Cotchin's captaincy [merged]

[dwaino]

I'd love Jack to be captain.

[Stalin]

^ just needs to be like that more often because he had no impact on way too many games for a captain.

he cannot be superhuman every game

hed had four brownlows by now if that was his normal level

a more fair expectation from supporters, instead of expecting a ian stewart / judd clone consistently would be to have some of the other team mates pick up some slack ...

Maybe Robbo should rewatch ...

Rd 7 Richmond vs Collingwood
Rd 13 Sydney vs Richmond
Rd 18 Hawthorn vs Richmond

If that's not a captain , I don't know what one is .

r13 is a good example of a captains knock

carlton final , cotch was good too

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Maybe Robbo should rewatch ...

Rd 7 Richmond vs Collingwood
Rd 13 Sydney vs Richmond
Rd 18 Hawthorn vs Richmond

If that's not a captain , I don't know what one is .

Mat, there's 23 rounds of football

[Stalin]

Maybe Robbo should rewatch ...

Rd 7 Richmond vs Collingwood
Rd 13 Sydney vs Richmond
Rd 18 Hawthorn vs Richmond

If that's not a captain , I don't know what one is .

Mat, there's 23 rounds of football

he got the ball 540 times in 22 games

[Francois Jackson]

Maybe Robbo should rewatch ...

Rd 7 Richmond vs Collingwood
Rd 13 Sydney vs Richmond
Rd 18 Hawthorn vs Richmond

If that's not a captain , I don't know what one is .

Mat, there's 23 rounds of football

he got the ball 540 times in 22 games

52 more than grigg. Wow big difference hey?

means SFA this is about who is best to lead this club to a flag. You want a leader or one who gets stage fright?

[🏅Dooks]

I want a leader

[MintOnLamb]

Cotch was in the documentary"a chosen few"

Pretty good insight as to what captains go through, not an easy gig, Cotch was very good on the program

[🏅Dooks]

It's not an easy gig so we should tolerate mediocre leadership from him.

Makes sense

[Stalin]

Maybe Robbo should rewatch ...

Rd 7 Richmond vs Collingwood
Rd 13 Sydney vs Richmond
Rd 18 Hawthorn vs Richmond

If that's not a captain , I don't know what one is .

Mat, there's 23 rounds of football

he got the ball 540 times in 22 games

52 more than grigg. Wow big difference hey?

means SFA this is about who is best to lead this club to a flag. You want a leader or one who gets stage fright?

i would say the key difference is how they went about getting the ball

what were cotchin stats in the carlton final?

[big tone]

Most would agree the RFC haven't got the agetts to stand Cotch down from captain but would they consider a dual captaincy? In true Richmond style they could hedge their bet.

I personally love Cotch but I do agree some things need to change at the club. Robbo's idea isn't as bad as it sounds. Let Cotch go back to just playing footy without the distraction,  and for a player like Jack I think the position could take him to a new level... And maybe the club.

[Dougeytherichmondfan]

Most would agree the RFC haven't got the agetts to stand Cotch down from captain but would they consider a dual captaincy? In true Richmond style they could hedge their bet.

I personally love Cotch but I do agree some things need to change at the club. Robbo's idea isn't as bad as it sounds. Let Cotch go back to just playing footy without the distraction,  and for a player like Jack I think the position could take him to a new level... And maybe the club.

Cast your mind back to when Newy was captain in '12 and remember that Cotchin was almost banging the door down to be skipper. Jack has grown immensely as a leader and that is a tremendous credit to him, but Cotchin was asking bigger questions in the same situation IMO. I'd probably prefer Cotch to stay on. I think he actually had a very good season this year, his best as captain.

He did go missing in the final, and Jack stood up, we consider this, weight it accordingly and make the final call. Still Cotchin for mine, I think he's still growing into the position, he's only 26 and this will be his 4 year as skipper!

[Yeahright]

Is Jack still too prone to a dummy spit? I know he's gotten better but I don't like seeing that in a captain. Difference between demanding standards and berating players

[mat073]

Remember Jack after the Freo loss - I think he was going to kill Houli .

Maric showed real leadership that day - now there's a man amongst men .

[Diocletian]

Miles anyone?

[Go Richo 12]

Leave it as it is. It doesn't matter a stuff who the captain is, the whole team should take more leadership on. I want to see Houli take some leadership and kick long to a boundary, i want to see Chaplin take on some leadership and stand next to some prick, i want to see Flossy, miles, Lids etc show some leadership and put some body between a tagger and Cotchin. They all need to stand up with actions, not clichιs.