Opinion Rank the club captains

[Fyfetheknife]

Simple idea, rank the current club captains based on their on and off field leadership and skill at the game itself. I know there is a few issues surrounding who some clubs captains are (Bulldogs, Eagles) but just use the 2014 captains and base your list on their length as leader. For clubs with co-captains rank them as one player.

1. Hodge
2. Selwood
3. Boak
4. Ablett
5. Pavlich
6. Riewoldt
7. Pendlebury
8. Glass
9. Jack/McVeigh
10. Swallow
11. Ward/Davis
12. Adcock
13. Van Berlo
14. Jones/Grimes
15. Watson
16. Murphy
17. Griffen
18. Cotchin

Let me know if any of those are incorrect^ I based it off the top of my head so not sure if someone else took over or whatever.
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[speedybundy]

1. Hodge
2. Selwood
3. Ablett
4. Riewoldt
5. Boak
6. Pavlich
7. Pendlebury
8. Watson
9. Jack/McVeigh
10. Glass
11. Ward/Davis
12. Adcock
13. Jones/Grimes
14. Swallow
15. Murphy
16. Cotchin
17. Van Berlo
18. Griffin

 

[timtamWB]

1. Hodge
2. Selwood
3. Boak
4. Riewoldt
5. Pavlich
6. Watson
7. Ablett
8. Pendlebury
9. Ward/Davis
10. Swallow
11. Jack/McVeigh
12. Murphy
13. Jones/Grimes
14. Adcock
15. Cotchin
16. Van Berlo
17. West Coast don't have a captain
18. The ****ing traitor

 

[slashin_velvet]

Co-captains have to be last in any list.

 

[Decimate]

Simple idea, rank the current club captains based on their on and off field leadership and skill at the game itself. I know there is a few issues surrounding who some clubs captains are (Bulldogs, Eagles) but just use the 2014 captains and base your list on their length as leader. For clubs with co-captains rank them as one player.

1. Hodge
2. Selwood
3. Boak
4. Ablett
5. Pavlich
6. Riewoldt
7. Pendlebury
8. Glass
9. Jack/McVeigh
10. Swallow
11. Ward/Davis
12. Adcock
13. Van Berlo
14. Jones/Grimes
15. Watson
16. Murphy
17. Griffen
18. Cotchin

Let me know if any of those are incorrect^ I based it off the top of my head so not sure if someone else took over or whatever.
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Essentially I have the same list as you except I would swap Cotchin and Griffen followed with Cotchin and Van Berlo.

 

[eaglesfan99]

Simple idea, rank the current club captains based on their on and off field leadership and skill at the game itself. I know there is a few issues surrounding who some clubs captains are (Bulldogs, Eagles) but just use the 2014 captains and base your list on their length as leader. For clubs with co-captains rank them as one player.

1. Hodge
2. Selwood
3. Boak
4. Ablett
5. Pavlich
6. Riewoldt
7. Pendlebury
8. Glass
9. Jack/McVeigh
10. Swallow
11. Ward/Davis
12. Adcock
13. Van Berlo
14. Jones/Grimes
15. Watson
16. Murphy
17. Griffen
18. Cotchin

Let me know if any of those are incorrect^ I based it off the top of my head so not sure if someone else took over or whatever.
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Same except swap glass and pav.

 

[V9x18]

1. Boak
2. Hodge
3. Selwood
4. Reiwoldt
5. Ablett
6. Glass
7. Pendlebury
8. Watson
9. Pavlich
10. Ward/ davis
11. Adcock
12. Murphy
13. Cotchin
14. Van Berlo
15. Swallow
16. Jones/Grimes
17. Jack/Mcveigh


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18. Griffen

 

[eaglesfan99]

To be honest if it was current I would still take our no one over cotchin.

 

[Fyfetheknife]

To be honest if it was current I would still take our no one over cotchin.

You seriously need a captain. Rotating captains is under 10s stuff.

 

[eaglesfan99]

You seriously need a captain. Rotating captains is under 10s stuff.

We were testing it out for half the year to see who is the best fit. Something free should have done in 1998.

 

[Fyfetheknife]

We were testing it out for half the year to see who is the best fit. Something free should have done in 1998.

So your own team doesn't even know who's a good leader or not?

 

[eaglesfan99]

So your own team doesn't even know who's a good leader or not?

They don't know who the best is.

 

[Gray matters]

1. Boak
2. Hodge
3. Selwood
4. Reiwoldt
5. Ablett
6. Glass
7. Pendlebury
8. Watson
9. Pavlich
10. Ward/ davis
11. Adcock
12. Murphy
13. Cotchin
14. Van Berlo
15. Swallow
16. Jones/Grimes
17. Jack/Mcveigh


daylight

18. Griffen

Harsh rating your own teams captains as the 2nd worse, but you would have a more of an idea than me?

 

[V9x18]

Harsh rating your own teams captains as the 2nd worse, but you would have a more of an idea than me?

Second last was actually generous considering their insipid performance on grand final day. Jacks actually not a bad captain, speaks well and leads with his actions. Mcveigh's performance as captain in the GF should go down as one of the worst captains performance of all time. All he does is point at everyone and place blame at anyone but himself, he has none of the qualities of a captain. To be fair if this list was done after the prelim they would probably be a bit higher, but after they just let the hawks walk all over them and refused to stand up and lead in the most important day of the year i reckon at this point they belong second last, though i'm admittedly very biased.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Second last was actually generous considering their insipid performance on grand final day. Jacks actually not a bad captain, speaks well and leads with his actions. Mcveigh's performance as captain in the GF should go down as one of the worst captains performance of all time. All he does is point at everyone and place blame at anyone but himself, he has none of the qualities of a captain. To be fair if this list was done after the prelim they would probably be a bit higher, but after they just let the hawks walk all over them and refused to stand up and lead in the most important day of the year i reckon at this point they belong second last, though i'm admittedly very biased.

Jack tried hard and was one of Sydney's best that day - he can lead by example. However McVeigh was an abomination - missed tackles, pointed a lot and turned it over when he had the ball. Not too sure where his head was.

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

So what's Cotchin done to see him ranked last (or bottom 3)? Is it because he kicked against the wind that one time?

Here's a list of captains that are worse:

Jack, McVeigh, Jones, Grimes, Ward, Davis. Can't handle the captaincy on your own boys?

Ryan Griffen. I don't think Dogs fans would even argue with this.

Jobe Watson. Undoubtably the worst captain in the league, possibly the worst captain ever. Showed absolutely no leadership when his players needed him most and ruined his club because of it.

Adcock, van Berlo and Swallow. What have these guys done to see them ranked ahead of Cotchin? Because it's certainly not their onfield exploits.

 

[eaglesfan99]

So what's Cotchin done to see him ranked last (or bottom 3)? Is it because he kicked against the wind that one time?

Here's a list of captains that are worse:

Jack, McVeigh, Jones, Grimes, Ward, Davis. Can't handle the captaincy on your own boys?

Ryan Griffen. I don't think Dogs fans would even argue with this.

Jobe Watson. Undoubtably the worst captain in the league, possibly the worst captain ever. Showed absolutely no leadership when his players needed him most and ruined his club because of it.

Adcock, van Berlo and Swallow. What have these guys done to see them ranked ahead of Cotchin? Because it's certainly not their onfield exploits.

Its commonly recognized cotchin is a shit captain.

 

[timtamWB]

So what's Cotchin done to see him ranked last (or bottom 3)? Is it because he kicked against the wind that one time?

Here's a list of captains that are worse:

Jack, McVeigh, Jones, Grimes, Ward, Davis. Can't handle the captaincy on your own boys?

Ryan Griffen. I don't think Dogs fans would even argue with this.

Jobe Watson. Undoubtably the worst captain in the league, possibly the worst captain ever. Showed absolutely no leadership when his players needed him most and ruined his club because of it.

Adcock, van Berlo and Swallow. What have these guys done to see them ranked ahead of Cotchin? Because it's certainly not their onfield exploits.

Jones, Ward, and Jack could all easily handle the captaincy themselves. It's a club decision to go with co-captains, Sydney because it's the Sydney way, GWS because they're young, and Melbourne because it's Melbourne and they're ****ed up. Grimes and Davis are both not that great, and McVeigh is alright.

Watson definitely showed leadership. Can't blame him for anything that has happened. One of the better captains in the league.

Swallow has done a bit onfield but is also more of a team player and a team leader, he was also injured the first half of the year. Not the greatest year for him however. Not going to argue with Adcock/Van Berlo, much of a muchness.

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

Its commonly recognized cotchin is a shit captain.

I know but based on what? Kicking the wrong way? That one time he got tagged out of the game?

The perception that Cotchin is a bad captain comes mainly from his decline in form during the 2013 season. Apparently it was because he couldn't handle the captaincy and had nothing to do with his knee injury. The back to back finals series under his leadership seem to get ignored though.

 

[timtamWB]

The back to back finals series under his leadership seem to get ignored though.

Which one was more impressive:

The complete demolition job by Port, or the way you capitulated to a team that finished 9th?

 

[eaglesfan99]

I know but based on what? Kicking the wrong way? That one time he got tagged out of the game?

The perception that Cotchin is a bad captain comes mainly from his decline in form during the 2013 season. Apparently it was because he couldn't handle the captaincy and had nothing to do with his knee injury. The back to back finals series under his leadership seem to get ignored though.

Based on the fact he doesn't talk to his players during the game.

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

Which one was more impressive:

The complete demolition job by Port, or the way you capitulated to a team that finished 9th?

So getting a team into the finals for the first time in 12 years is not worth mentioning? Richmond have clearly been a better side under his captaincy, managing 26 wins and 19 losses. That's 58% which is a massive improvement yet for some reason inferior players who take their team to 17th are better captains.

 

[timtamWB]

So getting a team into the finals for the first time in 12 years is not worth mentioning? Richmond have clearly been a better side under his captaincy, managing 26 wins and 19 losses. That's 58% which is a massive improvement yet for some reason inferior players who take their team to 17th are better captains.

So by that logic, Pavlich was a bad captain in 2009 since Freo finished last? Riewoldt is a bad captain because his team finished last? Maxwell is a better captain because he won a premiership as captain?

 

[sverik25]

1. Hodge
2. Selwood
3. Ablett
4. Riewoldt
5. Pavlich
6. Glass
7. Watson
8. Boak
9. Pendlebury
10. Adcock
11. Swallow
12. Cotchin
13. Jones/Grimes
14. Ward/Davis
15. Murphy
16. Jack/McVeigh
17. Van Berlo
18. Griffen

 

[Lemma]

I guess it's an impressive list. Harsh on Cotchin, but someone's gotta be last.