Rather than trying to emulate his celebrated predecessor Joel Selwood, new Geelong AFL captain Patrick Dangerfield has been encouraged to embrace change.
Dangerfield assumes the captaincy of the club he supported as a boy boasting a glittering CV which includes a Brownlow Medal, a premiership, four club best and fairest awards, eight All-Australian guernseys and the presidency of the AFL Players Association.
He does so clear in the knowledge that the club doesn't expect him to copy Selwood, or other great leaders of the past like Michael Voss, who made such an impression on current Cats coach Chris Scott during the Brisbane Lions' triple premiership run in the early 2000s.
