Garry

Had it come at the start, I might have just broken down into a crumbling mess.

He must have given Macca a bit of a straighten up at a post-season meeting.

And he walked out and Cameron saw him and said, how'd you go, Macca?

And Macca said, doesn't leave much dust on the shelf, does he?

Which is just the most beautiful – he left no dust on no shelf when he wanted you to get a message across at different times.

And he had a cold, cold demeanor when he got –

I'm talking footy here.

Let's not mistake it.

No, I saw that.

He was as cold as ice, and he made brutal calls on the run.

The reverend came later.

The warm, cuddly reverend came later.

But his first entree into the world of coaching, he was a steely-eyed assassin who would take no prisoners.

It didn't matter if you'd been, as I was, the captain for seven years.

He just said, listen.

You want to be captain?

I said, well, I enjoy it.

I need my captains to play.

In other words, if you ain't playing, you ain't going to be captain.

That was just straight up right between the eyes.