Former Hawthorn premiership player Dermott Brereton believes there's no needย for leadership groups in the modern game.
Breretonย says leadership groups won't actually play much part in any club's successes each season, and believes the clubs think more of them thanย most people do.
โWhy do we need it?โ he asked on the Run Home.
โThey (clubs) make more out of it than need be.
โIโm not big on titled leadership groups. You know what you are at a club, you know where you stand, you what you can say and you know what you can do.
โSeems like its only when someone stuffs up then the leadership group makes a judgement on him.
โItโs like weโre saying weโve got to teach these young men how to behave towards the elderly and females. Really? Do we really need to teach respect?
โSome of them get it wrong but they are probably ill-bred.โ
Brereton said a current senior player with more than 10 years in the AFL told SEN he agreed with him, saying the leadership group announcements were more for the club's image instead of anything else.
โItโs so overstated what the leadership group actually does,โ he said.
โWeโve got one bloke who almost falls asleep in the meetings. Itโs one of footballโs more wanky scenarios that seems to have grown legs in recent years.
โLetโs be honest. Most guys are so worried about themselves they couldnโt care less what anyone else was doing. Thatโs not a criticism, thatโs just how it is.โ
