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THE newly re-signed and versatile Paul Stewart has praised Port Adelaide coaching staff for his development while declaring a new era of success at Alberton is close.

The 25-year-old - who has kicked 12 goals in 2012 while playing more attacking roles up-field from his familiar defensive post - will be with the Power at least until the end of 2014, with his new two-season deal taking his time at the club to eight years.

Stewart said working with the current Power coaches had built upon the efforts of those who nurtured him upon his arrival at Alberton following the 2006 AFL Draft.

“Back when I first started, it was Adam Kingsley, Choco (Mark Williams) and Jason Cripps and those sorts of people who helped me in my first few years,” Stewart said.

“And then coming through in my last few years, I’ve worked a lot with Garry Hocking, Matty Primus and the development coaches.”

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Stewart said the coaches added to the Power panel for 2012 - including assistants Shaun Rehn, Josh Carr and Brad Gotch and development coach Tyson Edwards - had made a significant impact as he returned from season-ending shoulder surgery last year.

“I worked a lot early in the season with Tyson Edwards who’s sort of giving me a few things and has brought some fresh ideas.

“Every coach who comes through the door brings a lot to the table and you want to get a piece out of every one.

“You can’t have full on relationships with every coach, but if you can get something out of every coach and just have that relationship where you can go and talk to them and be open with them, it definitely makes it easier and we’ve got a really good group of coaches here.”

Port Adelaide’s 2010 Most Improved Award winner has no doubt the entire team is developing with each game, and that with continued experience more wins will come.

“If you look at the teams like Geelong, Collingwood and Hawthorn and those sorts of teams, they’ve played a lot of games together their midfield, their core group,” Stewart said.

“As you play a lot of games together, you know how everyone’s playing and you know what you’re doing and you build a real camaraderie in that group. I think when we start getting a bit of stability in the team and we start getting a games into everyone then we can start building and there’s definitely an upside coming.

“We’re working on it and while on the field the results haven’t come out as much as we’d like, we’re really confident in how we’re going out and it’s going to turn soon and the members will see that.”

After fade-outs against Adelaide and Essendon in the past two weeks, Stewart said developing consistency was the key to more success.

“We’ll get it back to playing four quarters of footy,” Stewart said.

“Against Essendon, we did it for three quarters and you’re never going to win games by playing three quarters and we all know that.

“As soon as we get four quarters, I think the members who’ve stuck with us through these tough times are going to be really proud of sticking to us and knowing that we really can do it. That’s going to turn soon when we play four quarters week-in and week-out.”

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Stewart’s 2012 season will be remembered for his goal that capped the Power’s remarkable Round 8 comeback victory over North Melbourne who were 32 points in front with less than 20 minutes of the final quarter to go.

“It was the first win after six losses and to come back in that last quarter and win after being more than five goals down, shows what we can do,” he said.