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- Dec 14, 2015
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No leadership group? That’s a very strange decision
Both have been leadership group for a couple of years now, so they should have a pretty solid idea of what that looks like, and Merrett doesn't seem shy of asking literally anyone and everyone for advice if he's uncertain about anything.They said there’ll be no leadership group this season in the statement.
That’s heaps of pressure on just 2 blokes in their first season in the role.
If you're able to log into the club website with your membership you can watch the video where it's announced to the playing group and Scott talking a bit about why there's not a big leadership group.
He points to some key words on the whiteboard (which are out of frame so idk what they were) and was saying that there'll be a captain and vice captain, but "the responsibility for all these different things falls to a whole range of guys". "There will be others who will emerge throughout the year. Just as important as the official leaders in 2023, is the program that we'll put underneath to really develop our emerging leaders and so the club is set up for the long term and we do have succession for that leadership".
After Merrett does his speech there's a bit more talking and Scott calls it a "shared leadership model", says Merrett and McGrath will play to their strengths and the other guys will play to their own strengths.
Basically throwing down the gauntlet for those guys gunning for an official role to put some effort into developing the requisite traits so that when they get it, they deserve it.