PORT ADELAIDE’S former AFL coaches joined Ken Hinkley and the playing group in their team meeting on Friday morning ahead of tonight’s 150^th Anniversary Gala.

John Cahill, Mark Williams and Matthew Primus were on hand at Alberton Oval to give the current players a little more understanding of what the club and its history meant to them.

Cahill - who won 14 premierships with Port Adelaide as a player and coach - said his message to the boys was to relish the opportunity at the club.

“The main thing I said was enjoy what you do,” he told portadelaidefc.com.au.

“Because if you really enjoy what you do, you’ll be good at it.

“Then, not to underestimate how good you can be. People don’t realise when they challenge themselves, what they can achieve.”

Port Adelaide’s inaugural AFL coach said he had a very good feeling about the playing list that had been assembled at Alberton, and he had full faith in them achieving the ultimate success.

“Just to see their faces. I feel like we are going to have a good year, I really do,” Cahill said.

“They are enthusiastic. They are keen. They look you in the eye. It’s everything you want from a sportsperson.

“I just looked at them and I thought, how good are they. They’ll be strong. They’re confident.

“They will have to win a couple of early games, and I think we’re on the way.”

Williams said it was great to get back into the inner-sanctum and see players he coached in the club’s inaugural AFL premiership now leading the group to hopefully its next, and he was trying to instil into the current players to leave no stone unturned in their careers

“There are quite a few of the premiership players as coaches now, so we talked a little bit about them and how they started,” Williams said.

“All these players get a little confused that everyone starts up where they finish, but they start by doubting themselves as well.

“Their journeys aren’t linear. They are up and down a bit. To be able to persist and be satisfied that they gave everything and left nothing on the table.”

Primus said he always felt a sense of pride walking back into the place where he spent more than a decade of his life.

“There are a few new offices and a few new rooms,” he said.

“In the end there are the same walkways, the same faces you see, and the locker room is still a great place to be.

“The theatre - you see the history of past winners of certain wards and those sorts of things.

“Some little things have changed but the majority of things are pretty similar to the way I remember it.”

The 45-year-old also said he couldn’t wait to catch up with great friends and reminisce on the club’s history at tonight’s 150^th Anniversary Gala.

“We will probably get a sense of occasion about how successful this club is and the history of it,” Primus said.

“It will be great to catch up with so many people, because I don’t live in Adelaide any more.

“I’m going to spend most of my night catching up with people and sharing some stories and renewing some really good friendships.”