Alistair Clarkson

He got a game his debut, got injured, missed –

a period of time, came back, played a game, got dropped.

Came back 12 months later, played a game, got injured.

And after five years, he'd played five games of AFL footy or something like that.

But there was just something about him.

And some of that was just getting his body right to withstand the rigours of the game.

You know, Taylor Drury was the same.

And, you know, if you looked at it in their first four years, it's just like, you know, and Hodgie was the same.

You compare him to Luke Ball and Chris Judd that got up and going straight away.

Let's take a measurement of what they're like when they're,

when they're 30 years of age and what the bank of work they've been able to produce.

I'll do it for as long as I can help these kids chase their dream.

And whilst I've still got that passion and whilst the club still think that I'm the bloke that can best steer them that way, yeah, I want to help this crew.

I've been on record as saying I had a tough period of time in my life following the death of my brother in a car accident when I was 16.

And North were the ones that actually straightened me out and gave me an opportunity to play league footy and chase my dream.

And I've been involved in the game ever since, more or less, all but one year out in between coaching jobs.

So I've loved my involvement in the game.

I've got a great passion for it.

And whilst I can help these kids and sort of repay North for what they did for me many, many years ago, the club needed some help and I was willing to come in and try and steer the club back in the right direction.

And we're...