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Who will be the new Adelaide 36ers Captain?

Adam Ballinger would be my first choice - if he wants it. Seems a quiet, easy going kinda guy, but a very smart cookie, with the experience to lead if required.

Multiple club MVP Ballinger for mine.

Hate to think what Melbourne would charge!

Perth would charge $35 for that.^^^

OK,
I can see the only way to select the captain is a game of Horse between Balls and Jacob around the Dome - Skip, you can adjudicate

Winner is (c), other is (vc)

That would be worth paying $5 to watch!

This was always going to be a dilemma when Brett retired. How can anyone step into his shoes? He has raised the standard so high, its out of reach for most.

If balls doesnt get the top job then who are they kidding. He is naturalised, been at the club for a while, played NBl for a while. Holmes is a good start but u want someone with presence on the court. holmes has that but not as much as ballinger

Balls. Mad if you dont.

Bizzy - I'm hoping Gilchrist will be the closer on this team, whether he is the closer in go to go isolation or the go to go in working and creating a good shot in tandem with Ballinger who is a high percentage scorer. But bottom line is we really need Gilchrist to be the man in the crunch.

Grooves has done it in the past but can't recall anything of note in the past 2-3 seasons where he has consistently stepped up in the 4th when needed and shown that you want the ball in his hands with the clock winding down.

Herbert and Ng are both good options for a well run play for a pop and three.

The thing the Sixers lack this year IMO is some to really close out the game. We used to have Maher who you could rely on down the stretch to hit a big 3 etc. This year it is a more even spread.

So taking that we don't have a closer into account that really leaves Jacob & Balls as captain material.

Having had a first hand view of Jacob with the Sabres this year, he is an extremely good leader. He understands the game, has been able to motivate his team and is willing to do what he can to win. IMO that is what a captain is.

IMO Balls meets most criteria but just lacks the real get your teammates up voice that IMO a captain needs.

Sixers have a bit of a problem in that we have no established SA guys in the team who are guaranteed to start every game.

Holmes is the most likely choice, but its hard for a captain to inspire his team if he is not on the floor for big minutes every game. He obviously isn't starting at PF and I think the jury is out on whether he, Hill, or even Herbert start at SF.

I agree Hill is too young and not established enough. He needs to concentrate on taking that next step. So its a tough problem. Perhaps a Holmes/ Ballinger joint captaincy could work for this year. One of the two is pretty much always going to be on the floor.

Ballinger should get it for sure, but perhaps a better solution would be the good old joint/shared captaincy of Ballinger and Holmes.

Hill needs to do alot more to earn captaincy. At this point he hasn't been a main contributor still developing his game give him a few years and see how he performs and works with those around him before considering him as captain.

The money is running with Holmes.

With captaincy, you don't necessarily need to give it to the best player. In fact sometimes, this distracts them and their game drops off.

We have been spoilt by Brett who was a superb captain, superb player and all round good guy (can't anyone find dirt on this guy?)

Good captains are those who show leadership by bringing out the best in their team mates and inspiring them when the going gets tough. Being a fair weather captain is easy, the question to ask yourself is:

"when the Sixers are down by 20 going into the final quarter and Scotty throws down the clipboard in disgust, who would inspire the team to get up and win by 10?" To me, that is who should be captain.

Give it to Ballinger, it might secure a long term bond with the team and keep him here in Adelaide longer.

I should have said, My personal choice would be Balls or Hill. But I also agree with most that Holmes is more likely.

My money is on Holmes