GEELONG coach Chris Scott says the system that led to Western Bulldogs forward Jack Redpath getting three weeks for striking is flawed.

He called for a debate on the Tribunal system post-season suggesting that the mid-season crackdown on jumper punches had led to "incongruous" outcomes.

Redpath was originally given one week by the Match Review Panel for striking Greater Western Sydney's Phil Davis with an open hand to the neck, which became two weeks because of a bad record.

He then appealed the decision and was given an extra week when the tribunal upheld the MRP's finding.

"[Former AFL football operations manager] Mark Evans and his team did a fantastic job of changing the system so we didn't get good players rubbed out for innocuous incidents," Scott said.

"A jumper push to the throat is innocuous. It doesn't get much more innocuous when it comes to the MRP. Now we've got guys getting three weeks."

Redpath is only the fourth player to be suspended for at least three weeks this season, with Tom Bugg missing six weeks for striking, Bachar Houli four and Jordan Lewis three.

Geelong has lost Tom Hawkins twice this season to suspension as well as Mitch Duncan, James Parsons, Sam Menegola and Patrick Dangerfield.

Hawkins was suspended in round 11 after the AFL announced a public crackdown on jumper punches when he struck Adelaide's Matt Crouch.

Speaking immediately after that game in June, Scott expressed concern that changing tack mid-season presented a risk to the game and that a fine was the appropriate penalty.  

"I don't know how anyone could possibly try to defend the position we are in, so I suspect it will be talked about a bit more and it will change," Scott said.