Quidditch Captain (was Re: Will Ginny be a prefect?)

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 131587

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Meliss9900 at a... wrote:
> In a message dated 6/27/2005 7:28:09 AM Central Standard Time, 
> jlv230 at y... writes:
> The obvious choice for captain is Harry (as star player and longest 
> serving member), Actually Katie Bell is the longest serving player
> on the team. She was already there when Harry joined in his first 
> year. Oliver Wood left after Harry's 3rd year. Fred, George, 
> Angelina and Alicia are left (or were leaving) at the end of Harry's
> 5th year. Leaving Katie Bell as the Senior player left from Harry's 
> 1st year.  For that reason alone I think that Katie will get it.
> 
> Melissa

bboyminn:

This is just as difficult to guess as the many other things we
speculate on. First, is it really wise to appoint a captain who is
only going to be with the team for one year? We've seen that happen in
the book, and we could argue that the senior player has earned it. But
it would seem that at some point, you would want to defer to a junior
member of the team, especially if a large number of team members are
being lost. A younger more junior member could start building toward
the future, start building a cohesive team with consistent on-going
leadership and style. 

Katie will only be with the team one year if selected as team captain,
either Harry or Ron will at least have two years to build a team.
Ginny on the other hand would have three years to start working with
the main team as well as with reserves to start building a team that
has winning potential when the senior players leave.

So, in my view, the choices are by order of seniority-

Katie Bell
Harry 
Ron
Ginny

No one else seems to have sufficient aptitude to fill the role. Katie
is most likely to be selected by the teachers based on both skill as a
player and seniority. Although, she could voluntarily defer to Harry,
to give him more time to work with his new team. 

Personally, I believe that Harry will get it, but won't necessarily
like the job all that much, and really won't be that great at it for a
variety of reason. On the other hand, Ron has grown up in a Quidditch
family. He has older brothers who play, follow, and discuss Quidditch,
which makes Ron much more knowledgable than Harry regarding the subtle
strategies of the game. So, I personally feel that at some point,
Harry will defer to Ron, and make him captain. Ron's dream finally
coming true.

Again, can't prove a thing, but there it is.

Steve/bboyminn