26-03-2014, 10:32 AM
amuir Wrote:Some council members agreed with me as captain, some players disagreed. Situation not ideal. It's a long story - would prefer to discuss in person rather than noticeboard. What do you do if there is disagreement ? Not everyone can get what they want. It's impossible.
It was quite a simple question Andy. Did you choose yourself as captain?
From the 2nd post on this thread you offered yourself and Jonathan Grant as your 2 captain's choices, long before teams and budgets were announced.
The reason this should be discussed publicly is that a huge chunk of the CS budget is being used for the Olympiad costs - the AGM would be too late to discuss any accusation of impropriety or conflict of interests (at least too late to make a difference this time), so here we are on the forum.
Having a captain which the vast majority of the team don't want, don't respect or don't feel is capable of doing the job is unlikely to create the kind of positive atmosphere which teams need to succeed or do well.
To reply to David Deary's point, the International Director should of course have a say in the captaincy role, but he certainly should not be choosing himself from the outset, ignoring or dismissing players concerns and alternative options, booking his flights while there is still extreme uncertainty over his own role and then trying to muster support from a select band of his friends when the actual team expresses their almost complete dissatisfaction with him.
Quote:I feel that when CS members elect a director to represent our organisation and that director is able to go and support our squad at events he/she should be encouraged to do so in a leadership capacity.
Robin makes a valid point also, except that in this case there has been no encouragement for Andy M. to go from the players, who do not see Andy as a leadership figure.
This issue, to me, is a no-brainer.
-You do not select yourself to go to the most important adult international team event without inviting (or proposing!) alternatives, alternatives which might be better for the team as a whole.
-You do not then book yourself on the flight while several members of the team are expressing their dissatisfaction with your own choice.
This situation needs to be raised higher within CS - there are serious issues involved here.