Some minor OoP: Who do you think will be Quidditch Captain in book 6?

[keith]

No: HPFGUIDX 63797

I think (because of his lifelong exposure to and readily apparent 
fascination with quidditch) ron's knowledge of the game as a whole is 
both deeper and broader than Harry's (unless Harry was somehow able 
to pay better attention to wood's lengthy "pep talks" than he does in 
most of his classes). I also believe that ron's ability to strategize 
and direct a team far exceeds Harry's (due to his exceptional skill 
at wizard's chess). as far as his playing skill is concerned, 
although we didn't get to witness it, the reports seem to reflect 
that once he overcame his confidence problem he was a tremendous 
keeper. Also, as keeper, ron would be in a much better position to 
see how his teammates were handling various situations and formations 
while still keeping his eyes on the quaffle, whereas Harry would be 
taking his mind off the Snitch in order to study his team's 
performance.
So, given the fact that the captain also has to serve as the team's 
coach, I think Ron will be the best candidate for the position next 
year. Mind you, that's strictly my opinion. 
~keith



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Susan Atherton" <suzloua at h...> 
wrote:
> 
> That means, at the end of OoP, there is only one person left on the 
Quidditch team. 
> 
> His Royal Highness, King Ronald Weasley.
> 
> If Harry gets reinstated at the beginning of next year - well, I 
can only assume that he will become Quidditch captain! I mean, they 
have to have a captain to pick the new members, right? And since 
Ron's only been on the team one year and Harry's been on five, and 
he's, well, much better at Quidditch than Ron, one would think he'd 
be named Quidditch captain. Unless, of course, Dumbledore decides, a 
la the prefect decision, that he's got too much on his plate.
> 
> One thing that concerns me is the appointment of Cedric Diggory in 
PoA. Wood announces that "[Hufflepuff]'ve got a new captain and 
Seeker, Cedric Diggory" (PoA, UK p/b p126). Now, you wouldn't think 
the newest player on the team would be made captain. In PoA, Cedric 
Diggory is a fifth year - we know this because in GoF he was not yet 
of age, and couldn't Apparate to the QWC - as is Ron upon his 
appointment in OoP. Now admittedly Diggory was a better Seeker than 
Ron is a Keeper, but I'm still VERY doubtful they'd make him captain. 
This can only imply that he was either on a different position (a la 
Ginny Weasley's Seeker/Chaser transfer [can't find the ref - my God 
there's a lot of OoP]) or he was a reserve. I'm inclined to think 
he's a different position, because otherwise he wouldn't be a *new* 
Seeker. So he must've been on the team already - but for how long?
> 
> I don't know - would they really make Ron captain over Harry? I 
know JKR isn't trying to seem obvious, but it seems to me that in the 
real world, it would be very unfair to make Ron captain over Harry. 
But then again, Ron is a much better strategist than Harry (all those 
chess games), which the school is aware of ("Percy could be heard 
telling the other Prefects 'My brother, you know! My youngest 
brother! Got past McGonagall's giant chess set!'" - PS UK p/b p221), 
including McGonagall (as just stated), so perhaps she'll appoint him 
captain off that basis?
>