Bruce McAvaney

I could.

I could.

I think the key is he's got to go through the process and convince the Bombers and that selection committee that he can take them to where they want to get to.

there's so much romance surrounding him.

He's got the Midas touch.

You know, we know there is that mark alongside of his name that won't go away, but he has got the Midas touch, and anyone that's met him and had anything to do with him, and you know this, there's a charisma about him that is irresistible in so many ways, but you can't appoint him because he's the golden boy.

You're not going to appoint Kevin Sheedy, and he's the other still golden boy in many ways at Essendon, so

he would galvanise the club in many ways, but it would be a short-term thing.

But if he can prove to the selection committee that he can bring the team around him and he is the right man for the job, then, you know, I wouldn't have a problem with that, but I don't want them to gift it to him.

Kieran McCann running into the stadium in Melbourne.

It's hard to...

You know, you had to be there, didn't you?

I mean, it was just amazing.

And, you know, her story, of course.

But Ollie Hoare, you know, running down two world champions from the top of the straight at Birmingham, you know, to win a 1,500-metre gold medal that only Herb Elliott, you know, had been able to achieve.

Robert DiCostello in, you know, 1982, running down Gibimashanga and Chimera Kanga.

Laylene Boyle on her last legs, so to speak, but still fast last legs in 1982, winning that gold medal to equal Marjorie Jackson with seven Commonwealth Games gold medals.

The Thorpe Hall in Manchester and Susie in Kuala Lumpur, the netball, those finals against New Zealand in particular, there's long lists and

There's long lists.

And, you know, all these things sort of go through your mind.