Based on limited first-hand evidence but Tony Craig doesn't strike us as the sort of person particularly hot on checking his mentions on Twitter and Instagram.
Craig's departure from Bristol Rovers was confirmed on Monday with the 35-year-old leaving two-and-a-half years of fine memories for the Gas, in which his legend grew with each passing performance.
The definition of stoic in the dictionary could be reframed around Craig, as player and man; unfussy, straightforward and ruthlessly efficient on the field, and with his choice of words off it - in his head he'd ideally leave north Bristol with little fanfare.
But as news dropped at 11am of his exit, having spent the last two-and-a-half years away from his wife and two children in London, the overwhelming consensus among Rovers fans online was one of immense sorrow, but also respect and thanks.
Of a possible 98 league games he could have played since signing, Craig started 97 - not missing a League One match between February 3, 2018 and August 17, 2019; remarkable statistics and testament to his professionalism and commitment.
It's fitting perhaps that his final game in the blue and white quarters will have been the 2-0 triumph over Sunderland, in which he marked his 600th game as a professional.
Walking out with his children and even welling up at full-time, it was a rare sign of emotion from "Millwall Tone" whose entire presence on the field is usually cold, calculating and methodical. It will be the tearful goodbye to the Mem he didn't know at the time, but will come to pass in club history.
He will also be that rare beast who leaves a football club with his reputation intact and at a peak level in terms of his performances, as there is a strong case for declaring him Player of the Season.
He may have begun life as a Darrell Clarke player and ended his Rovers days under the guidance of Ben Garner, but he was undoubtedly a Graham Coughlan player. If there was one individual to symbolise what that team encompassed across 2019, it was the bloody-minded competitiveness of Craig.
Should he earn a League One contract elsewhere, Gillingham, AFC Wimbledon and Colchester United (if promoted) obvious possible destinations, you can be sure that his return to the Mem will be marked with applause and gratitude, not abuse and grief.
Craig is one of the few success stories from the transfer activity of 2017/18 of which the financial impact is still being felt, albeit ever so slightly alleviated by the exits of Liam Sercombe and Tim Nichols.
The centre-back's arrival on February 1, 2018, on a free transfer was one of the campaign's least-heralded deals and was, in many respects, the antithesis of the modern-day hype and excitement that builds around every new signing.
But it's easy to get taken into that and sucked in, when in reality, common sense still goes a long way in recruitment. And while the contracts of Sercombe, Nichols and Kyle Bennett may have been a millstone around the necks of Graham Coughlan and, to a lesser extent Garner, Craig represented outstanding value.
Replacing him will be a straightforward task in a physical sense as the Gas are reasonably well-stocked in central defence with Alfie Kilgour, Cian Harries, Tom Davies and Rollin Menayese, but it's the intangibles that will be hard to replicate.
Craig's professionalism, standards, leadership and presence are not attributes easily found or bought, they have to be developed and grown organically and that task is now awaiting Garner, as he should enter the 2020/21 season with the squad he wants.
Garner has mentioned that during lockdown he and his staff have been focusing on a lot of best-practice work with the squad - dos, don'ts and what's expected of them as Bristol Rovers footballers.
You can imagine a large part of that was gleaned from the example Craig has set over the last two-and-a-half years. And the messages from Gasheads bear witness to the impact he made and legacy he leaves.
