Oh Captain, My Captain...

Today begins a series of posts about what happened in 2004 and what might happen next season. First up, who’s going to be arguing with the Ref in round one?

We’ve gone from having lots of able candidates to no real standout. Howe and Kearney have gone and Kearns seems to go better without it. Also, you’d think he’d be retiring at the end of next season anyway, so let’s just forget about him and hope that he grows his beard and long hair back and keeps on charging forward. Booyar. That leaves us with these guys as possibles; Smith, Kidwell, Hill, Orford, Geyer, Bell. None of them really stand out though, do they?

Not that it matters, but vote goes to Cameron Smith. He plays real good every week and has been described as ‘an old head on young shoulders’ by Robbie K. He can also talk without mumbling and would be a good ambassador for the club - if only he was a bit older than 21! That didn’t stop Steve Kearney from captaining New Zealand, but the regular NRL season is, well, regular, so it’s a lot more work and it’s hard to tell what effect that will have. Hopefully, it would make him play better! I hope so, because I think he might get it. If Bellamy does pick him and it works then we can look forward to having the same captain for ten years, which would be great for the Storm from an on- and off-field perspective.

Oh... I listed Bell above because his Dad is in local Government (or a similar occupation) and maybe some of his leadership skills have rubbed off on Steve and he doesn't know it yet. You know, osmosis and all that. I think I'm on to something...