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TOUGH midfielders Matt Priddis and Scott Selwood are the favourites to takes over as West Coast captain, according to more than 4500 PerthNow readers.
In our PerthNow poll, we took the question on everybody's lips – who will replace Darren Glass as skipper – to the masses.
So far, Priddis leads the field with 36.16 per cent of the vote, followed by Scott Selwood (27.48 per cent), Shannon Hurn (15.57 per cent), Josh Kennedy (10.38 per cent), Nic Naitanui (7.1 per cent) and Luke Shuey (3.31 per cent).
Selwood is heir apparent to Glass, with the 24-year-old is being groomed to be full-time skipper as one of two vice-captains this year along with power forward Josh Kennedy. It had long been anticipated 2014 would be a swansong season for the courageous and highly regarded Glass.
But West Coast heavyweights should immediately implant nuggetty on-ball playmaker Matt Priddis as captain.
Priddis, 29, should be skipper for the rest of this season and through until he retires in two or three years.
West Coast and first-year coach Adam Simpson is in dire need of inspirational leadership on and off the field in the wake of the exit of Glass, who is impeccable in setting required standards of training ethics and cultural formation needed at the highest level.
Another genuine leader around the playing group in the important match-day adherence to operations and rules as well as day-to-day professionalism is tough defender Shannon Hurn.
Hurn, 26, is seldom referred to as a captaincy candidate, but the hard-nut backliner oozes leadership and is highly regarded by his peers and Eagles management for setting impeccable leadership standards.
An ultimate replacement for Glass though points directly to Priddis and Selwood, with Kennedy somewhat of an outside chance.
Who should replace Darren Glass as the Eagles captain?
Priddis leads by example in his match-day courage and ball-winning capabilities with an average this season of almost 29 disposals a game and by far heads the Eagles with almost half of his collections every week earned in a contest.
He is also immaculate in his off-field public comments and assessments of team performances and a revered leader within the WA football and sporting fraternity.
Priddis could be perceived by Simpson and Eagles management as somewhat too old to assume the captaincy for any lengthy period ahead of his impending retirement sometime into the next few seasons.
But precedent was set at West Coast back in 2001 when champion on-baller Dean Kemp shared the captaincy with a developing superstar and at the time potentially a great leader Ben Cousins started his five years as skipper.
If a West Coast captaincy succession strategy continues with Selwood and Kennedy, at 26, ahead of Priddis then the younger candidates will prevail.
It is a soft management option to rotate the leadership on a weekly basis.
With the Eagles season stumbling into oblivion on the back of only four wins and seven losses and more defeats on the horizon, some firm management and planning deeds are in order.
Kim HAGDORN'S Eagles captaincy Order of Merit:
1) Matt Priddis
2) Shannon Hurn
3) Scott Selwood
4) Josh Kennedy
5) Eric Mackenzie
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