When Derek McInnes walked in to face the media - in club suit and tie - for the first time as Rangers manager, it was all business. The 54-year-old's face was stern and concentrated throughout as he laid out his vision for bringing the good times back at Ibrox.
There were no grand promises of philosophies or instant success, but a message that standards and mentality have to change. Given the number of men who have come and gone from the same chair, McInnes acknowledged talk in press conferences is cheap.
“Derek McInnes, in his first press conference as Rangers manager, says winning trophies domestically is the priority.”
"I know if we don't win trophies it will be somebody else sitting here before too long," he said. "But I come here with the confidence. I know with the resource we've got, with the infrastructure in place and the support I've got from the people above us, that this should be a winning Rangers team."
Rangers chief executive Jim Gillespie, sitting alongside McInnes, revealed the former Hearts, Kilmarnock and Aberdeen boss was "the only candidate" for the job. Gillespie said when RB Salzburg came in for Danny Rohl, Rangers already had McInnes in mind and were ready to move.
"That was a motivation to let Danny go and bring Derek in because he was a man that we had already highlighted as a man to bring success to Rangers," Gillespie said.
For McInnes' part, he said he would have "loved to have managed Hearts longer" after a "special" season, but leading Rangers has been a long-term goal. "The call was a surprise when it came about because obviously the manager was in place here," he added. "I was on my holiday and obviously all things kind of kicked off and it was a busy five or six days in between but I had a lot to consider. But becoming Rangers manager is something I've always wanted and I feel so comfortable with the decision was made and being here feels right."
McInnes spoke warmly about the club's good European form over the past eight years, calling those nights some of supporters' most memorable. However, he said winning leagues and cups in Scotland is the priority because Rangers fans have "suffered" from a lack of trophies for too long. The club have won one top-flight title, one Scottish Cup and one League Cup in the past 15 years.
"We want to do well right across the board and in Europe and all the rest of it - but we need to start being more relevant again, winning trophies domestically, and that for me is key," he said.