Interim Captain

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,579]

T Mac gets the gig in my mind.  Always does the hard stuff, has his head on straight and has real presence.

Bernie would my next pick.  He really lead the way with his on field behavior when he first came to the club and if anything will, perhaps it might also lift his form a notch or two, which the side desperately needs at the moment.

[Vagg 2,422]

Jordan Lewis said on AFL 360 that he has not earned the right to captain the MDC, and he reckons it will be between Gawn & McDonald.

That said, I still wouldn't be surprised to see Jordan named.  But will be happy with whoever is appointed, just so long as they lead us to a victory over the blue boys!

[PaulRB 5,919]

There is no way is should be Lewis, his hit (and suspension) on Cripps earlier in the year, and a couple of fade outs have taken the gloss off for me. 

Tommy MacDonald is in form, mature and humble. Plus he's stepped up and taken on ruck and full forward this season with good result.

[Red and Bluebeard 2,031]

18 hours ago, beelzebub said:

Not all players are actually good at captaincy. 

Has to be someone who can lead an 1812 attack....and have them follow !! They need to follow 

1812? As in Napoleon taking on the Russian winter? Not sure of your historical allegory there BB --- perhaps D-Day or the Kokoda track? Anyway, Tmac for mine. He is probably our most in-form player at the moment. Gawn needs to concentrate on getting back to his best, Vince is a bit flaky for mine, and Lewis hasn't really been setting things alight on the field.

[leave it to deever 15,317]

On 7/5/2017 at 3:13 PM, Vagg said:

Jordan Lewis said on AFL 360 that he has not earned the right to captain the MDC, and he reckons it will be between Gawn & McDonald.

That said, I still wouldn't be surprised to see Jordan named.  But will be happy with whoever is appointed, just so long as they lead us to a victory over the blue boys!

Couldnt agree more with the bloke. He cannot be captain with under 12 games for the greatest club in the world. I admire him saying this though. He has humility.

[Brayshaw Self 847]

Nobody else left could lift the boys with a rousing pre-match speech like Big Max imo

Edited July 6, 2017 by Brayshaw Self

[Tricky 337]

When does the decision get announced? Game day?

[CatFishPig 434]

Vince or Lewis... I would follow them/play for them the most!

[Smokey 4,126]

52 minutes ago, CatFishPig said:

Vince or Lewis... I would follow them/play for them the most!

Out of curiosity - what has Lewis done since coming to the MFC that would have you following his lead over guys like Tmac or Gawn?

Not bashing on JL, I'm a fan.

[DemonLad5 1,637]

Goodwin confirms that the captaincy will be shared over the next few weeks, but Gawny will toss the coin on Sunday!

[Tricky 337]

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With both Jack Viney and Nathan Jones sidelined through injury, the Demons have decided to share the captaincy load among its leadership group rather than appointing an interim captain.

Goodwin said Max Gawn was likely to toss the coin against Carlton, but no-one would carry the official title, with Tom McDonald, Bernie Vince and Jordan Lewis job-sharing.

With both Jack Viney and Nathan Jones sidelined through injury, the Demons have decided to share the captaincy load among its leadership group rather than appointing an interim captain. Goodwin said Max Gawn was likely to toss the coin against Carlton, but no-one would carry the official title, with Tom McDonald, Bernie Vince and Jordan Lewis job-sharing.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-07-07/hogans-return-special-for-dees

[CatFishPig 434]

1 hour ago, yoSMOKIE said:

Out of curiosity - what has Lewis done since coming to the MFC that would have you following his lead over guys like Tmac or Gawn?

Not bashing on JL, I'm a fan.

It's the older head and proven experience. I would say, "what do you reckon?" to JL before T-Mac...

[CatFishPig 434]

1 hour ago, yoSMOKIE said:

Out of curiosity - what has Lewis done since coming to the MFC that would have you following his lead over guys like Tmac or Gawn?

Not bashing on JL, I'm a fan.

Furthermore, What's up Big Perm? I mean Big Worm....

[leave it to deever 15,317]

18 minutes ago, CatFishPig said:

It's the older head and proven experience. I would say, "what do you reckon?" to JL before T-Mac...

True he certainly has experience but being captain is more than that. For me it is mostly about your ability to inspire your team mates. That means someone like Gawn or tmac rather than JL.

Edited July 7, 2017 by leave it to deever

[Smokey 4,126]

7 minutes ago, CatFishPig said:

It's the older head and proven experience. I would say, "what do you reckon?" to JL before T-Mac...

Yeah, makes sense when you put it like that ...

5 minutes ago, CatFishPig said:

Furthermore, What's up Big Perm? I mean Big Worm....

Hahaha

[3Dee 1,153]

Nev Jetta plz

[Longsufferingnomore 1,463]

35 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

True he certainly has experience but being captain is more than that. For me it is mostly about your ability to inspire your team mates. That means someone like Gawn or tmac rather than JL.

I think you are underestimating how much the players look up to Jordan on the field. I do however believe we need to see more of Jordan's A game and maybe Sunday might be the incentive.

I like that the Club has decided that the Captaincy will be shared around for the next couple of weeks. The sense of leadership is what we have been lacking for years. Despite thinking at the beginning of the season that having two captains was a bad idea, I have now come to see that it is working really well between Nate and Jack and it could possibly be a small part of why we have taken a leap forward this year (probably further ahead than a lot of people would have expected). 

We now have leaders on the field that may not be formally titled leaders but they are leaders in every sense of the word. Tommy Mac, Jordan and Max will step up to a new level with Jack and Nate out. Even Christian Petracca by his actions alone will inspire. Max may be a funny man of field but on field he does have an air of command. 

When we lost Max and others at the beginning of the season, PJ told staff that out of adversity people grow. We have grown as a Club this year despite injuries and rotten fixturing and we have shown that to the footy world. We now have to overcome this short period until our A graders return one by one. As supporters we just have to continue to believe in the players and coaching staff and continue to turn up to games. If we don't attend games we are telling the players we don't believe that you can do it. 

On Sunday there will be plenty of rabid Carlton fans who believe that it is their time. We need to be there to be a voice, a noise that will give confidence to the players that we are behind them. If there was a time when the Club needs their supporters to make a noise, it is now when times are tough. Not tough like it was three or more years ago but now we are fighting against things we cannot control. The Club needs us to show our support by being there on Sunday.

 

 

[junk 342]

I wouldn't bet on it,wasn't Grimes (co.capt),Trengove (co.capt) and the fill in capt all were injured in a short space of time. Someone mentioned Captain's curse. The player most unlkely to get a game when our stars return should be a bench warmer.

[daisycutter 28,485]

make the runner interim captain 

[leave it to deever 15,317]

3 hours ago, longsuffering said:

I think you are underestimating how much the players look up to Jordan on the field. I do however believe we need to see more of Jordan's A game and maybe Sunday might be the incentive.

Possibly I don't know any of them. I just assumed they would be more inspired by Max or Tmac having known them longer. But yea this may not be the case.