Hunt wouldn’t play hooker if it was best for the team, Gutho plays with a busted quad and cartilage damage in the ribs. Leaders lead by example Hunt leads by his bank account.
Not disagreeing with your sentiments at all.
I think Hunt was never focused on being an old field leader or general. He was focused on his game and his performance which is fine for a player who is not the dominant/inspirational playmaker.
The dominant/inspirational playmaker should be looking for spots to inject themselves and perform but they are also looking for ways in which to involve other key members and to make sure that no one slacks off. Previously Gareth Widdop and Cameron McInnes took on the role of finding a way to get team mates involved and calling out underperformers.
The best example of this in recent times was Cameron Smith who was the on field general that managed the storm team and that freed up space for Munster and Cronk to focus on their game.
When Hunt voluntarily took on the captaincy he never stepped up on or off the field to find ways to encourage other players to be more involved nor did he call out underperformers. He liked playing for Hook because he got be the good cop in terms of club captain but never had to do any of the difficult leadership stuff as Hook took all that on.
Hook and Hunt were a dysfunctional leadership team predominately because Hook never asked the hard questions of Hunt and never demanded Hunt to actually lead or do anything for his team mates. Hunt's team mates probably liked him but I doubt they were ever in awe of him because of his inspirational work ethic or demand for his team mates.
