It was blowing a gale outside, albeit not quite with the force of the previous few days. And in any case, doesn’t it always?
A couple of broadcast trucks had pitched up in the car park outside Ayr United’s rickety old main stand. And a few more staff were milling around than might usually have been the case at 11am on a bleak, grey Tuesday.
But, behind the scenes, this was far from any other average Ayrshire. This was the day Scott Brown arrived at Somerset Park and, for both parties, life may never feel quite the same again.
One way or another. For Brown and sidekick Steven Whittaker, the decision to sign on for the next two-and-a-half years for a club which is hovering too close to comfort above relegation from Scotland’s Championship, their arrival represents an early crossroads in the next step of their coaching careers.