this year, has not been at the club all week and is upset by the publicising of his medical details and personal circumstances.

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“It looks like Jake Kolodjashnij’s year is over and, of course, he’s out of contract at the end of this year,” veteran journalist Caroline Wilson told 7NEWS.

“We know he’s been really upset by the publicising of his medical details and personal circumstances.”

It was expected the league would wrap up its investigation on Tuesday, after issuing the Cats with a ‘please explain’.

But the AFL is adamant about properly dealing with the matter, which involves its commission chairman Craig Drummond (who was the chairman of Geelong), and could wait until early next week to conclude whether to punish the Cats or not.

The independent KC will examine claims from Geelong that they didn’t know they were contravening AFL rules by not lodging required documents with the league.

Wilson described the claim as “extraordinary” given Hocking’s previous role as the AFL’s football boss.

“I would have thought he knew the rules better than anyone,” Wilson told 7NEWS.

Steve Hocking is in the gun for his handling of the saga. Credit: The Agenda Setters

Wilson suggested the coming days would be “fascinating” for Hocking, while Drummond may be in a better position as he and the board likely didn’t see the final document.

“I just want to talk about Steve Hocking for one minute. I know it looks like I’m attacking him, but I do think he is at the centre of this. And he will be the one — if anyone is punished personally, it will be the CEO of the Geelong Footy Club,” Wilson said on Channel 7’s The Agenda Setters.

“He went on K Rock (radio) on Saturday and said he wouldn’t do much differently. I really think we need to hold him to account for that.

“Here’s a few things, Steve. In fact, here’s seven things you should have done differently.

“You shouldn’t have asked Jake Kolodjashnij, who is probably not going to play to the end of the year now and hasn’t been at the club ... to assume personal liability. The AFL hated that clause. So did the Players’ Association.

“You should have known the rules, Steve. You were running the AFL footy department for five years, and you should have lodged the documents with the AFL.

“You should have run the documents, or the final document, past your board, which I found out yesterday was not done.

“You should not have claimed, on K Rock again, that all the right people were present when this agreement was made. Where was the Players’ Association? Where was the manager?

“He should not have denied the story, or at least struggled to recall it, when contacted by (Herald Sun reporter) Jay Clark.

“He should not have barred a journalist from the president’s function on Saturday night.

“And I’m sorry, but someone — and you’re the CEO — should have made sure that (coach) Chris Scott wasn’t going to behave like a smart alec (when asked about it in his post-match).”

For the record, Scott brushed aside questions from reporters, saying he did not know “enough to give an informed opinion on it”, and added, “It’s not 1980. The coach doesn’t run everything these days.”

“Even going forward — I’ll do two press conferences a week for the next couple of weeks. Don’t stop asking me if you want to, but I don’t think the answer will change,” he said.

Wilson said: “Chris, even if we accept you knew absolutely nothing, which is fine ... we have to believe you, (but) of course people are going to have opinions.

“Of course people are going to delve into these stories and know a lot more than you do if you say you did nothing.

“I’m sorry, that was a smug remark, and it took the wrong tone at a really poor time ... and I’ve put that to people at Geelong, and they’ve just gone, ‘Look, you know, we sort of tried to suggest that, but it doesn’t always work.’”