The most famous moustache in Scottish football is long gone.
But Willie Miller's mouser is not the only cherished tradition the Aberdeen legend is willing to part with for the sake of his beloved club.
During his playing days that trademark tache ruled the roost at Pittodrie but today's clean-shaven, bespectacled director of football cuts the figure of a hard-nosed businessman.
One who is clearly comfortable with leaving the past firmly behind.
And Miller is ready to leave his club behind if it helps Aberdeen secure a healthy long-term future under new ownership.
You'd think it would be a wrench for the beating heart of Sir Alex Ferguson's all-conquering side of the 1980s to turn his back and walk away.
After the best part of three decades as a player, manager and administrator Willie's in with the bricks at Pittodrie.
But even those bricks are something he's looking to abandon within the next five years as he spearheads owner Stewart Milne's vision to build a new stadium on the edge of the Granite City.
Nothing is safe - and the financial fallout from Setanta's collapse has already forced the slaughter of another sacred cow from Aberdeen's golden era.
Miller's former team-mate Jim Leighton was axed as goalkeeping coach last month in a move that shocked fans.
But the financial crisis gripping Scottish football is forcing tough sacrifices across the game.
And now Miller is thinking what seems unthinkable to many of the supporters who see him as their link between the stand and boardroom.
Miller insists he wouldn't blink if a new buyer swept into Aberdeen with a big cheque book and big plans that don't involve him.
He said: "My love for the club comes before my love of being at the club. So it wouldn't hurt to walk away if it was in the best interests of Aberdeen.
"The board would be happy to talk to anyone who wants to bring new investment. And if someone wants to come in you have to be prepared to give them the scope to do what they want and call the shots.
"If that meant the majority of us walking away we would do what is right for the club."
So far Donald Trump hasn't picked up the phone - but investing in Aberdeen would be an effective PR exercise in an area that has hardly accepted his plans for a golf resort at the Menie Estate with open arms.
Until someone like Trump turns up it appears Miller's future as part of Aberdeen looks secure.
And that's a relief because he would hate to miss out on seeing the fruits of five years' labour with the club's youth development system.
In the absence of a sugar daddy or sheikh that's where Miller sees the solution to the financial constraints strangling the life out of boss Mark McGhee's first-team budget.
And he reckons fans should be more excited about the emerging talent on the verge of breaking through than frustrated about the lack of big-name signings this summer.
Miller said: "We have spent five years developing a youth plan and it's only now we are starting to see the benefit.
"It would have been easy to take the £500,000 we put into youth development every year and just pump it into the first team.
"We would be able to keep more players and entice others to the club if we did that.
"But on the other hand we wouldn't have seen young players like Chris Maguire, Peter Pawlett and Michael Paton coming through.
"There are also other kids starting to emerge. We had Scott Ross and Mitch Megginson with the first team when we played at Sigma Olomouc in the Europa League last month.
"Fraser Fyvie was away captaining the Scotland Under-17s team, Hallur Hannson was with the Faroes squad and Dean Jarvis with the Irish national team.
"These boys are on the verge of pushing into the first team and it's exciting. It has taken five years of hard work and commitment to get this far.
"In a financial sense the rug has been pulled from under us with the Setanta deal collapsing. But the clubs that have invested in youth development and can bring through kids will be the ones in the best position to handle the situation. We are one of them."
While he insists kids are the future Miller doesn't see that future at Pittodrie because their crumbling old home costs a fortune to maintain.
Impressive He said: "Selling the stadium is a necessity. We have to get out of Pittodrie because we spend £million each year just keeping it in the same state.
"We have to maintain the roof, put anti-rusting on the main stand and renew the steps on the south stand.
"Keeping the stadium in a fit state to pass health and safety and UEFA regulations is a costly business. We wouldn't have that at a new stadium.
"Redeveloping Pittodrie would be difficult and it's exciting to have the chance of a new stadium.
"We're still in the early stages but at least there's a green light now from the council to see if it's possible.
"The location overlooking the little loch at Altens as you come in on the south road would be an impressive entrance to the city and harbour.
"First we have to find the funding but there are plans in place to find that money and it would be a great achievement to have a new stadium.
"We can't put an exact time limit on it but we would hope to be well down the road within five years."
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