Clearly Hansen is of the view that the best way to keep Ioane delivering exactly what he has been, is to keep those feet of his planted firmly on the ground.
Several times this year Hansen has been asked to give his thoughts on the progress of Ioane. The answer is never ebullient nor glowing. It has been clipped, understated, the tone obvious that a veteran coach doesn't want to be blowing too much smoke.
"Pretty good,"offered Hansen when he was asked to sum up Ioane's year to date. "Okay very, pretty good. He has played well hasn't he? He is an exciting player. He gets the ball and everyone holds their breath because he only needs half a yard and he's quick and he scores tries.
"Last week I thought his kick-chase game was outstanding. He's getting better and better. He has had a breakout year."
What was more telling perhaps was the answer that came when Hansen was asked what he felt Ioane needed to work on the most.
"Work rate," was the unequivocal reply. And with that, Hansen revealed an enormous amount.
Ioane strikes as having a number of paths available to him - marking him out as a little different to other immediately high impact young wings such as Joe Rokocoko and Julian Savea.
Those two were out and out wings, finishers. They were all about their pace and power. Ioane has pace and power to match and is a deadly finisher.
But he has shown he can also play the role of provider and unlike either Rokocoko or Savea, Ioane has the potential to evolve into a world class centre.
He is classy distributor, a big tackler and because he's played most of his football to date in the midfield, he has a reasonable handle on what the role is all about.
At some stage in Ioane's future, he may push in one berth and re-invent himself as an international midfielder so Hansen wants Ioane to adopt early a mind-set of not standing wide just waiting, waiting.
He wants Ioane to be aware that he can have influence in multiple ways and that if he goes looking for the ball, he can help the team more.
It's not that Ioane hasn't done that this year, just that he could always do it more. He could pop up more in the middle of the field, sweep round to the opposite wing or come looking for the short pass off Aaron Smith close to the ruck.
These are the add on features Hansen would like to see, and Ioane would like to deliver.
"I was just trying to get some decent game time," Ioane said of his goals this year. "This has been my first year where I have had full concentration on fifteens. I am pretty happy with how everything went. I got a decent amount of game time. I just want toimprove on my game and help the team however I can."
