QPR have appointed Curtis Fleming as their new head coach to work alongside Ian Holloway and assistant Marc Bircham.
Fleming was a Republic of Ireland international as well as a Middlesbrough stalwart before the inevitable drift down the leagues.
He was even playing for non-league Billingham Synthonia at age 38 before finally hanging up his boots.
But what does he bring to Rangers as a coach?
Get West London went back to Hartlepool where he was assistant boss to find out.
Fleming is a no-nonsense coach who brings discipline wherever he goes
The inside word from beleaguered Pools is that he stood no truck from anyone who stepped out of line.
In many ways, he's the perfect bad cop to Ollie's good cop when it comes to personalities.
Fleming will work on getting the players organised and in the right shape. Ol will hopefully wave his man-management magic wand.
The joke from Hartlepool players on his departure was...
...'Flem's gone - now we can sit back and put up our boots.'
We repeat - this was a humorous aside. But the former defender was no soft touch, and worked the League Two players hard.
How best to describe Fleming's personality?
The word 'poker-faced' was accepted with alacrity. In this case, a flat bat might bring Rangers some runs.
Holloway is all effervescence and personality; it needs an antidote that players can bounce off as an alternative voice .
In fact, the Rs gaffer said much the same thing.
"You have to have the right balance with your staff and I think we've got that now with Curtis on board," he explained.
“Different voices here and there are important – and players respond to that."
The new coach is a champion of race equality
Curtis is a supporter of the charity Show Racism the Red Card as well as a patron of the charity Justice First.
Stand back fourth officials
According to our Hartlepool sources, Fleming is no shrinking violet come game time.
He was often in the ears of the touchline assistant ref, but was just as important in calming Pools boss Craig Hignett - the two are Middlesbrough pals from way back.
The new Rs coach met with mixed success.
Hignett was handed a two-game touchline ban this morning to go with three incurred in October.
Holloway is hardly the epitome of cool on occasions. It could be interesting.
