I always think is poor for any player to show interest in skippering when a team mate,current one at that, is doing the job.
Sure he might still have ambition to Captain again but it shows a degree of disrespect for Paine.Paine might be the worse skipper going I really don't know but it's almost irrelevant.
I think this might show us whether the ACB really do say and mean the same thing, a clear out of Smith and Warner from any higher honours than just players.
Smith,Warner and that unfortunate rookie they threw under the bus, Bancroft, all have served their bans, should be allowed to play again and earn a living.
But if they want to clean things up and really change as they said they would, making him skipper again would send the wrong message.
I'm not convinced the ACB really do want a clean up personally and would not be surprised if Smith was back in the frame in the next 12 months