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He also made Matthew Capuano a two time premiership player.
Of course having players like Wayne Carey, Corey McKernan and Glenn Archer helped (premiership team has multiple star players, more news at 11), but the 1999 team had players of the ilk of Capuano, Allison, Sholl, Clayton and Welsh. Cam Mooney was famously in the starting 18 and didn't even touch the ball.
Carey is regularly included in GOAT discussions but it takes more than one superstar player to make finals and win flags which North consistently did in the 1990s. Pagan has to get credit for that surely.