James Sicily wants Hawthorn's performance to do the talking and has been careful not to add to the hype ahead of their massive AFL match against Port Adelaide.
Sicily looked ready to square off immediately after the final siren of last year's semi-final, which the Power won by three points to end Hawthorn's barnstorming season.
He was fuming after Power coach Ken Hinkley taunted Jack Ginnivan on the ground after the Hawks forward had raised the stakes with some antagonising pre-game comments.
Hinkley was fined $20,000 and the AFL made the re-match the feature attraction of next week's Gather Round in Adelaide.
It will be the last match of the weekend, a Sunday night special on April 13 at Adelaide Oval.
"I'm not surprised by that," Sicily said of the scheduling.
"I actually laughed at one of the comments earlier, when that was scheduled, that they should refund Kenny's money.
"I'm not sure they'll do that."
Speaking on Friday at a club media opportunity in their bye week, Sicily was predictably peppered with questions about the Port game.
He was asked what Hawthorn had taken out of their pulsating clash last September against the Power.
"Don't take a quarter-and-a-half to kick a goal - get a better start," he said.
"I'm just really rapt with how we went last year, but not rapt enough."
Hawthorn have maintained the momentum, winning their first four games this year, and Sicily said the focus was on taking that form into the next block of matches.
"Obviously there is some history there, but there's no added motivation," he said of Port.
Sicily had a booming shot at goal late in the last quarter of the semi-final and hit the post - a near-miss that gutted him.
"A lot of close games and a lot of finals are dictated by key moments - shots at goal, fingernail play, getting a spoil in, marking a crucial one-on-one or a crucial bit of ball movement," he said.
"Winning more moments will win games. That was one moment. It took me a bit of time to decompress after that one, about two or three days.
"If I get involved in that situation again, I will be rapt. Personally, I love being involved in those big games. Hopefully I kick the next one."
Hawthorn have bolstered their team since last season, with defenders Josh Battle and Tom Barrass easing the load on Sicily.
"The expectation I put on myself to perform was so, so high," he said. "But now having those guys and then also the players who are a lot younger, getting a lot better ... is a bit of a weight off my shoulders.
"I can just go out and really play my role.
"Sometimes it was to my own detriment and maybe made me a little bit unapproachable as a leader, and I hated that."
Sicily was speaking as the Hawks showed off progress on their new club headquarters at suburban Dingley, due to be ready later this year.
"It looks pretty grand, it's been a long time coming," Sicily said of the massive facility, which features two training ovals over 28 hectares.
"Everything being new, modern, state-of-the-art, giving us every chance to perform at the highest level - hopefully it can keep me around until I'm 35, 36. That would be nice."
Asked what he most looked forward to when the Hawks moved there from Waverley, Sicily said he hoped the club installed a golf simulator.
