As introductions go, it was polite and respectful. Steve Bruce will take that, for now.
Back in steamy August a West Brom side full of promotion dreams came away from Blackburn with all three points and no inkling that Valerien Ismail would quickly become a sacking waiting to happen.
Fast forward to February and it is Rovers with the high hopes while Albion have been on a slide down to ninth.
Enter Bruce. The ex-Aston Villa, ex-Birmingham City Steve Bruce, who knows his Second City past means the Albion fans will not grace him much of a honeymoon period as he aims for a sixth Premier League promotion.