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55 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

This is one of those little background worries for me. Thankfully not one I expect to see intensify for years.

I feel like we have some of the best vice-captains and leaders from within the group which any club could hope for. On a level with peak Geelong or Hawthorn.

Standards are set, communicated, demonstrated and enforced right through the team. Light shines into every corner.

So, with all that, why am I worried? I just get this feeling like no specific individual after Gawn is quite the full match for a captaincy. All these great leaders we have, their styles and personalities support each other and that may be disturbed if one is made Captain.

If I had to pick one, I'd say Brayshaw is most likely to be able to consciously reshape his behaviour to suit the role.

That's the key feature; that conscious choice to change, the humility and will to become what is needed is what made Gawn the outstanding captain he is. And, pardon my misty eyes here, it is explicitly the legacy of Jim Stynes and the practises of the Reach foundation

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    It's Jake Lever. 

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    We have the culture now, great leadership examples, and have been recruiting with character/leadership traits in mind for a good while now. While we have great understudies in our current leadership group it is possible that our next captain may emerge from the current 21-23 yo crop and surprise most of us, particularly if Gawn can stay another 3-4yrs mostly on the park.

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    If CP5 dominates a September like he did in 2021, it would be hard to look past. 

    Especially, and please take this the right way Lever-ites; from a barking defender who rarely has an opponent. Cue Neil Degrasse Tyson meme…

    Gawn is more Petracca than Lever and I think CP5 would be great, arrogant, flighty fun and this club needs that.

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