Adelaide will be forced to nominate a new captain perhaps as soon as this off-season with current skipper Rory Sloane set to turn 33 before the start of the 2023 campaign.
With Sloane nearing the end of his time in both his career and the role, the Crows have several viable options to take over from the midfielder.
Defender Tom Doedee has long been considered a strong candidate, but Jordan Dawson - who joined the club ahead of last season - is another that could easily step up into the position.
Dawson’s credentials were highlighted after he was added to the Crows’ leadership group midway through last season, joining Sloane, Doedee, Ben Keays, Brodie Smith and Reilly O’Brien as club leaders.
SEN SA duo Michelangelo Rucci and Andrew Hayes believe it’s a “nice problem” for Adelaide to have given they have a range of options to pick from.
Rucci: “In terms of the captaincy, do we see Adelaide having the next captain?
“Does it become Jordan Dawson? That’s the question there.”
Hayes: “It’s a good question, over the last two or three years we’ve gotten used to saying, ‘Yep, it’s locked in, it’s Tom Doedee’.
“We were even speaking about this a few days ago, and they said, ‘Look, Tom Doedee would do a sensational job’, but there’s a lot of people now saying Jordan Dawson is in the mix.
“Particularly when he gets injected into the leadership group in his first year.”
Rucci: “Correct, it’s an interesting thought for Adelaide to work with.”
Hayes: “It’s a nice problem for the Crows to have I suppose.”
The Crows announced their leadership last season in February, with this year’s group likely to be announced once the majority of the pre-season is complete.