The Gold Coast Titans come into 2024 with new direction, new leadership and a breath of fresh air around the club.
But whether that is enough to turn around the plight of a club who, on the whole, have struggled since they entered the competition almost two decades ago is anyone's guess.
What is assured for the Titans is that they have a number of players locked up on long-term deals which provide plenty of stability for the club.
Not only that, but their key parts are among those deals. David Fifita and Tino Fa'asuamaleaui both re-signed long-term last year, while star AJ Brimson is also signed.
But it doesn't mean there aren't questions hovering over the Titans.
Here are the ones that will define 2024.
The Titans head into 2024 with a new coach and a likely very new style of playing rugby league.
Hasler is a no-nonsense style operator and has a proven record of success. That may not be all that recent, but the bottom line is that the Titans desperately needed to bring an experienced mentor after making the decision to move on Justin Holbrook in the middle of 2023.
Hasler was a big part of that decision after being appointed coach from the start of 2024 at the same time. Already he has had off-field dramas to deal with following the re-signing of Tino Fa'asuamaleaui and David Fifita last year, after both became free agents thanks to clauses in their contracts linked to Holbrook.
What those clauses do though is prove exactly how close the club's playing group was to Holbrook, even if the on-field results didn't come as a result.
It means Hasler does have plenty of work to do in adjusting the side to his ways and methods, but it must be said so far every comment to come out of the camp has been positive regarding the new boss.
If he can make this work, then he certainly has the cattle in the roster to make the Titans a top-eight side.
One of the biggest decisions for Hasler to make heading into his first season in charge of the Robina-based outfit is around who is going to play in the number one jumper.
What has seemingly been decided is that it won't be AJ Brimson.
In what will be one of the bigger positional shifts for the season ahead, the one-time Origin fullback who has been the Titans' most important player for a number of seasons back-to-back will be moved to the centres for the campaign ahead.
There is a hope it'll keep him on the field more given he has at times struggled injury-wise in recent seasons, but there is also little to no doubt that it's one of the biggest risks for the club going into 2024.
That leaves a two-way battle at the back for the Titans, with Jayden Campbell, who has been relegated to a bench utility role at times in recent seasons, battling boom youngster Keano Kini.
There is little doubt that Kini is the future, but there is also little doubt that Campbell has enough runs on the board to be considered for a spot.
A tricky decision for Hasler whichever way you cut it, but in such a key role of the spine, a critical one.
If you wind the clock back to the 2022 season, you find a version of David Fifita who hasn't existed at any other point in his career.
He struggled to get his hands on the football, had very little impact at either end of the park, and was dropped from the Queensland State of Origin side.
So bad was it that at one point he found himself moved to the centres for the Titans as the club looked for any way to get him somewhere near his best.
But fast forward 12 months, and Fifita is coming off what is arguably a career-best season.
The bulldozing second-rower was superb for the Gold Coast last year, a tackle-breaking machine who put in effort at both ends of the park, it was little to no surprise to see Queensland coach Billy Slater recall him to the Origin squad.
And yet, there is always the question of what version of Fifita will we get this year.
The answer to that could well be one of the deciding factors in what sort of season the Titans have, such is his importance to their cause.
What the Titans need more than anything is their experienced big-name players being on the park more throughout the 2024 campaign than they are off it.
Signing Kieran Foran on the back of some of the best form of his career at the Manly Sea Eagles was always going to shape as a risk for the Titans.
He has a long, long history of injuries does the New Zealand five-eighth, but the Titans will have been pleased with what they got out of Foran during his first year, even if it wasn't a completely full campaign where, even then, he still at times had to play through the pain barrier.
Even more this year though, the Gold Coast need their veteran number six on the field as they adapt to life under Hasler.
Foran and Hasler have spent plenty of time together in the past, and from the coaches point of view, the five-eighth will be like an on-field general to the club.
But not only that, Foran's abilities and talents need to be at their peak in combination with Tanah Boyd, who is still trying to find his feet, and an uncertain spine with plenty of youth throughout the forward pack.
A former Queensland State of Origin junior representative, Boyd has been handed the keys to the Titans' number seven jersey, but at this point in time, it's tough to suggest he is cemented into the role.
The halfback certainly has the potential to make it, and he has had some extremely nice moments at NRL level, but it's also clear he has plenty of development left in his game.
Boyd is one of those players that I'd expect to thrive under the coaching of Hasler though, given he has the tools to succeed - he simply needs the right guidance and leadership to get to that point on a consistent basis.
Whether 2024 is his breakout year remains to be seen, buf if the men from Robina are going to get to the top half of the NRL, then it needs to be.
You simply can't win consistently without a strong halfback.
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