Shannon Gill

He's also writing a column in The Age about tactics.

And he's an absolute hit because no one's really doing this.

No one's really done it before.

Even Don Scott gets great reviews.

So, yeah.

Peter McFarlane, who's sort of covering this during this year, if early season performance is any guide, and it is so really in football, then Scott will prove the best investment.

The former Hawthorne captain who enjoyed a reputation for handing out and absorbing punishment with equal enthusiasm as well as for extreme honesty in extolling his point of view has obviously carried these traits into his TV career.

And that's right.

As we see with Don Scott the whole way through, I...

Gerard, I know you have a soft spot for 1980s wrestling.

Yes.

I've always seen Don Scott as the Jesse the Body Venturer of football commentators.

He is the heel commentator that you kind of dislike.

And look, he was a hot take merchant way before it was a thing and people didn't like him.

It provoked issues.

Now, I'll let Sandy Roberts explain how his problem with West Coast started or how his problem with West Coast played out.

So that was happening back in 1988 when special comments just started.

Has anyone put Cain on the banner yet?

Well, I always say that.

You haven't done much to Cain until you've done that.