Beau Waters has led the side for the last five weeks while Glass has been sidelined and he will hand over to Matt Priddis for Saturday night’s clash with Collingwood at Etihad Stadium.
Football manager Neale Daniher said the captaincy would be rotated between the club’s senior leadership group, which includes Priddis, Waters, Adam Selwood and Dean Cox.
Josh Kennedy and Shannon Hurn, who were added to the leadership group this season, will be considered if the opportunity presents.
“Matt Priddis will take on the captaincy role for the next couple of weeks [but] we haven’t said he’ll do it for three weeks and the next player for three weeks; it’s really about form and fitness,” Daniher told afl.com.au.
“We’d just like to see, given the opportunity, how they would go about it.
“Each have got their own different personalities and their strengths and weaknesses and this is an opportunity to show how they would go about it.
“There’s also an opportunity to see how they’re supported by the other leaders around the club. We’re really seeing it as a development opportunity.”
Daniher stressed that Waters, who is enjoying a fine comeback season after nearly two years sidelined with an elbow injury, had done a terrific job for the last five weeks.
“We’ve been very impressed and we’re sure that he’ll continue to lead in a similar vein, although he’s formally assisting Matty Priddis over the next two to three weeks,” Daniher said.
“We’ve had a look at it and we believe there is a development opportunity for all our senior leaders.
“Their peers have voted them into the senior leadership group, so not only do we as coaches have belief that they can be very good leaders, their peers have put them in that position.”
Daniher said Glass’ groin surgery had gone well and the champion full-back was now recovering before beginning his rehabilitation.
Coach John Worsfold said there were positives in giving the club’s other leaders an opportunity to captain the side, but their time in charge would not be treated as a trial for the top job.
“It certainly won’t be that. On-field leadership is, to me, probably two per cent of being the actual captain of the team,” Worsfold told afl.com.au.
“It’s all about how you lead around the place, the culture you instill as captain of the group and your attitude to things.
“Darren’s a standout in that area and the other guys have their own strengths. But the players still see Glassy as the real role model for them.
“These guys stepping up to lead the side is them saying, ‘We can all lift around the place and carry the burden’.”
