Is the captaincy to hard to SWALLOW? and will there be GREENer pastures for some

[WTF?]

Interested to hear some thoughts on what impact the captaincy will have on the new captains for 2012 eg swallow, grimes, trengrove I've looked at the current captains and on average the captaincy means a 1% reduction in supercoach out put in the first year - though it seems pretty randonm with some big winners and losers. Also with Mitchell having a breakout year last year when he relinquished the captaincy does anyone think Green and Harvey will be in for big years this year?


Player   Change   Not Captain   Captain   % Change
Hodge   10/11   116.4   106.4   -9%
Ling   09/10   88.4   82.7   -6%
Green   10/11   96.5   77.9   -19%
Ablett   10/11   129.8   127.1   -2%
Pavlich   06/07   108   115   6%
Van Berlo   10/11   77.4   83.9   8%
Judd   05/06   114   131   15%
Maxwell   08/09   75   92.3   23%
Watson   09/10   101   106   5%
Cassisi   08/09   102.3   94.9   -7%
Newman   08/09   100   98.8   -1%
Boyd   10/11   115.1   116   1%
Glass   07/08   65.2   64.6   -1%
Brown   06/07   140.5   111.2   -21%
      Average      -1%

[fever]

cant see it having any impact. it's not like any of them were trying any more/less last year in whatever role they had in the team.

it's only a retrospective stat, and even then it's not even close to conclusive. things happen to every player throughout a season.

[Ziplock]

look at mitchell this year :P

green is, at the least, worth a look.

[alex87]

Green has alot more mature bodies around him to feed it too him if he kicks straight.
Same goes with Harvey. Captaincy can also make players better, I think Swallow could go another step this year.
We all saw how good Rockliff was as a VC along with Cotchin. Keep an eye on them. 

[fever]

do you guys really think a C or VC had anything to do with those performances?