When Franco Smith revealed at the end of last year that he had never requested a job in his life, it was a surprise.
Glasgow Warriors chief coach, after all, has cultivated a reputation as a master planner, a man so organized that he often selects his alignments of parties in advance.
Could a man with such a meticulous mind and a detailed newspaper really leave such important career options for the whims of destiny?
Perhaps, however, Smith has no need to push his CV under the doors of possible suitors when his work evidently speaks for himself.
Because if the arrival of South African to Scotstoun in the summer of 2022 would have been discreet and disappointing, to say at least, only two reporters appeared for their official presentation, then it will be a very different story if it finished spending from Glasgow given everything that has achieved in its two and a half years in charge so far.
Smith, a deeply devout man who is also guided by his religious beliefs, took over at a time when the spirits of the warrior nation could hardly be lower.
Franco Smith and his captain Kyle Steyn with the URC trophy last season
The former Springbok is now a man in demand after his success with Glasgow Warriors
His predecessor Danny Wilson had come out on the back of an almighty 76-14 that Shelacking to Leinster in the quarterfinals of URC, the type of result survives few chief coaches.
Smith had been in charge of the Italian national team before moving up to become the high performance chief of that country, but he was not the great name that many Glasgow fans expected.
In a low but immensely motivated voice, the old half of Springboks Flyboks did not spend much time before starting to win the skeptics and skeptics.
When only a few months after work he named what seemed a weakened side for a difficult challenge of the Bath Cup Cup, there was a collective murmur about whether the new guy had underestimated the hardness of such an accessory.
On the other hand, the Warriors won that game 22-19, launching the long-standing process of Smith broken their alignments almost every week in an attempt to build the depth of the squad.
The old maxims that never change a winning team and that consistency of the selection are vital for the consistency of performance have been discredited by the South African that has shown that it is the teams that win games, not individuals, regardless of their reputation.
The Warriors went to the final of the Challenge Cup that season. The subsequent defeat against Toulon in Dublin was a weird setback for Smith and his players in that single campaign, but it would be a valuable lesson in what was required in those situations.
A year later, and faced the demanding URC draws with Munster in the semifinals and then the bulls in Pretoria in the final, the warriors showed that they had adapted from that setback of Toulon and prospered.
In just his second season at the Scottish rugby, Smith had delivered a great trophy.
His third mandate is also outlined, with Warriors in second place at the URC table: Smith will still lose a game of the local league of the regular season throughout his mandate, and with a last draw of the champions Cup against the Tigers of Leicester that is coming in April.
The 52 -year -old has achieved what has often felt like the unattainable dream of producing teams that are fascinating to see, successful and, the difficult part, also full of talent of the club's own academy.
That last component could be the least important for many followers, but Smith has placed it in the center of its management approach, believing that a key part of their role is to provide players good enough to represent the national team.
Many such as Gregor Brown, Max Williamson, Euan Ferrie, Alex Samuel and Gregor Hiddleston would have found much more difficult to enter the Scotland configuration if it weren't for Smith's lasting commitment to give younger players their place.
Each chief coach speaks that professional rugby is a complete Squad game, but Smith is one of the few who has not only been faithful to that idea, but has also been able to bleed young people in alignment without weakening the perspectives of the team. It has been remarkable nothing less than remarkable.
Given all that, it was a mystery that Smith's success had not yet caught the attention of a broader audience, but now the speculation has begun and could never stop.
Smith has helped the internationals of Scotland Matt Fagerson and Scott Cumming
Those same tigers that Smith will seek to defeat in two months were the first to be linked to an interest, with chief coach Michael Cheika leaving the club at the end of the season.
It is also believed that Smith is a candidate for Wales, since they seek to replace Warren Gatland after a miserable sequence of results. And the longer Glasgow continues to hit over its weight, the more Smith will be considered for vacancies worldwide.
The 52 -year contract with the Scottish rugby expires next year and feels almost unforgivable that the governing body can let it escape given everything that has done for the game in this country in a relatively short space of time.
Since the Gregor Towsend contract will also run out at the same time, there will be a clamor for Smith to settle as his successor.
And although that would be a very popular event, perhaps some Glasgow fans will not agree with the idea of losing it, a better option given Smith's propensity for youth development could be the long -term successor of David Nucifora as director of performance.
After all, the South African has already produced more players for the national team than those who were really doing that job in recent years.
Smith will go to those rumors on Friday when he talks to the media before Glasgow URC match with Dragons on Sunday.
And once again you will smile benignly and say that whatever it is destined to be, it will be. He has never pursued a job in his life, and with his reputation flying through the clouds, he certainly does not need to begin to do it now.