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The kids prance around the yard quoting “Macbeth” a decade before he’ll stage it and Mescal gets to recite a “Hamlet” soliloquy as a little treat.

Yet what should be a moment of jubilation has instead provoked a sense of angst and unease because no one has any idea if he’ll still be coaching the team by the time the playoff actually begins.

"I know that he'll be available at some point during the series," McDonald said of Hazlewood.

Asked how he’ll feel if the indefinite loan of the Playfair ever ends, Ushikubo pauses.

Although this could be the rarest instrument he’ll ever play, he remains resolute: “For the rest of my life, I hope to discover new sounds every day.”