It was November 2014 and around the time the Sharks were at their lowest ebb.
They had finished with the wooden spoon, coach Shane Flanagan had missed the season because of a suspension related to their supplements saga, while some players had accepted backdated ASADA bans.
Fast forward less than two years and the club is one win away from its maiden premiership with only the Melbourne Storm standing in its way.
"I certainly believed in the future of the club at the time," Gorman told the ABC.