[quote author=nostar link=topic=514.msg5097#msg5097 date=1319129814]One of the things that we don&#039;t acknowledge is that we already rank players in this process, we just don&#039;t vocalize it or publish it. I guess that is courteous but it&#039;s disingenuous to say that we don&#039;t.[/quote]<br /><br />Yep.&nbsp; I think the reason this remains hidden is because we often face a captain shortage not an excess.&nbsp; If we always had 30 players wanting to captain each season you&#039;d be damned not to have some way to rank them.&nbsp; There is already conventional wisdom on this topic.&nbsp; Nautilus won&#039;t be returning anytime soon, and Strangle/Legion are seen as weaker captains.&nbsp; That right there seems like some kind of ranking going on to me.<br /><br />[quote author=Ladna link=topic=514.msg5100#msg5100 date=1319171893]<br />It&#039;s tempting to descend into arguments like<br /><br />[list]<br />[li]But Ladna, what are your criteria?[/li]<br />[li]How will the administration decide who to ask next?[/li]<br />[li]What if one of your [i]AWESOME[/i] captains bombs?&nbsp; Won&#039;t you feel silly?[/li]<br />[li]Won&#039;t captains not asked back feel [color=red]burned[/color]?[/li]<br />[/list]<br /><br />But none of this really matters.&nbsp; Elite captains raise the profile and professionalism of IDL, and they make players want to sign up.<br />[/quote]<br /><br />Quoted in whole because I totally agree.&nbsp; There is little I fear about the IDL except being stuck on a captain&#039;s team all season where he&#039;s horrible as a player and captain.&nbsp; If you remove that risk I think most players feel a lot more at ease in the draft.&nbsp; I think the players you listed are great and most have proven to be good captains.&nbsp; It&#039;d be amazing to see Miek or Chewy captain and I have faith in them.