We are seeing our team coming together, playing with intensity and focus. Roles are becoming clearer and they are meshing well.
I think I'm seeing more on-court leadership. I wonder what kind of leadership is being shown in practice and elsewhere.
So, I'm wondering whether Coach K might designate team captains before the season ends.
I understand that it may be still too early, but if the positive trends continue, later this season?
Why name one or more captains? To certify to the team the leadership a team member is already showing and to support that team member to lead without hesitancy. I acknowledge that naming a team captain could be disruptive this late in the season. But if the newly designated captain has already become a leader among his teammates, it would be welcomed.
And if you think that naming one or more captains is a possibility, who would be your candidates?
Your thoughts, please!
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“I love it. Coach, when we came here, we had a three-hour meeting about the core values. If you really represent the core values, it means diving on the floor, sacrificing your body for your teammates, no matter how much you’re up by or how much you’re down by, always playing hard.” -- Zion
Agree that Goldwire would be an obvious candidate. But I wonder if this team isn't better off staying captainless--because there are a lot of different moving parts and on-court combinations. Every player has to be completely focused and give his all every play, working with teammates, for the team to succeed. Maybe that works best if, essentially, they are all captains, all equally responsible for what happens.
At this point, I would be stunned if they named a captain.
And if it is anyone, it will be Wendell Moore, I think. The fact that Goldwire, a senior who plays a lot, hasn't yet been named a captain tells me that he is probably not that kind of leader (nothing wrong with that, but it just isn't in some people's toolbox).
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MCFinARL, you may be right. I poised the question because I think it's interesting, but I don't know what the right answer is. We shall see!
I didn't want to "lead the witness," but at this point I think that Wendell Moore may emerge as captain-worthy. It'w weird that this team is jelling as a good young team might be doing in a typical December. We're seeing some accelerated growth lately. I hope they have enough runway.
“I love it. Coach, when we came here, we had a three-hour meeting about the core values. If you really represent the core values, it means diving on the floor, sacrificing your body for your teammates, no matter how much you’re up by or how much you’re down by, always playing hard.” -- Zion
Someone may have mentioned this before in any of the numerous previous threads where the Captain Question was raised, but I suspect that the main (interpersonal) roles of a captain have been gutted by the antisocial protocol of this COVID season. Non-freshmen like Goldwire, Moore, and Hurt may well possess leadership ability, but have no opportunities on a day-to-day basis to use them. It may just be easier for the coaching staff to lead them as a group, on and off the court.
Acknowledging that this season is full on unprecedented situations - I know Duke had added captains late in the season, but have we ever gone this deep without an announced captain? Have we ever started the season without an announced captain?
Sheesh, what an odd year.
I hadn't realized that we didn't have captains this year. While watching last night, I remember thinking that next year Moore will be invaluable for both his play AND his leadership. He just seems like one of the guys that the others listen to, and he's shown through example the benefits of hard work.
That's interesting about Goldwire. Like I said, I hadn't realized that we didn't have captains, and I was pretty much thinking that they would be him and Wendell.
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