01-30-2018, 04:17 AM
(01-30-2018, 02:50 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:You add players like Wines or Lynch and you put them in the leadership group you wouldnt make them captain or vice captain IMO.
This year is another rebuild year and I would expect Murphy to be a caretaker captain until Cripps or Docherty get given the role the following season....
No doubt you are free to do whatever you like on the leadership group, and existing players and agents are free to read into that whatever they like!
It's not about the decision, it's about the effect it has on the group, we are not talking about a Judd or Kernahan.
As much as a like Judd, I thought making him captain so early was a mistake. Easy in hindsight to say he did the job, set the standards, but would he have taken more along with him if he earned it side-by-side first? Would it have been reasonable to appoint Carrazzo, Stevens or Scotland in the interim, is there a place for due process?
Even Kernahan had to wait a year before going from a list player straight to captain, and in my opinion he's the best captain we've had for 30 years and widely considered one of the AFL/VFL best, but he played a season under Maclure! It wouldn't have been out of place to appoint Dean or Hunter though even if it were interim!
We laud them as stars, but that doesn't mean their team-mates won't see them as peers!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"