Scooter wasn't being honest with the staff medicos when he did his ankle in 2013...really he should have had the rest of the year off to get his ankle right.
List Mgmt. Welcome to West Coast - (Brownlow Medalist) Sam Mitchell
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Scooter wasn't being honest with the staff medicos when he did his ankle in 2013...really he should have had the rest of the year off to get his ankle right.
Reckon it's weird to put him in the leadership group.
He's obviously in transition to being the coach, so that should be sufficient. Leadership group should be earned over time
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Depends on the player IMO
Judd walked straight into the captaincy at Carlton for example.
To be fair Catlton also put Gibbs in their leadership group in his first season from memory.
Yeah and that's weird too.
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But if there are wanky titles he deserves one. He's clearly going to be a very strong voice so he may as well have the title. I'd be extremely disappointed if he wasn't in the leadership group bouncing ideas.
Mind you thought leadership (particularly by the Captain) was lacking quite badly last year at times. Made the comment previously that it appeared that the role of Captain did not sit comfortably with Hurn. No doubt the Club will make the correct decision selecting the leaders for the Club in 2017.
Apparently Mitchell is inclined to be quite yappy on field, so he probably won't be able to help himself continuing on in this vein.
WTF ONLY CONSIDERING? IS THIS A ******* JOKE?????
My god! I would thought the eagles would have been smart enough to guarantee sam mitch a hawks PAST CAPTAIN a position as leadership......
HOW IS SAM MITCH GOING TO BE BARKING ORDERS AND SCREAMING AT OUR PLAYERS? IF mitch isn't part of leadership group then I can see him be very freaking shy cos of new club and all. At least with leadership he will think that he is allowed to bark orders/expected to.....
THIS IS WHY YOU DON'T SEE A NON LEADERSHIP GROUP BARKING ORDER COS LEADERSHIP= ALLOWED TO BARK ORDER/ARE EXPECTED TO
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Whether or not he gets the official title or not he will naturally become one of the leaders. I feel a bit sorry for hurn as it may be awkward for him. Too bad we didn't get him 3 years ago he could be a vc in his first year and possibly captain beyond that. I reckon most of Our blokes have struggled psychologically against the hawks because they feel inferior. The players will want Sam to lead them in some way...
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No stress mate...He's an on field leader through actions anyway.
The boys will respect and listen to him regardless given everything he's accomplished and the respect he commands on field.
Leadership group is basically solely off-field stuff - like disciplinary decisions for players who have ****ed up, representing the club in media, etc.
For that reason it's weird for him to be added to the group. As others have mentioned of course he's going to be a leader on-field, you don't have to be a part of the group to do that.
For that reason it's weird for him to be added to the group. As others have mentioned of course he's going to be a leader on-field, you don't have to be a part of the group to do that.
I just heard my keyboard yelp.
Completely unrelated its hard coaching guys you played with. 1 minute ur pissed in a gutter hiding a mates coke from cops the next you are telling him to be in bed by 9 and run repeat hundreds.
His keyboard shivers everytime he sits down to type.
Like, clearly he is
like, totally
Agree, but this is kind of the best of both worlds. Not a teammate for long enough to form that kind of matesy bond, but long enough to know how to get the best out of them as a coach.
In theory anyway
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