27-03-2014, 11:15 AM
Alan Minnican was International Director and captain of the Open Team in Istanbul 2000 (I captained the women's team) and as far as I know he picked himself. He was also team captain in 2002, though I can't recall whether he was still International Director. I can't recall any of the players (or anyone else) having issues with Alan picking himself.
Andy was playing captain in European Team Championship in Porto Carras in 2011 (I was one of the players). As far as I know, none of the team had any issues with Andy picking himself as team captain. Had anyone else expressed an interest in being non-playing captain, i'm sure Andy wouldn't have objected.
Being team captain can often be a challenge, often as a result of non chess related issues. It is not simply just a matter of submitting the team sheet on time each morning as I learnt in Batumi 1999 (see the archived report on this site.)
Reading some of the above postings I get the distinct impression that some people simply don't like Andy Muir and are using the selection process for the olympiad team as a convenient excuse for putting insulting posts on the noticeboard.
Andy was playing captain in European Team Championship in Porto Carras in 2011 (I was one of the players). As far as I know, none of the team had any issues with Andy picking himself as team captain. Had anyone else expressed an interest in being non-playing captain, i'm sure Andy wouldn't have objected.
Being team captain can often be a challenge, often as a result of non chess related issues. It is not simply just a matter of submitting the team sheet on time each morning as I learnt in Batumi 1999 (see the archived report on this site.)
Reading some of the above postings I get the distinct impression that some people simply don't like Andy Muir and are using the selection process for the olympiad team as a convenient excuse for putting insulting posts on the noticeboard.