One thing I&#039;ll say about captains is that there is a common sense factor. For example, in the instance that mike would step up to lead a team, we&#039;d all conclude right away that he would make a really good captain. Nautilus, on the other hand, was a questionable decision at best. Legion, with all the good things he did this past season, was still a very risky move. It worked out well because he got chewy and truth be told, if he had a more capable 3rd, who knows. But that&#039;s besides the point.<br /><br />My point is, while I am with Nostar on trying to maintain equal captain skill amongst the 12 teams, I don&#039;t think developing a tier system is completely necessary. It&#039;s mostly common sense who has an opportunity to do well and who doesn&#039;t. <br /><br />The one thing though, Dew, is that I don&#039;t think we would ever realistically consider giving captain spots to guys like Quik or Rexnor in today&#039;s IDL. But I do think we can do more than just saying &quot;hey volunteer&quot; for some of the good players to step up and be captains. <br /><br />Here is one proposal I&#039;ll make: the board is full of capable players. Why not have most of you step up and be captains. Mass and Bones have been captains before and I think Nostar should consider it, too. Between those three guys, myself and Ralphis, we already have 5 capable captains right there. If you consider guys like Jenova making a return to cap, that&#039;s 6. Assume Xen would play again, that would make 7. So in that sense, do you think out of all the sign-ups we&#039;ll get, we&#039;ll have a hard time finding 5 more captains with similar skill?&nbsp; <br /><br />I&#039;ll also admit the list of these guys I&#039;ve proposed isn&#039;t exactly the most balanced but it&#039;s a far better solution than making someone like Nautilus a captain. And even in a tier system, I don&#039;t see us having completely even skill spread out through 12 captains. The community is not that diverse. <br /><br />So for all the noise I&#039;ve made in the past about good players stepping up, this is my challenge to you guys. Xen isn&#039;t as good as Ralph but Xen is very capable and with the right selection and proper balance to his team, there&#039;s no question in my mind a team led by Xen could beat a team led by Ralph - he just has to be more confident! Because the truth is, I feel like Xen is a very good player who lacks confidence. <br /><br />