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

[T.M. Sommers]

No: HPFGUIDX 65966

Susan Atherton wrote:
> 
> Presumably, as Ginny said, Harry will be back on the Quidditch team next
> year, as Umbridge is gone.

It's conceivable he will give it up, especially if Ginny still wants to
be Seeker.
 
> Now. Since Angelina Johnson was old enough for the Goblet in GoF, she
> must've been at least a sixth year then - which means she MUST have left
> school at the end of OoP. Now, I could be wrong, but considering that she,
> Alicia, and Katie seemed to be pretty much best mates (scenes of them
> together outside of Quidditch, eg. Angelina chatting with Alicia when Fred
> asks her to the Yule Ball), I'd always imagined they were in the same year.
> 
> That means, at the end of OoP, there is only one person left on the
> Quidditch team.
> 
> His Royal Highness, King Ronald Weasley.

Don't forget Ginny.

> 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.

I don't think a Seeker would make a good, or even feasible, captain. 
For one thing, the Seeker plays a game entirely separate from the other
players.  He or she is not involved at all in the process of scoring
points and defending the goal, so he is not in a good position to come
up with plays, or coach the other players, or anything like that.  For
another thing, the Seeker can't spare any attention during the game for
anything other than seeking; he can't call plays, or move players
around, or anything.

If Ginny moves to chaser, she will be captain, since she is a better
player than Ron.  If she stays as seeker, Ron will be captain.

> 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). 

I didn't remember that.  I still think my argument above makes sense.