You can't argue that the Johnson family don't know their stuff when it comes to football - with Gary Johnson aiming for his seventh promotion as a manager this season, and Lee Johnson having achieved constant progression across his four Championship finishes with Bristol City.
If there is to be a fifth, then City's recruitment last summer will have had to have been spot on - and so far all looks good with a solid start to the new season. Painstaking research and background checks go into every new arrival in BS3.
With Tommy Rowe having played at Peterborough United under Gary Johnson from 2010-11, there's no doubt that a reference from father Gary was going to carry a lot of weight as the former Doncaster Rovers captain arrived on a free this summer.
"He played for me at Peterborough and Lee spoke to me about him," explained Gary to Bristol Live.
"He obviously knew that I'd managed Tommy. He was brilliant for me. I knew that he would be the right character and the right type of footballer that Lee enjoys working with. I thought he'd be perfect for Bristol City.
"I'm proud of the lad that he's come in and played his part on this good start to the season when he might have thought that he it might have taken a little while longer.
"He's got his chance and he's taken it well. I'm very pleased for him and obviously Lee as well - he's done a lot of home work there beyond just asking me.
"He's become very quickly a very good signing."
Rowe has been the surprise hit of the summer transfer window for the Robins having been thrust into the first-team picture due to the untimely injury sustained by Jay Dasilva and excelling in the unfamiliar position of left-back.
Recruitment is so key in football and techniques have been passed down from father to son. That's in addition to the club's use of analysts, scouts and various databases such as the Opta Pro Suite and the WyScout platform.
"We're pretty much the same and Lee worked with me for several years and they were successful times," added Gary.
"And we know that it's about getting the right people on your bus. That's so important. If you've got just one bad apple it changes the whole dynamics of a dressing room or of a team.
"Tommy has got that reputation amongst players that he's well respected, on and off the field. That's why he's a very good signing."
A player's character is so important so speaking to people in their orbit or who have worked with a potential new recruit is pivotal.
"I know that Lee and his staff try to do that - and Mark Ashton and [club secretary] Luke Werhun and Jamie and Dean and even Scottie - I'm sure that even he has a say in things," said Gary.
"Because you can't bring in a player who upsets the apple cart. I know that Lee takes all that onboard and I know that the spirit that he's got there at the moment is fantastic.
"In fact the spirit of the whole club is brilliant at the moment. I enjoy seeing its progress."
The Johnsons have a large family that covers the breadth of football - dubbed by Lee as the "Midget Mafia" - with his cousin Jack Johnson an academy coach at Fulham and Gary's brother Pete Johnson head of recruitment alongside him at Torquay.
Gary is able to put to bed a rumour that we have been told that another Johnson has been .
"No, I know all the Johnsons that are available and there's no Johnsons there. However, we've got quite an extensive family and we use each other a lot anyway.
"Some of us are working for a particular club but we also try and help our other family members at other clubs. There's a lot of years and a lot of experience amongst us.
"We tap into it when we need to," said Gary, who explains that his former striker Mo Eisa was unlucky that things didn't work out for him at Ashton Gate.
A record transfer fee was shelled out by the Posh in the summer for the forward, who has been hitting the net with regularity and more playing time at London Road.
"The problem was that he got injured at just the wrong time. Just as he was on the bench and getting used to the tactics. Then City had a bad patch and it was difficult to play a young lad who hasn't been in the professional game for very long.
"He needed games. Barry Fry and five or six other clubs were interested in Mo before he went to Bristol City.
"He must have badgered Lee along the way to sign Mo.
"Maybe Mo will make the Championship eventually - and the move worked out for everybody. It was just circumstances," said Gary, who also wished previous protege "total professional" Saikou Janneh well after his recent operation and knee injury.
