Leadership Group 2018

[kruddler]

I think where DJC and MIO are on different wavelengths is to do with interpretation.

MIO (quite rightly) is stating, that the players are not the best people (usually) to appoint a club captain based on outside perceptions of how things run (i.e. someone like Fevola can become a club captain if the players cast deciding votes) and I agree that blokes just finding their feet in a new team are likely to be ill equipped to be in a position to select the best captain unless they have a good understanding of how the role works.

DJC is stating that the boys understand their expectations much better these days and are better equipped than the average player to understand the role of captain, whats required and would then make a better selection than MIO thinks they will.

Both are probably on the right track where MIO and DJC are making fair points that need to be considered, and this is why the club would have "captains elect" for the role, where they choose the proposed candidates and then allow the group to choose from the candidates proposed who meet certain criteria of XYZ for leadership roles, knowing that they cannot fork up that selection as the best candidates are the only ones proposed.

The coach ultimately decides who should be captain as he is the one that mirrors what the coach wants/expects from the game.

Perfect example was Nick Maxwell. Nobody would have picked him, be that players, media or supporters, but it made sense....and worked.