Murphy to lead again in 2017

[Thryleon]

I'll swing another scenario by you....
The coaching staff are the ones that count the votes. Sometimes they forget how to count.

We have a history of it.

About the size of it.

Not to mention that marketing takes up a lot of captains time these days.

I also think they are reluctant to "herald a new dawn" by changing captains at the moment.  This is still looking at being another "transition" year where we will battle more than we will win, and that a change of captain will likely come at a time, when we can read the landscape better (better overall outlook) for our team in order to prevent the incumbent captain from wearing undue pressure.

i.e. in about a year or two, when we have our team relatively settled, we will change the captain.  Right now we have a lot of instability, and newcomers, meaning that any change of this nature is likely to cause division in the group.  Not really helpful for us, and better to stay the course.  Besides, Murphy sets a good example to follow (usually) even if he isnt 8 feet tall and can walk through tackles.