The Demons lucked out in their bid to have the hefty suspension for a dangerous tackle on Adelaide's Patrick Dangerfield quashed by the AFL appeals board.
Ahead of Saturday's clash with North Melbourne at Docklands Stadium, Bailey believed his players' tackling style was within the rules.
"Our tackling technique is what it is and we believe it's in accordance with what's expected," Bailey said.
"We've been tackling like that for three years ... our technique won't change.
"We'll go about our business on Saturday and continue to tackle with the intent of winning the ball back and preventing the opposition from disposing of the footy."
Trengove could have accepted a two-match ban for an early guilty plea but Bailey said the club was right to challenge the charge - and would do it again.
"The club swung everything they possibly could behind Jack to make the point that we felt that what he did was fair and reasonable," he said.
"Would I do it again tomorrow? Absolutely I would.
"We've got a young man who we think has tackled effectively and we've defended him strongly and threw every resource at it and we'll do it again tomorrow with another Melbourne player."
The Demons must respond by midday Friday to a please explain letter sent by the AFL after several of Trengove's team-mates used Twitter to slam the original tribunal verdict on Tuesday night.
Bailey said his frustrated players were being "open and honest".
He did however, instruct his players not to tweet about the appeal outcome.
"I said to them yesterday in regards to Twitter, hold your Twitters, no point in going on again," he said.
"It was frustration first time, be smarter the second time and I don't think too many did it - so they adhered to my advice which was a smart thing to do."
-AAP
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