01-23-2018, 09:37 AM
(01-23-2018, 07:53 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Maxwell was picked because of the factional nature of the Collingwood list...Maxwell was seen as middle ground for the Ratpackers and the others like Dawes, Jolly, Cloke, Pendlebury etc.....not everyone loved each other at Collingwood, thats from a Collingwood staffer at the time...
I presume Harley at Geelong was the same given he was a well spoken but average neutral type of player.......
...and it'd be the same at every team out there. Which is why its important to pick a captain that everyone can talk to and not alienate anyway by choosing the 'wrong' captain.
