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Read this morning a very interesting article (ABC online) about what makes a great (winning/successful) team:
abc.net.au/news/2020-07-26/what-makes-a-great-sports-team-sam-walker/12454814
The author went into his 11 years of research expecting it to be the Coach, but decided that there was one factor that decided it over the others.
Captaincy/leadership:
" "They approached leadership exactly the same way and made exactly the same kinds of decisions. So it was a philosophy of leadership and management that they shared in common," he says." (note especially his comments on Michael Jordan).
Mark Bickley struck me as an unlikely Captain, quiet, certainly not a stand-out or extroverted character (eg like Tex) but when teamed up with the charismatic, brilliant Malcolm Blight they got the Crows to their only Premierships. Ricciuto and Walker came close, but no Flag and certainly no sustained success. In fact, I still think Roo's suspension (as Captain) in 2005 (edited: thanks to WetCrow1991) and the weak loss to the Saints threw us into the away Final later, lost to West Coast. I have a hunch that Walker as Captain was responsible for some of the team internal divisiveness that added to our 2017 GF loss.
(edit: Walker was Captain and made it clear that he was disappointed with Lever, while others had a more laissez-faire attitude. There was disunity in the team because of this, and "I have a hunch..." means it might have been one reason, not THE reason. He was rightly the AFLPA's 2017 Captain of the Year for the second time, and I've always been a huge fan of Tex whose passion for the game and love of the Club is unquestionable, imo)
So, do you agree with Sam Walker's findings? Who's the standout for our next Premiership Captain? Doedee? Talia? Jones?
abc.net.au/news/2020-07-26/what-makes-a-great-sports-team-sam-walker/12454814
The author went into his 11 years of research expecting it to be the Coach, but decided that there was one factor that decided it over the others.
Captaincy/leadership:
" "They approached leadership exactly the same way and made exactly the same kinds of decisions. So it was a philosophy of leadership and management that they shared in common," he says." (note especially his comments on Michael Jordan).
Mark Bickley struck me as an unlikely Captain, quiet, certainly not a stand-out or extroverted character (eg like Tex) but when teamed up with the charismatic, brilliant Malcolm Blight they got the Crows to their only Premierships. Ricciuto and Walker came close, but no Flag and certainly no sustained success. In fact, I still think Roo's suspension (as Captain) in 2005 (edited: thanks to WetCrow1991) and the weak loss to the Saints threw us into the away Final later, lost to West Coast. I have a hunch that Walker as Captain was responsible for some of the team internal divisiveness that added to our 2017 GF loss.
(edit: Walker was Captain and made it clear that he was disappointed with Lever, while others had a more laissez-faire attitude. There was disunity in the team because of this, and "I have a hunch..." means it might have been one reason, not THE reason. He was rightly the AFLPA's 2017 Captain of the Year for the second time, and I've always been a huge fan of Tex whose passion for the game and love of the Club is unquestionable, imo)
So, do you agree with Sam Walker's findings? Who's the standout for our next Premiership Captain? Doedee? Talia? Jones?
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