Sheffield Wednesday's start makes you wonder what David Storch can achieve when the clamp is off the chequebook
David Storch and his Arise group have shown what a professional structure can do at Sheffield Wednesday
No owner funding, remember, all within budget.
Sheffield Wednesday's prolific transfer window makes you wonder what the club can achieve when the clamp is removed from the Arise group's chequebook.
Which won't be for nearly two years as things stand under EFL restrictions, and even then there will be certain limits on owner injections for signings under a general rule.
But that hasn't dulled David Storch's ambition or his determination get ahead of the game.
In a brief passing exchange with the Wednesday owner recently, I put it to him that his one big problem was huge over-expectation.
Storch shrugged with acceptance of that reality. He appeared to make light of it but did admit that currently his major challenge was, in his words, having to "under-commit and over-deliver."
A clear indication that he's intent on making an increasing impact on the club's fortunes - when he's allowed to.
Not that spending some £8m on the infrastructure is insignificant or that it isn't necessary as a sensible first priority.
But the suggestion that Wednesday would suffer on the field as a result of initial stipulations barring owner equity is being confounded.
That vindicates this column's argument for almost the duration of Dejphon Chansiri's reckless tenure that a professional structure and planning was more important than money.
It's so good to see evidence of that, albeit that Wednesday's excellent start in League One is no guarantee against encountering bumps in the road.
What's important is that, with the calibre of player delivered, the potential is there to up performance levels by a considerable margin.
In fairness, but not to Chansiri, the summer of 2022 under Darren Moore, did produce a similarly intelligent - and successful - recruitment package. Only for the then owner to sack his manager, revert to his own self-centred and chaotic methods, with predictably catastrophic results.
It's unthinkable to imagine the current ownership going anywhere near such an approach - however much they are willing to inject.