Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley says the AFL suffering from claims of rampant drug use Magpies coach Nathan Buckley says he feels for Essendon and rival coach James Hird. COLLINGWOOD coach Nathan Buckley believes football's reputation is suffering from the lack of detail in the Australian Crime Commission's claims about drug use in sport. Buckley said he had not been made aware any of his players were being investigated or linked to performance enhancing drug use. Buckley said he sympathised with Essendon coach James Hird and wanted more specific information about the alleged drug problems which he believed were clouding the AFL playing group's reputation. "For the 12 hours after the announcement last week, you were wondering 'geez', that's a lot worse than what I expected and what I thought," Buckley said. And you would generally think that an individual here and there being apart of it and it is yet to be proven about Essendon's situation and we need to wait for the facts to understand that. But I wouldn't think it would be wide-spread and I think all of us have seen it watered down as the time has gone on over the last week or so. To the point where there is an element of frustration in that 'OK, if you are going to make those claims, be specific about them because you have tarnished the sport and brought individuals of great quality and reputation into disrepute'. Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley says the cloud over players, and the lack of information filtering down to clubs is tarnishing the sport.