01-04-2014, 08:16 AM
Everybody pretty much agrees what should happen under normal circumstances. The International Director should have a quiet word with the players and then select a mutually agreeable captain. This is obviously an extraordinary occasion. We have ended in a situation which is not fair on anyone. It would appear that the players have a captain that they do not want and Andy Muir has been forced to select an unpopular captain with no way to deflect the flack. At the moment we have a situation where there is a danger that Scotland will underperform at the Olympiad and Andy Muir will be forced to finish as International Director despite the fact that he has in many respects done a good job as regards Tromso - getting things organised early and saving money on flights etc.
Some pages back Hugh Brechin suggested forming a committee to select the captain. In general, I don't think this is necessary, but perhaps it would be appropriate to do this with Tromso. I suggest Andy Howie, Dougie Bryson and myself, assuming we all ruled ourselves out of the captaincy role. We'd take submissions from the players and from Andy Muir and possibly others (Jonathan Grant for example) and then make a decision. If we chose Andy Muir then the players would have had their say and they would have to accept it. If we chose someone else then Andy Muir could hopefully feel that the right person had been selected in the end and that his International Directorship was continuing to operate successfully.
Some pages back Hugh Brechin suggested forming a committee to select the captain. In general, I don't think this is necessary, but perhaps it would be appropriate to do this with Tromso. I suggest Andy Howie, Dougie Bryson and myself, assuming we all ruled ourselves out of the captaincy role. We'd take submissions from the players and from Andy Muir and possibly others (Jonathan Grant for example) and then make a decision. If we chose Andy Muir then the players would have had their say and they would have to accept it. If we chose someone else then Andy Muir could hopefully feel that the right person had been selected in the end and that his International Directorship was continuing to operate successfully.