Rory Sloane leads his teammates in sprints at Max Basheer Reserve. Photo: Dylan Coker. Source: News Corp Australia
PATRICK Dangerfield and Rory Sloane's contract status will not affect their chances of captaining Adelaide next year, according to head of football David Noble.
With new coach Phil Walsh expected to appoint his first skipper next month, Noble said the fact that this year's stand-in co-captains Dangerfield and Sloane have yet to commit to the club beyond next season would not rule them out of the top on-field job.
"I don't see that as an issue at all,'' Noble said.
"I think you put your best people in place that are going to lead your club. That's what we're expecting them to do.''
Dangerfield and Sloane — out of contract at the end of next year — are among the six leadership candidates Walsh will pick from to lead the Crows in 2015, including incumbent skipper Nathan van Berlo.
Van Berlo has been captain since 2011 but did not play a game last season after rupturing an Achilles tendon in a pre-season training mishap.
Dangerfield and Sloane took over as co-captains, alternating the duties each week. The newly re-signed Taylor Walker, veteran Scott Thompson and new leadership member Daniel Talia round out the six-player leadership group.
Noble said he expected Walsh, who has declared he will pick only one captain, to make a decision by early next month before leaving it to the Crows board to ratify.
"Ultimately Walshy's coaching the team so I would imagine he would have a fair input as to what that (model) looks like,'' he said.
"The process is that fairly soon after Christmas something will be presented to the board and that needs to be ratified and then we'll let everyone know.''
In the meantime, Noble said new leadership mentor and former West Coast great Darren Glass is working closely with the leadership brigade "to help those guys''.
Just-retired star Eagles ruckman Dean Cox has rated Glass as the best leader he suited up alongside at the club.
"Darren is probing, he's questioning them (the Crows six leaders) and getting them to come to a conclusion and work things out themselves,'' Noble said.
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