“For me it was probably the chat I had with Ivan.
“I had already met with the Bulldogs and had spoken to a couple of other teams by then and it wasn’t until a week and a half, maybe two weeks after I had spoken to the Bulldogs that Ivan called my manager.
“He spoke a lot about how my off-field was going. He didn’t really talk too much footy which was different and good for me.
“I felt like there was more of a connection there and that’s what resonated with me.
Bulldogs DNA... Not sure how you find out if someone has it if you're not talking about how they're going off-field. There is probably some BS to this anyways and he's just saying standard media stuff. In reality he got an offer to join a better club than us currently and probably more money too.