Cooper Cronk

Do you think this announcement, what does it do to those off contract players that have all come through and been coached by Ivan Cleary?

Yeah, I remember that.

I don't know if it was in Origin, though.

Was it his nut?

Yeah.

I thought that was a Penrith Panthers game.

But you talk about tough in general.

He was a halfback.

And then when Nathan and that come through, he moved to hooker, which not many halves do.

And that's the toughest position on the field, in my opinion, is hooker because you're a smaller body in there.

And he did it very well.

And he's the kind of player that wasn't naturally gifted with all this talent.

Like he wasn't the fastest or had this amazing sidestep, but he's got –

He had a footy IQ and understood his game so well.

So I think that allows him as a coach to be able to communicate and educate so many young players.

I have no doubt that they have taken that Melbourne Storm model and done it their own way.

I think of the last 10 years, they've done it actually better.

They've had more success, but they've taken that model of players go there and they become better.

They get good people in and they become better.

They buy them low, they educate them, and they leave as million-dollar players.