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After Patrick Dangerfield romped to victory in this years Brownlow Medal count, ESPN columnist Josh Jenkins thought it would be a good idea to catch up with his good friend and former teammate.Here is the transcript of their conversation.JJ: Well, what a season that was.Danger: To be honest, the preliminary final loss has left a really sour taste in my mouth but yes, my first season as a Geelong player has been sensational on and off the field. I knew heading home would have been a positive move for myself and my wife, Mardi. The Brownlow Medal was amazing and it was great to share it with my friends and family as well as my teammates, and the Adelaide people who were in the room.JJ: Work-life balance was a point that pricked my ears during your Brownlow speech. What exactly do you love about the way Geelong conducts their playing and training schedule?Danger: We get opportunities to live lives away from footy. I enjoy surfing and spending time at my home in Moggs Creek. I also like doing some media as well as renovating my home. Scotty [Chris Scott] and the club allow us time to breathe away from footy. We get into the club, do what needs to be done then we head home to relax and lead a semi-regular life.JJ: What was the overriding emotion as soon as the siren sounded to end the preliminary final? It seemed at stages this year that you boys were definitely going to make the grand final.Danger: By no means did we get ahead of ourselves but we also had a strong confidence of making the big one. Our beginning to that game was bitterly, bitterly disappointing and we could never get back into the game. It was a carbon copy of your match up in Sydney. To bow out that way is a tough pill to swallow.JJ: Have you yet had a chance to reflect on just how good your individual season was?Danger: Truthfully, the season has been incredibly busy and then since the preliminary final loss, the Brownlow and grand final week festivities, I have not had time to draw breath. At some stage I will grab a cup of tea with dad and sit on the balcony, overlooking the ocean and reflect on everything that has occurred. Hopefully you will be there to join us big fella.JJ: You know I dont drink tea Patrick.JJ: They reckon your mum Jeanette lit up the after-Brownlow party. Now your family are not known for their consumption of alcohol, so how was the familys performance at Club 23?Danger: Yes, mum was wearing the medal all night and John Boy even had a drink or three. It was an awesome night.JJ: How can you improve your own game?Danger: I want to keep making the game easier for my teammates and after a season at the club, I feel I can take my leadership to a new level. We can always get better at what we do.JJ: Unless youve changed since club-hopping, you never train and never lift weights but youve been remarkably durable. Whats your secret?Danger: Are you interviewing yourself here Josh? You do less weights than me! Luck plays a part in an athletes health but I prepare as best I can, I know what works for me and I stick to it no matter what. An AFL training regime is extreme - once a player has completed a few summers and played enough games, I think it is important to have a balance between flogging yourself and understanding what you need to do to perform at the level.JJ: Time for some quick ones. What are your flaws in life?Danger: Yea, yeah, I fluff the pillows...JJ: Explain please.Danger: Well, I like to have my house looking nice so anytime someone sits on the couch then leaves, the pillows must be fluffed and presented nicely for the next person but Id hardly call that a flaw. Other than that, I am ghastly white and cant tan and I annoy you very much when I drink my weak skinny lattes with caramelised sugar.JJ: You never drink but when you do, you go a million miles per hour and wake up cherry ripe. How on earth do you do that?Danger: Simple, I just get up, shower and get on with it. Hangovers are a myth.JJ: I know you love your Benjamins - so how much have you pocketed this grand final week?Danger: I do all my appearances for the love of the game! No, Josh, you know we all get well remunerated for our services at this time of year but I would much rather be at home preparing to play.JJ: So, youre making all this cash this week yet Tommy Lynch and I shouted dinner in Melbourne on Wednesday night?Danger: During my time in Adelaide, between you and Tom, I reckon you and him owe me 10 grand in breakfasts, lunches and dinners. Maybe 20k in Toms case.JJ: Who would you prefer won next years Charlie - Lynchy or me ? Apart from yourself of course.Danger: You barely get a vote between you so theres no point dealing in hypotheticals. (Laughing uncontrollably)JJ: You still wearing blazers and scarves to training?Danger: You know I like to look good Josh. I do my best.JJ: Truly - youre a once-in-a-generation player but an ever better person, congratulations on your season and your move home. Its been a mammoth success. 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As he recorded his 23rd and 24th points of the evening, a segment of the sellout Air Canada Centre crowd expressed their appreciation for the Raptors point guard with a smattering of MVP chants.LAS VEGAS -- It was a typical day in the life of nascent NHL owner Bill Foley. He sat in on his teams first mock expansion draft and offered polite suggestions on players he thinks might be of interest to his more hockey-savvy staff.Then Foley and GM George McPhee answered questions from dozens of fans in the inviting plaza that will no doubt become the focal point of pregame festivities when the expansion Las Vegas Something Knights begins play next season. During the fan session, Foley took a swipe at the prospect of the Oakland Raiders moving to Las Vegas, suggesting that any public monies that might be committed to a stadium for the NFL team could be better put to use on schools, health care and the like.Then he was off to nearby T-Mobile Arena, where he appeared on the ice before a preseason game between the Los Angeles Kings and Colorado Avalanche with Hall of Famer Luc Robitaille, a top executive with the Kings, for a ceremony that marked the end of the Kings longstanding relationship with the gambling mecca, where the team has long held preseason games. Robitaille handed over the torch (or in this case, a hockey stick) to signal the shift to the Las Vegas home team.I caught up with Foley shortly after the on-ice ceremony in his suite beneath the stands for an update on the team name, its jersey and how things are shaping up for Las Vegas first professional team.ESPN.com: Whats it like to be at the table with your staff for the mock draft and start the discussion about what this team is going to look like?Foley: Its so much fun. I mean, I really didnt bring anything to the party, other than to ask a few questions about certain players and give some input and some advice and so on. I had no input in the way they were ranking people and who they thought would be available or wouldnt be available. But the business situations Im normally in, where Im grinding it out every day, are not fun. Someones quit, or someones done something they shouldnt have done, or the companys not doing what it should be doing. This is fun.ESPN.com: Youre now three months into ownership. Is it different than you imagined?Foley: It is different because I didnt realize all the things I would have to do. Ive never gone through interview processes like Ive been through in this situation. I interviewed, either by telephone or in person, seven different candidates for GM, three over a six-day period. They came in. I met each candidate. We had dinner. I met them the next morning, then they left. The next guy came in. I met him, we had dinner, that whole process. Then you go through and do it again with the guy you really like.Then, in Georges case, we had a nice party at Rock Creek in Montana, where we signed the contract together. Went in, had a couple of glasses of wine. Flew down and had the press conference. And the same thing with the president of business ops. It was exhausting. I never interviewed people like that. I was like, normally, Come on, youre in, lets go.ESPN.com: Do you feel more like a hockey guy now, especially looking at the staff you have? Theres so much experience in that room.Foley: Absolutely. I still know nothing, and I recognize that. I told the guys that this morning. I said, You can say anything you want to say. Im just Bill Foley. Im just another guy sitting at this table. I want to learn. But it was so much fun listening to them talk about players and why they like this guy or that guy.dddddddddddd. It was amazing.ESPN.com: Are you surprised by how much interest there has been in the name of this team?Foley: I cant believe it. Why is this name this important? Once it became important, then of course I want to make it more important. My job is to keep it in the news. We have the NFL football going on, college football going on, hockeys getting ready to start its regular season. I need attention. I like the attention.ESPN.com:?Would you like to tell me the name?Foley: I will tell you its going to be something Knights.ESPN.com: You could get ahead of the news cycle if you told me.Foley: I could, but were going to announce it Nov. 18. You heard George say, Even my wife doesnt know.ESPN.com: How involved have you been in not just the name but also the design of the jersey and the color scheme?Foley: Completely involved. Im trying to get Adidas to come around to my way of thinking, in terms of how I want this jersey to look and the power and the culture I want it to evoke. And theyre getting there. But Im trying to get one color more bold instead of recessive, and I believe well get it done next week. If we do, we can start printing hats and T-shirts and gym bags. We wont have jerseys probably until mid-December, but well have everything else. This will be powerful.ESPN.com:?Do you want to share the color scheme with me?Foley: Well, as Ive said, it will have some desert influences. Because its Knights, theres obviously going to be some steel gray somewhere. Probably have some gold because that makes sense, and most teams have black.ESPN.com: Have there been moments since you were confirmed at the board of governors meeting in June that have reaffirmed your belief that, yes, this will work?Foley: There have been several validation moments. But were going to kill it. This is going to be one of the most successful hockey teams in the country by the time were done with it. Because were going to engage the community. Were going to engage the people visiting town. Weve got the team and the excitement around town. Its just unbelievable. The local residents love hockey. Its the new identity. I know the Raiders are talking about coming here. They havent even made a dent. Its hockey. Because this is [Las Vegas] team.ESPN.com: Tell me about one of those moments.Foley: It happens all the time. People say, Hey, Bill, congratulations. Thank you, Bill. Thank you, Mr. Foley, for bringing hockey. It happens when Im in downtown Summerlin [Nevada, where the teams offices are located]. It happened at our ground-breaking [for the teams new practice facility]. I mean, we had 150, 200 people there who had season tickets. They just showed up. We didnt even publicize it. It was unbelievable. I was just out there in the arena for the pass-the-torch or pass-the-stick, and two people got up and asked, Mr. Foley, can I shake your hand?ESPN.com: Whats that like for you? Because your business life has been different.Foley: Its been very surprising. Its fun, but it is exhausting, so Ive got to kind of be on my toes a little bit. Ive got to be a little more careful. A little more careful about what I say. Dont have too many drinks. But Im not in politics. Im really not a public figure. But Im trying to be a little more cognizant of my surroundings. ' ' '