Would have preferred Bowden, but happy with Johnston.
Don't know what Brown's done to deserve the vice captaincy ahead of the other two.
From the outside consultants point of view (those employed by the club) Brown was probably the best, I know, I thought he was the best candidate in the beginning,( I am a Business, Management Consultant myself so I know a fair bit about how these guys think) Brown has a hell of alot going for him, he's an excellent player, he's very well known, he's a great communicator, he has media presences. He would have had about 80% of the criteria to be captain but the last quarter against the Pies in the wizard cup being televised to thousands would have hurt his aspirations a great deal, he didn't stand up in a crunch time, he went missing when we should have won that game from the position we were in and he was caught on film getting a mouthful from Wallace. Wallace to his credit, took note, didn't play favourites, looked at that performance realistically and acted accordingly 
No doubt Brown would have been Wallace's pick for the captaincy before this game.
Being at a club one year, two years or ten years isn't a valid criteria. Ability in the key areas of performance as a leader is all that matters and Brown has these in spades. Kane has alot of them too but his weak point is the media and it is one of Browns strengths. In the end as far as captaincy goes what really matters is what happens on the ground during the game and Brown shot himself in the foot and Kane didn't and that's what REALLY matters.
Brown was the logical choice as Vice Captain because he can compensate for the deficiencies of Kane off the field in Media work, he is constantly in the medias eye and he can represent the Richmond Football Club as its Vice Captain in these capacities.
I know and understand what u r saying and are coming from, im a business man too, but i dont think one quarter of footy in a wiz cup cost brown th ecaptaincy. if u put itthat way i can point many quarters and games where kane has gone missing, and in that wiz game in the 1st half esp, kane hardly hit a target.
also about that game, brown missed most of the previous practice matches through injury , thus his fitness was down and tw put hm in th forward pocket in that last q which went 10 minutes overtime! the ball rarely got to him, but it was his magic and class which helped us get so far in front , not kanes!
also a pont to note , joel was captain that night and played the game out with fractured intercostals! kane would have most likely stayed on the bench.
brown , and joel were better candidates but tw could not appoint brown, would make him look lik ehe picks favs
could not pick richo as his mind is weak
and to change the clubs culture and start fresh , joel unfortunately missed out.
this left kane , and the one only reason tw picked kane was because he has tasted the ultimate prize and knows what it takes to get there.
give him 1, 2 years max, then we will have cogs, jackson, hartigan, hyde and deledio fighting 4 the gig! what a future we have!
