Next Hawthorn FC Captain - Ben Stratton

[Pessimistic]

Let’s say you have a sponsor function and you ‘only’ get gunner, smithy, jaeger sent along - are you going to spend a second thinking ‘hang on

 

[Agent Smith]

Gold Coast are still deliberating too

I believe Swallow and Witts are co-captaining the Suns, are they not?

 

[HolyRioli]

I believe Swallow and Witts are co-captaining the Suns, are they not?

Turns out I'm an hour behind the news, touche

 

[Millsie69]

Really hope we don't run with this BS co-captains trend that's going around.

Exactly what people have said, there is a Leadership Group built around the Captain to give him that support.

 

[Agent Smith]

Maybe we're waiting to see if we can lure Hodgey back?

 

[Hawk Dork]

This is probably the one time to have co captains as no one is quite ready yet but a combination would work

 

[cryptor]

This is probably the one time to have co captains as no one is quite ready yet but a combination would work

Disagree. We have multiple great options who would all handle the role and even thrive with it. Co-captains just conveys weakness.

 

[A Cut Above]

Very unusual to leave it this long. To me that suggests there is no standout candidate.

 

[TylerDurden]

Very unusual to leave it this long. To me that suggests there is no standout candidate.

This.

Season launch is 2 weeks away isn’t it?

 

[Hawk Dork]

Disagree. We have multiple great options who would all handle the role and even thrive with it. Co-captains just conveys weakness.

or our current reality
never said there wasnt plenty of options just no one stand out right now.

Im sure who ever gets it will do his best.

But we really dont have a stand out

 

[Carl Spackler]

Very unusual to leave it this long. To me that suggests there is no standout candidate.

Or it could suggest:

- focus in training is all about teamwork and everyone doing an equal part, so no captain until they reach a certain stage

- the captain has other duties which being named will distract from

- they want the announcement to have maximum impact and guaranteed front page coverage so are waiting until the media tension is built right to the boiling point

There are a number of legit reasons beyond “they just can’t decide” which could lead to this current situation. Of course, maybe they can’t decide. But then the team seems to be training pretty well and showed plenty of go in the carlton hitout so the delay doesn’t seem to be damaging anything.

I’m going for 4D chess and master message crafting.

 

[A Cut Above]

Or it could suggest:

- focus in training is all about teamwork and everyone doing an equal part, so no captain until they reach a certain stage

- the captain has other duties which being named will distract from

- they want the announcement to have maximum impact and guaranteed front page coverage so are waiting until the media tension is built right to the boiling point

There are a number of legit reasons beyond “they just can’t decide” which could lead to this current situation. Of course, maybe they can’t decide. But then the team seems to be training pretty well and showed plenty of go in the carlton hitout so the delay doesn’t seem to be damaging anything.

I’m going for 4D chess and master message crafting.

Looks like you're trying quite hard to convince yourself whereas all I have to do is mention Occam's razor.

That said, just because there's no standout candidate doesn't necessarily mean we'll end up with another below-par captain and there's enough experience on the list hopefully it shouldn't matter much anyway. Would be nice to have someone who stands up in big moments though.

 

[Carl Spackler]

Looks like you're trying quite hard to convince yourself whereas all I have to do is mention Occam's razor.

That said, just because there's no standout candidate doesn't necessarily mean we'll end up with another below-par captain and there's enough experience on the list hopefully it shouldn't matter much anyway. Would be nice to have someone who stands up in big moments though.

Occam's razor? Why does your preference get to claim that? Demonstrate that "just can't decide" is a simple solution and "don't want to announce until the right moment" is a complex one.

A lack of decisiveness has never been a trait of either Jeff or Clarko. If anything, the most simple explanation is that they aren't announcing the captain because they don't want or need to. Anything else requires you to believe that in this singular situation both Jeff and Clarko, not to mention the whole club, are acting completely out of character.

 

[WWSD]

 

[SuperSic]

Not that I believe anything this bloke says, but didn’t Tom Brown say on the radio last week that we would announce the captain on Monday?

 

[BTB Hawks]

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe in Hawthorns history there has NEVER been co captains

 

[Far Cough]

Gunners captain
Burger vice
Shields deputy

 

[tige19]

Co-Captains is a joke.. not sure why this is taking so long, just hurry up already.

 

[tige19]

Gunners captain
Burger vice
Shields deputy

I was told Gunno was to be named by an old assistant weeks back but the longer it goes the more doubt I have.

 

[TylerDurden]

What if the players voted Roughy, and it's thrown a spanner in the works?

Would he reconsider taking it up again?

 

[Gralin]

Gunners captain
Burger vice
Shields deputy

Who is Shields and why is Smith getting booted?

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Gold Coast are still deliberating too

Was going to be a drawing of the short straw but some knucklehead cut all the straws the same length.

 

[macdaddio]

Apparently the decision will be made this Wednesday.

 

[Mrzohs]

i posted previously i had heard it was stratts, Im doubting that as the weeks carry on.

My personal view was i really would love to see jaeger get the job this was before mitchell went down with his injury,
I would love it to go to the young guard with the seniour players roughead,gunston,frawley,burgoyne,smith,shiels steer him on the field.
After watching the intraclub and practice match my view still is jaeger is a natural born leader he stands out from the group on the field, speaks well off it and prepares 2nd to none of it.
Its only a matter of time before he the skipper if its not this time

 

[tige19]

i posted previously i had heard it was stratts, Im doubting that as the weeks carry on.

My personal view was i really would love to see jaeger get the job this was before mitchell went down with his injury,
I would love it to go to the young guard with the seniour players roughead,gunston,frawley,burgoyne,smith,shiels steer him on the field.
After watching the intraclub and practice match my view still is jaeger is a natural born leader he stands out from the group on the field, speaks well off it and prepares 2nd to none of it.
Its only a matter of time before he the skipper if its not this time

I’d be happy with this.. he was Judd like explosive in that praccy #TrainingRunAgainstWitchesHats