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Dragons Captaincy :Poisoned Chalice

muzby

Village Idiot
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I’m just going to leave this here:


Josh Kerr.


Cool head on his shoulders, should be with us a while, has spent a few years now in all stars & origin camps.. Plus you look at how he talks to the team on matters of indigenous heritage etc and I think he’s a natural fit for leadership.
 

SaintPauli

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IMO Ben Hunt will be one of 4 captains
along w Sims, Vaughan, Lomax
I would say Ben Hunt seems to tick all boxs as
- Sims has not got a great record as Captain
- Vaughan had disciplinary issues last year with staff
- Lomax at this stage is a little young
 

Coffs dragon

Bench
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I’m just going to leave this here:


Josh Kerr.


Cool head on his shoulders, should be with us a while, has spent a few years now in all stars & origin camps.. Plus you look at how he talks to the team on matters of indigenous heritage etc and I think he’s a natural fit for leadership.
Not a bad idea and I really believe he’s inspirational in the way he speaks & conducts himself.
You would hope that between Hook, Elliot & Gentle that over the next season they can identify & mould the next leader to take over once Cam departs.

Maybe James Graham can also be a mentor & advisor to teach Kerr about leadership.
 

SBD82

Coach
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That’s one Groundhog Day I don’t want to go through again!
How about this?

We rewind 10 years. Bennett decides to stay and becomes our longest serving coach. He brings through our juniors including Bird, who never leaves for the Sharks and they don’t win the comp.
 

FlameThrower

Bench
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I would say Ben Hunt seems to tick all boxs as
- Sims has not got a great record as Captain
- Vaughan had disciplinary issues last year with staff
- Lomax at this stage is a little young
? Hunt, he has enough pressure already, giving him captaincy may crush him. Right now we don’t have anyone who is a leader and is active talker on the field. Last great captain was Ben Hornby. Ever since then we’ve had timid players who don’t speak, rev the team up, or question refs - we constantly get smashed with poor calls against us as a result.
 

blacksafake

First Grade
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I’m just going to leave this here:


Josh Kerr.


Cool head on his shoulders, should be with us a while, has spent a few years now in all stars & origin camps.. Plus you look at how he talks to the team on matters of indigenous heritage etc and I think he’s a natural fit for leadership.
Don't mind this but will he play enough minutes?
 

Walpole

Juniors
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I’m just going to leave this here:


Josh Kerr.


Cool head on his shoulders, should be with us a while, has spent a few years now in all stars & origin camps.. Plus you look at how he talks to the team on matters of indigenous heritage etc and I think he’s a natural fit for leadership.
Is this the scenario where Kerr also becomes an 80 min edge forward? Have to say, I'm on board.
 

goldiesaintz

Juniors
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Hi folks,

With McInnes signing with the Sharks, I daresay he will lose the captaincy, so, who should it be?
Who and why you think should be captain?

I seriously don't know who l would select at this point of time but it should not stay with McInnes.
Would Hunt be more serious with the captaincy?
 

thebigredv

First Grade
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Is this the scenario where Kerr also becomes an 80 min edge forward? Have to say, I'm on board.

Josh Kerr seems pretty logical but only if he stays on the field and from what I have seen he is no way near fit enough.

Ben Hunt and Zac Lomax are the only two other viable options at this point. Hunt has the edge in experience but let's face it, he struggles to master his own domain let alone the team. That leaves Lomax as one of the least experienced captains in the NRL. I guess he will have to do. At least we know he will be around for a while.

Wow, I hope things turn around quickly under Hook because this is so bad it is scary.
 

Crush

Coach
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How about this?

We rewind 10 years. Bennett decides to stay and becomes our longest serving coach. He brings through our juniors including Bird, who never leaves for the Sharks and they don’t win the comp.
I’d give up the 2010 premiership if I could take 2016 off the Sharks.
Sharks losing is more important than us winning.
 

Brutalitops

Juniors
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Look I don't want this to turn into a discussion on what usually comes up when he does, but Ben Hunt has been taking up a fairly vocal role on the field. I think when his best games are played, it's those matches where he is fired up and yelling out to the team, and he tends to challenge the ref a bit more than other players too. I recall a match last season that stuck with me, twice in the space of the final 5 minutes of the match (our Cowboys loss I believe) he put on some great attacking and defensive plays which were thwarted by Aitken errors. Hunt absolutely screamed at him in a way I've not seen anyone do since Graham. He also doesn't have the Norman problem of laziness, merely lack of confidence, but never gives up. I think he's never really had ownership of the team since he came here, and I think that might also not suit his style.

Of course, he's not the only option, possibly not even the best one. Merely an observation I've had about him, and I don't believe all dialogue around the bloke needs to be doom and gloom. We should be structuring our entire team around him and his most preferred style of play in my opinion.
 

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