North coach Brad Scott is looking forward to seeing what his team can produce in 2018, and believes anything is possible.

Scott invited NMFC.com.au to join him out on the track for main skills and spoke about his enthusiasm ahead of his ninth season at the helm.

“There’s a hell of a lot of the unknown, but there’s a hell of a lot of confidence and optimism in what these young players can produce,” Scott said.

Scott says a changing of the guard on-field has empowered a new wave of Shinboners to take charge of the club’s destiny.

“There’s a real feeling with some of the guys who are into their third, fourth, five years that they get to shape the direction of the team more-so than in previous years.”

With little separating the teams in recent seasons, Scott says supporters should come to games knowing a victory is always a possibility.

“The gap between the best and the rest is narrower than ever,” Scott said.

“I think that gives hope to all supporters and all stakeholders in their club that even if (premierships) seem a long way away, they’re closer than you think.”

Scott also revealed his coaching style will change in 2018 as a result of having the second youngest list in the league.

“I certainly will change the way I go about coaching because when you’ve got a more experienced group, the education process is largely done, it’s about empowering them to drive the standards and really drive the way that we want to play, and the way we want to behave,” Scott revealed.

“Now with a younger group it’s getting back out on the factory floor and working with those young guys in a more direct role, rather than a managerial role.”

The 41-year-old will rely heavily on North’s leadership group to ensure both the on and off-field messages are driven into the younger players.

“When you’ve got an experienced group, their main function is to really lead by example, but now they need to get on the factory floor with me and start to coach and educate some of the young players as to how we want North Melbourne players to go about it,” Scott said.

“Some of the mid-range players too are excited because as great as it is to have experienced players around, they do tend to take a bit of a backseat, where as now those guys are right at the forefront.”