article_snippet: Hearts were the source of all of Gary Locke’s childhood dreams.
article_snippet: Locke chats with Ryan Stevenson last season .
article_snippet: think I have proven a point to Hearts,’ Gary Locke insisted.
article_snippet: Last season, boxed in by administration and a transfer embargo, Gary Locke played the kids.
article_snippet: Some feared for the psychological impact it would have on Some but Gary Locke knew what Gary Locke was doing.
article_snippet: You probably have to ask people at Hearts,’ Locke added.
article_snippet: It will be strange going back,’ Locke conceded.
article_snippet: It’s football,’ Locke insisted.
article_snippet: Diplomacy prevented Locke talking openly of Locke desire to see Kris Boyd assume a playing/coaching role next term
article_snippet: but it’s evidently part of Locke’s plans.
article_snippet: Obviously I played with Kris, Locke’s a friend of mine and possibly because I was sitting beside Locke at Ibrox on Saturday, someone saw me,’ Locke said.
article_snippet: And, after being cut-adrift by Hearts last summer, it was Killie that offered Locke a way back into the game.
article_snippet: and I know what they are capable of,’ Locke added.