Not as mad an idea as you think. Remember when England won the rugby world cup for the first time. Sir Clive installed a similiar situation in advance of the tournament. The players decided a lot of things. I watched a programme about it and his thinking was the players either due to ego or not wanting to be seen as weak were much tougher on themselves than Sir Clive may have been, especially with discipline.
Indeed - Brighton got promoted last season... this from an interview with Liam Rosenior in the Guardian Hughton, who signed Rosenior after he was released by Hull in 2015, encourages his team to select their own leadership group of five senior players, with Rosenior duly joining Steve Sidwell, Lewis Dunk, Sam Baldock and the captain, Bruno, on the committee. “We discuss how we train or travel, even what we should wear or should be eating. It creates accountability. People see their decisions make a difference and we don’t have any excuses if things go badly. We can’t turn around and say we weren’t prepared.” https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/05/liam-rosenior-brighton-premier-league Maybe there is hope for us yet?
