Im an unabashed fan of Richmonds Greatest Love Machine,
but I believe making him Captain would be a slight backward step, toward the days when our best and toughest were not made Captain.
Kane Johnson and Chris Newman served us admirably, but Richo should have been The Man.
Cotchy is our best and arguably our biggest and most indestructible mongrel, as well as an articulate choir boy with hair that is the envy of the world.
Lets not be coy. if Cotchy doesn't maim someone severely in a game, he punches the locker afterwards. and his locker looks like it was purchased at a Syrian cash converters.
so who has the next best combination of talent and unbridled mongrelity?
I'd say Dylan Grimes, Tom Lynch, Toby Nankervis, Marlion Pickett, Liam Baker and Sydney Stack, probably in that order.
I think given cotchy has another 2 years in the job, we can rule Grimes, and Marlion out on age.
and its probably fair to remove Sydney from the captain short list at this point in time.
which leaves us with Tom Lynch, Toby Nankervis or Liam Baker.
jeez. all colossal men, who love to win and hurt.
I think Nank would rather go fishing in southern tasmania,
which yeah, by elimination and science, leaves us with Big Tom or Little Liam as next captain.
and, although bakes has the smile of psychopath that compels followship, always pick a good tall over a good small.
if its not Dusty, who does seem out of contention due to
reclusivety and the white shark eyes (italics for anyone forming a punkish band)
then I vote Big Baby-Faced Psycho Tom Lynch too.
when
@Tigers of Old proposed it earlier, I dismissed it out of hand,
but through reductionism, I find myself in agreement
