Old Melburnians stalwart Archie Salek has vowed to operate the club whiteboard until the day he dies in a move that will force heir apparent Ed Selby to bide his time.

Archie, who during his 271-game career with the club was once a stepladder when a one-armed man took a towering speccy over him, said the adrenaline rush he got from moving magnets all over the board made him feel "ten-feet tall".

"If I only I could describe to you how it feels to move so many fit young players into positions they never thought they could succeed in," he said.

"It really makes the hair on the back of my neck stand. It’s certainly a feeling I want to take to my grave."

Asked about his favourite tactical move on the whiteboard, Archie said moving Tim Mulligan from any position where he could break his teammates fingers’ with his helicopters to full-forward was hard to beat.

"I loved that move. I could feel all the magnets stand that little bit higher when Mully’s name moved down the board to the forward line. It meant they would no longer have to have him kick to them," he said.

But Archie hung his head in shame when asked about the lowlight of his whiteboard-managing career.

"It cut like a thorn every time I had to move the name M.Rose onto the bench. I went through a lot of pain," he said.

"And hearing the OMs supporters yell out ‘Myyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyles’ only made me more determined to leave his name on the field. But I couldn’t let the MC (match committee) down so I just had to wear it. I wore it for the team."

Next week: Archie tells of his "Magnetic nightmares" - the day the magnets wouldn’t stick.

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