David Healy has recalled how he ended up breaking records "for all the wrong reasons" during his early Linfield reign.
Northern Ireland's record goalscorer was appointed Blues boss back in October 2015 when he succeeded former international teammate Warren Feeney in the Windsor Park hotseat.
Healy won three of his first four games, but his managerial abilities were thrust under an unforgiving spotlight when Linfield then fell to four consecutive defeats during the month of November.
"I came in and I think we won our first game and then we went on a horrible run. I was breaking records left, right and centre at Linfield for all the wrong reasons," Healy told former boxer Paddy Barnes's PaddyCast podcast.
"I let the players know after two or three games, and probably from then on you have to put a marker down.
"Yeah, I am going to be a nice guy and I want everyone to be singing off the same hymn sheet, but there is going to be time when possibly there will be a few cups thrown around the dressing room."
Healy - who has claimed two league titles since becoming manager in 2015 - admits a lack of Irish League experience probably went against him during his early days - even with his own Linfield squad.
"I think some of the players were probably a bit wary, because I had never played in the Irish League," he added.
"I had always watched from afar and kept a good eye on it, I knew the majority of the players over the years in the Irish League.
"But I had never played in the Irish League, and I was bringing myself back from a professional environment .
"But it is something I wanted to do, and I was fortunate that a club like Linfield afforded me the opportunity to do that in my first job.
"So maybe players were a bit wary, or there was a bit of fear. They were maybe wondering how I would adapt to the Irish League.
"And to be honest it took me a little bit of time to adapt. Coming in there was probably a realisation that some of these players were part-time, some had jobs during the day.
"Some of them got to a match day on a Saturday and had maybe done 60 or 70 hours work during the week and were maybe a bit leggy or tired.
"So it took me time to understand their circumstances."
