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...in their 20s.
Not because of their age. At the beginning of 2023 James Worpel will be 24 and could be the long term captain the club needs.
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...in their 20s.
Its professional sport , you pick your best captain for now.Definition of insanity is making the same mistake over & over and expecting a different result. Which is precisely what they're doing with McEvoy.
Captaincy isn't meant to reward an old codger for past service. Its mean to go to the best person to lead the club into the FUTURE. Big Boy is 31, he has no future at Hawthorn. This reeks of Clarko reminiscing over his glory years while every other club is looking ahead. Little wonder we're going backwards.
There’s is just so much false assumption going on with with this post, but particularly the bolded part.Definition of insanity is making the same mistake over & over and expecting a different result. Which is precisely what they're doing with McEvoy.
Captaincy isn't meant to reward an old codger for past service. Its mean to go to the best person to lead the club into the FUTURE. Big Boy is 31, he has no future at Hawthorn. This reeks of Clarko reminiscing over his glory years while every other club is looking ahead. Little wonder we're going backwards.
It isn't hard to predict a 31 year old who's body no longer allows him to play in his best position and hasn't set the world on fire in his new one isn't likely to thrive and may struggle like our last two captains.
In fact I could see him start to get physical at every contest just to try and lift the team. Put a knee in the stomach of the opposing ruck or make a very hard spoil causing pain for the opposition for example. That's the sort of thing you would expect from a leader as long as its perfectly above board. Stratton would never do any of that.Is McEvoy's best footy behind him? Maybe... But I just can't see him cracking jokes and laughing with his opponent whilst we're being smacked... That makes him automatically a much better Captain than our last one.
If we get 2 years from Mcevoy, Worpel will be 24 and entering his 6th season. Perfect time to pass the baton to a long term captainAll the talk that we don’t have any leadership in our younger plays ignores that O’Meara is still likely concentrating on his own game after getting his body mostly right. I’d much prefer he focus on his form this year than the extra weight of captaining the club. Same with Mitchell - he’s only one season off a horror leg injury and isn’t yet back to his peak. Both players would be better served focussing more on their own games this year than being burdened with the captaincy.
I don’t think the decision in any way casts doubt on their leadership as they’re still in the leadership group and O’Meara is VC. I think that you’ll more than likely see O’Meara/Worpel leadership team once McEvoy calls it a day.
Maybe you should do your own damn research Larry, and stop expecting others to do it for you!
If we get 2 years from Mcevoy, Worpel will be 24 and entering his 6th season. Perfect time to pass the baton to a long term captain
24 is too young for mine. Jaeger will likely be 27-28 around that time and would be better suited I feel - so long as his form is still up to it.
How old was Mitchell in 2008 ?
Few days shy of 26.
So 25.
Jaeger is about to turn 27 and Mitchell turned 28 halfway through this year
25.959 if you want to be a dick about it.
He’d be 29. With a battered body. With his injury history he’s not the type id see playing well into his 30s. I reckon the captaincy ship just sailed for O’Meara and Mitchell24 is too young for mine. Jaeger will likely be 27-28 around that time and would be better suited I feel - so long as his form is still up to it.
He’d be 29. With a battered body. With his injury history he’s not the type id see playing well into his 30s. I reckon the captaincy ship just sailed for O’Meara and Mitchell