Stand in skipper

[Bunk Moreland]

Interested in the boards thoughts on this.

Jobes going to be gone for up to three months... whilst the obvious choice is to stick another senior bloke such as Stants or BJ in as skipper, personally I'd like to see the club use this opportunity to find out a bit about somebody who could succeed Jobe as captain.

Jobe has a few years left but after that we're gonna need a new skipper, and it's doubtful that'll be one of the current senior group... so I'd like to see Bomber and co sit down for a few hours and have a think about this, and whether there's a chance to use this season to accelerate their development.

I don't know exactly who it is but I'm thinking the next generation, like Heppell, Zaka, Hurley, Bellchambers, whoever... they may benefit from a short stint... they'll have the likes of Fletch, BJ, Stants and Chappy alongside them anyway, and those guys are leading whether they have the tag or not.

Thoughts?

 

[FedEXFalls]

Heppell > BJ >>> Stanton

Would be my preference.

 

[Jab]

I'm in favour of the leadership being put back on the leadership group until Jobe returns. It's not like he's going to be missing for a preseason and the players on field should all pitch in to stand up.

 

[Jade]

I dislike the idea of 'trialing' captaincy. It's ridiculous and lacks gravitas.

Give it to best available candidate. IMO that would be BJ. In a couple years probably Heppell.

 

[Ben the Gooner]

It's got to be either Myers (a la Hille 2006) or the vice captain in Stanton.

 

[Eleven 38]

Id give Hocking the captaincy, love the way he goes about it and will lead by example every week by playing hard at it footy.

 

[The Prosecutor]

Myers > BJ > Stanton/Heppell would be my order of preference.

 

[VelvetSledge]

Myers.

 

[Towno78]

No point having a vice captain, if you're not going to make him captain when the captain isn't there. So obviously Stanton has to get the nod.

But that said, I wouldn't mind seeing Heppell or Myers having a crack at it.

 

[Lord Nicholson]

If Stanton is indeed VC it should be him.

 

[eth-dog]

Stanton will get it.

 

[Seagrave_Holmes]

I agree on Stanton but like others have said we need to have an eye on the future so Heppell would be the obvious choice. Can someone remind me what Myers has done to even be considered for captaincy? I think Hibberd would be a good selection given his ferocious attack on the footy and his super competitive nature. Someone like that can drag a team along with them.

 

[Loonerty]

I agree on Stanton but like others have said we need to have an eye on the future so Heppell would be the obvious choice. Can someone remind me what Myers has done to even be considered for captaincy? I think Hibberd would be a good selection given his ferocious attack on the footy and his super competitive nature. Someone like that can drag a team along with them.

Be in the leadership group and highly rated internally would be a good start.

 

[Darealrath]

I'd choose Goddard. Too early for Heppell, Myers needs to concentrate on picking up some of the slack in the centre and I don't think Stants has the personality for it.

 

[Ben the Gooner]

I agree on Stanton but like others have said we need to have an eye on the future so Heppell would be the obvious choice. Can someone remind me what Myers has done to even be considered for captaincy? I think Hibberd would be a good selection given his ferocious attack on the footy and his super competitive nature. Someone like that can drag a team along with them.

Be voted into the leadership group by his peers would be the main thing.

Conversely, what has Heppell done that Murphy and Cotchin, two of the worst leaders in living memory, hadn't?

 

[monty1104]

Stants. Leads by example. BJ is too hot headed.

 

[vaughany]

Stanton will be captain. Goddard and Heppell to offer strong support

 

[Seagrave_Holmes]

Be voted into the leadership group by his peers would be the main thing.

Conversely, what has Heppell done that Murphy and Cotchin, two of the worst leaders in living memory, hadn't?

What do Murphy and Cotchin have to do with anything related to Essendon choosing their next captain? Regardless, Heppell has been in our best 22 since his first game in round 1 2011. He is consistent and reliable, has shown composure beyond his years and his courage can't be questioned. He was also captain for his TAC cup team. It's pretty obvious that he will one day be the long term captain of the club.

 

[table tennis]

Be voted into the leadership group by his peers would be the main thing.

Conversely, what has Heppell done that Murphy and Cotchin, two of the worst leaders in living memory, hadn't?

Put his head over the footy consistently. That and consistently be involved in the game to impose yourself when the going gets tough.

 

[Ben the Gooner]

What do Murphy and Cotchin have to do with anything related to Essendon choosing their next captain? Regardless, Heppell has been in our best 22 since his first game in round 1 2011. He is consistent and reliable, has shown composure beyond his years and his courage can't be questioned. He was also captain for his TAC cup team. It's pretty obvious that he will one day be the long term captain of the club.

Yes, he's a fantastic footballer. So are Murphy and Cotchin (or at least at the time of their appointment). That doesn't make him a good leader necessarily.

 

[table tennis]

We have an off field leader. We don't need Barack Obama.

We need an onfield leader for temporary assignment.

Stanton, Goddard or Heppell would be perferct. As one thing they are is consistent.

We also have luxury of Fletcher down back, Chappy up forward, so leaders and experience we are blessed with.

Let Myers just develop without the extra burden.

 

[table tennis]

Yes, he's a fantastic footballer. So are Murphy and Cotchin (or at least at the time of their appointment). That doesn't make him a good leader necessarily.

Cotchin is class, but he isn't tough and too introverted. Murphy is inconsistent, introverted and surrounded by excuses.

Heppell is every bit as good as these two, extraverted, and tough.

 

[Seagrave_Holmes]

Yes, he's a fantastic footballer. So are Murphy and Cotchin (or at least at the time of their appointment). That doesn't make him a good leader necessarily.

I'm not sure what point you're trying get across by referring to Murphy and Cotchin. I guess you're right that Heppell might not necessarily make a good captain but how many recent captains have been absolute shoe-ins apart from Selwood at Geelong? I guess we will have to wait and see. Nobody thought Boak would be a good captain and look at him now.

 

[Ben the Gooner]

We have an off field leader. We don't need Barack Obama.

We need an onfield leader for temporary assignment.

Stanton, Goddard or Heppell would be perferct. As one thing they are is consistent.

We also have luxury of Fletcher down back, Chappy up forward, so leaders and experience we are blessed with.

Let Myers just develop without the extra burden.

That first line is pretty much the justification for Cotchin or Murphy being captain.

Nothing against Heppell as an option, but really, the only reasoning people seem to have is that he's an awesome player.

If we're not going to go for the vice captain or Goddard, really the only option is to pick the younger bloke who has taken to the leadership group like a duck to water, and that's Myers.

 

[Zach Package]

Stants. Leads by example. BJ is too hot headed.

Goddard doesn't need the captaincy to be an on field leader. on saturday he floated behind the ball late and called the shots, and is very vocal on field in demanding a lot of his mates. He can still do that and not be the bloke who tosses the coin, Stanton is the heart and soul of the club and deserves to do it.

If the timing was different and there was an impending handover then it would be a perfect audition period for Dyson, Myers or even Hurley, but Jobe will lead this club for a long while yet