Anyone who has ever played a sport will know that shouting a lot doesn't necessarily make a good captain. In RL it's quite often the calm, decisive manner that can bring a team together. When a team concedes a try, it's often the calmest voice under the posts when a team is awaiting a conversion of the try against them that can make a difference, not the loudest voice. Sure, every team periodically needs a vocal 'boot up the bum' but winning teams and captains go about their business sensibly, often leading by example but also knowing which player will respond to differing forms of encouragement. Really good captains just look the part - they don't have to prove their worth over and over again.
Southern Softy wrote: ↑Wed Nov 18, 2020 1:10 pm
Anyone who has ever played a sport will know that shouting a lot doesn't necessarily make a good captain. In RL it's quite often the calm, decisive manner that can bring a team together. When a team concedes a try, it's often the calmest voice under the posts when a team is awaiting a conversion of the try against them that can make a difference, not the loudest voice. Sure, every team periodically needs a vocal 'boot up the bum' but winning teams and captains go about their business sensibly, often leading by example but also knowing which player will respond to differing forms of encouragement. Really good captains just look the part - they don't have to prove their worth over and over again.
Agree with this I think its a lot easier to get a feel for how captains work when youve played sport in a team
I think Powell comes across as the most suitable of the bunch
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Southern Softy wrote: ↑Wed Nov 18, 2020 1:10 pm
Anyone who has ever played a sport will know that shouting a lot doesn't necessarily make a good captain. In RL it's quite often the calm, decisive manner that can bring a team together. When a team concedes a try, it's often the calmest voice under the posts when a team is awaiting a conversion of the try against them that can make a difference, not the loudest voice. Sure, every team periodically needs a vocal 'boot up the bum' but winning teams and captains go about their business sensibly, often leading by example but also knowing which player will respond to differing forms of encouragement. Really good captains just look the part - they don't have to prove their worth over and over again.
Spot on
Anyone can support a team when it is winning, that takes no courage.
But to stand behind a team, to defend a team when it is down and really needs you,
that takes a lot of courage. #18thMan