Dean Brogan believes GWS would be crazy not to look at extending rejuvenated ruckman Shane Mumford's AFL comeback tour for a further year.
Mumford was forced to retire after the 2017 season because of degenerative ankle and knee problems.
The man mountain shuffled into the Giants coaches box in 2018, claiming the spot vacated when Brogan returned home to Adelaide.
Mumford was then tempted out of retirement for 2019, with the expansion club sticking by their man after a video emerged of him snorting white powder.
It was expected to be a one-year arrangement but the 32-year-old's form and fitness suggests he may be back for 2020.
Brogan, a former GWS assistant coach who followed Mumford's brutal struggles to get on the park as closely as anyone, believes the year off has done "absolute wonders" for the human battering ram.
"His body was banged up. In my time with him he couldn't really train much. He'd take a lot of anti-inflammatories, a lot of cortisone injections," Brogan told AAP.
"I can't get over how well he is moving. He's probably given his body a chance to heal properly.
"It's been a great move by the Giants to get him back ... they'd be crazy not to invest time in him again for next year. I know Shane, he'll try to play until he is 40. He won't be putting up the white flag."
Brogan, like Mumford, came out of retirement at the request of GWS.
The 2004 premiership player, now working as a part-time ruck coach at Port Adelaide, has been thoroughly impressed with Mumford's recent form.
"He's a major part of the reason they're 5-2," Brogan said.
"He's in the top three or four ruckmen in the comp."
Mumford had 49 hitouts and 11 clearances in the Giants' win over St Kilda but gave away nine free kicks, the most by any player in a match since Corey McKernan in 1997.
"He's a bit careless and rough at times. You sort of take the good with the bad with Mummy," Brogan said.
"Opposition teams are always looking over their shoulder when he's around, that presence is gold ... but nine is probably too many."
Giants coach Leon Cameron agreed on both counts, praising Mumford's "brutal attack on the footy and attack on the the man with the ball" in Canberra while admitting he must review his technique.
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