Parents of Essendon players left confident the club was doing everything it could to clear the names of their sons following Tuesday night’s meeting with Bombers officials.

Essendon champion Tim Watson, father of captain and reigning Brownlow medallist Jobe Watson, said although the club was limited in what it could tell parents as the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority investigation got underway, he and wife Susie departed "feeling a lot better about the situation”.

"I can't speak for every other parent there last night, but it wasn't a mood of anger amongst the parents," Watson said.

"They were there to get information and they asked some excellent questions. Some of those questions got answered and some of those questions didn't get answered.

"But I don't think anyone would have left that meeting last night believing anything other than that David Evans and James Hird are doing everything they possibly can for the players there."

Evans addressed the parents at the club's Windy Hill headquarters, and Watson was pleased with the chairman's sincerity.

"David is a straight-shooter. He's an ethical, values-based person, and if you wanted your son to be mentored by somebody, you could not find a finer man than David Evans," Watson said.

"I thought what he had to say last night … there was no sugarcoating anything, there was no dodging, there was no weaving, there was no PR spin on what he was trying to say. He was as factual as he possibly could be under those circumstances."

The club is fully cooperating with the ongoing AFL and ASADA investigation.