Cripps on the couch

[kruddler]

EB, Tom Harley and Nick Maxwell were not the pin up boys at their clubs - I don't remember the media going into meltdown during their captaincy.

I just think the captain needs to be the one who has the best chance of capturing the hearts and minds of the players, who can keep their cool and make the right decisions at the right time, someone the coach can trust to do the right thing, and someone who can steady the ship when required. There is a certain brains v brawn aspect to this. It's about more than media pets and bulldozing around the stoppages. At least IMO.

Thats what i was getting at earlier...

It depends which way the club want to go.
Game-day heroics
or
Off-field managers of the group.

2 completely different types of captain.

Lately, we've always gone the first option.
I'd almost prefer the latter.