Agreed that the family thing may have been something he was deluding himself about- he's a persuasive bloke at the best of times. The interview came across a bit like him getting closure on us too. He bought in, but had two mutually exclusive things and this was him coming to terms with letting go of the Nix.
No point signing a player who wants to be elsewhere- but the Rudan project shows the benefit of a pre-season and a coach who doesn't accept players he doesn't want and vice versa.