Brown steps down as championship captain

Did he step down or was he pushed?

I see Ben Brown as perfect to help the youngsters on their journey. Doesn't need to be Captain to do this.
He is still a good enough bat to hold his own. Probably needs to give up the gloves in the 4 day, to let his replacement get the experience.
All change at Sussex.

One of the worst things about the Sussex management is the secrecy. They should be accountable to their members.

If we are kicking out all the deadwood and under-performers from the club, Andrew and Greenfield should be top of the pile. They have been the common denominators in our steady decline over the last 5 years.

What I don't understand is now that Brown has stepped down from his captaincy role, why is he then being allowed to take time
off? Or is this another expression of the growing woke culture in sport?

Perhaps, the club should have a mindfulness room designated for players to go to, where they can address their feelings and
deal with any hurt. It can't be pleasant for a player to lose the captaincy, but to then be given "special leave treatment" is a 
little bizarre.

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I agree Browns captaincy has been questionable at times but you don’t get rid of a position like that without having someone else in mind for the job. Who is it? Why can’t we be told? Why leave the members with more questions? Why not do it at the end of the year when you can then also announce who the successor is with all the i’s dotted and t’s crossed?

If I were Ben Brown I’d tell them where to stuff their job.

It’s a shambles and no way to run a successful business.

Fb,

"It means being sensitive to other folk's problems."

Oh boll*x, woke means "We are being divisively evil to create
division amongst the people." It is yet another dark side
deception. That is what woke is... imho. 

If our former captain needs "time out" to deal with his hurt
over being dropped as captain, then it sums up the weak
mentality that pervades the former and present Academy
players overseen by Keith Greenfield.

Over and over again, we talk about this "weak mentality," the
lack of ruthlessness, the team has when a winning position
beckons.

Of course, you have sympathy for anyone who has been
sacked as captain, it ain't pleasant, but don't give 'em
"special leave" for the rest of the season to lick their wounds.

You give the captaincy to someone in the hope they deliver
success for the club. Brown was about as successful "as a rotting
vegetable."

Remember that famous Spitting Image line?

When Margaret Thatcher is dining with her cabinet and is asked:
"What about the vegetables?" after ordering steak. She responds,
"Oh, they will have the same as me."  

Fb,

Your dictionary definitions are mighty and fine, but in practice, woefully inaccurate.

Brown has been the most unsuccessful captain in recent Sussex CCC history. I can't think
of one as least successful. In kindness, he took on a poisoned chalice given the rapid
decline of the team during the last 10 years, but his one chance of success, promoting the
2018 Championship side to Division 1, he failed at by falling at the final hurdles.

I like Ben Brown, always have done, but he is not a leader when compared to previous
Sussex captains. Even Ed Joyce was more successful and he wasn't a leader either.