Worst Leaders in the AFL!

[ElwoodBlues1]

True, but there are few Hodges and he was well and truly in the shizen with reports, behavior issues, etc., etc., before the Mitchell era bought him time to settle after Vandenberg's departure! In an interview I recall him discussing the possibility he thought he might get the lemon-sars from Hawthorn at one stage, after some dispute with the Prez, coach or CEO, it was never in the press though! He credited Vandenberg, who at that stage had retired but was still mentoring, for setting him right!

Would we have axed him at Carlton? For sure it would have been front page!

People are judging Marc Murphy when he is clearly not fit, the same thing happened last season and by the end he was standing up as well as anybody even having endure that Hodge dog act! This is a kid who had his jaw wired and only missed one round, had multiple games ranking over 140 points(About eight 30 possession games!)

I'll put it another way....forgetting about ability, I think if Hodge had been in our team for rnd1 and rnd 2 we would have knocked over Richmond and only lost to WC by
a couple of goals. I take your point about Murphy being injured but it would be fair to say Hodge has carried injuries for a lot of his career and still got the job done.
I would prefer a more robust captain and let Murphy get on with playing footy and winning us games with his skills...I dont think he can do both jobs...