Stuart Waitley

It's a little bit early in the morning, but that's the ladies over here.

I was curious, was the airport painted purple when you arrived?

Oh, it's a little bit like that, isn't it?

If anyone can keep a lid on it, it's just as long as you are.

So it's...

Yeah, it does remind me a little bit of back in the day, trying to cast my mind back.

So, you know, there's a few successful years we had where the state really got behind us.

So it's not miles off, I've got to be honest.

I was curious around – so that was the best – I hadn't quite realised the full level of silliness that was going on in Perth, which I – that was silly of me.

But that gives a clue as to why Longmire is not indulging any of it.

But I loved his approach on 360.

So constant conversation with the leadership around what it is to be successful and

And fans, you go crazy.

There's no need to keep the lid on as fans.

We'll just manage it internally.

Yeah, I don't know.

Yeah, we're all different.

That's what it tells me.

And there's probably – it's the reason why you give these coaches time, Gerard, because there's an argument to say if this is his second or third year as a senior coach, he might not have the same resolve to lead in that way.

So last year I thought they might have just missed a few marks with their messaging early before they'd done anything.