1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,680 Speaker 1: Now let's talk about the loss to the box and 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: Mozzy's text. Just then, are we sure that Scott Barrett 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:09,800 Speaker 1: should be the captain? This is the thing that I've 4 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: been thinking about for the last two weeks watching the games. Right, 5 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 1: It's what struck me when I watched the game at 6 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:16,440 Speaker 1: Eden Park and the ceremony for Ardie Savia's one hundred 7 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:18,759 Speaker 1: tests and the fact that the team clearly rallied not 8 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 1: only to defend the fortress, which I think was predominantly 9 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:24,479 Speaker 1: what they were rallying for, but also they rallied to 10 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: give Ardie Savia a fitting win. Watching that happen and 11 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: watching the ceremony afterwards, and clearly the love that the 12 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 1: team have for him, did you not think it at 13 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: any point during that I wonder if that man should 14 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: actually be the captain? And then this week I saw 15 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 1: the press conference with Raiser and Scott Barrett sitting next 16 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:41,640 Speaker 1: to him, and I had the same thought, but the 17 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:44,200 Speaker 1: mirror of it, which was should that man. 18 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 2: Really be the captain? 19 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,560 Speaker 1: It it felt like it just didn't feel you know 20 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: what I mean, It just didn't feel the same. And 21 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:52,519 Speaker 1: this is nothing against Scott Barrett, who clearly comes from 22 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: a lovely family and seems like a fun guy, but 23 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: I can't understand RAS's commitment to him. There should be 24 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: no question about a captain's selection, right There was no 25 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: question that Richie McCall would be the one named it 26 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 1: at number seven. There was no question that Karen Reid 27 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: would be the one named at number eight. But is 28 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 1: Scott as convincing? Are you sure he's going to be 29 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: the one named in his position? Are you sure that 30 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 1: his discipline is good enough to warrant being the captain? 31 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: Or are there too many red cards and too many 32 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: yellow cards week in week out that suggests that maybe 33 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: when he's under pressure he just crumbles a little bit. 34 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 1: Is he the right leader on field when the team 35 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: starts falling behind? Given the fact that his record as 36 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 1: a captain has largely been with the formidable Crusaders, has 37 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: he actually had enough losses and enough knocks in his 38 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: career to know what to do when your team is 39 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: on the underside and absolutely on track to lose the 40 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 1: game and you need to turn it around, You need 41 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: to get a win under your belt, because is that 42 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,119 Speaker 1: actually what happened? What went wrong on Saturday night when 43 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: they started losing and you saw it on the field. 44 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 1: They just all gave up. At a point did they 45 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: all give up because their captain had given up? Now 46 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: there is no argument that, or rather there is an 47 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: argument that the coaches should come under scrutiny first before 48 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: the captain, and maybe that is the correct order of 49 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: things that. Frankly, I don't know enough about the assistant 50 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 1: coaches to really have an opinion one way or the other. 51 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: But I think when it comes to the captain, many 52 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: of us have already come to the right conclusion and 53 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 1: the same conclusion here, which is that they may have 54 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: the wrong captain. 55 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 2: For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive. 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