Dayne Zorko's Brisbane teammates hold the key to his captaincy future while Lions footy boss Danny Daly has hinted the under-pressure club is keen to try its luck at the AFL tribunal.
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Zorko has faced criticism for his sledging of Melbourne's Harrison Petty during Friday's heavy loss that reduced the Demons youngster to tears.
The Lions and Zorko moved fast to apologise after the Gabba incident, with the AFL not set to pursue the matter further.
The Lions sunk to sixth thanks to the loss and other results across a frantic final round and will face Richmond at the Gabba in an elimination final next Thursday.
North Melbourne great David King has led the criticism of Zorko, declaring on Fox Footy that "he can't be captain doing that stuff".
"I reckon the players have got to legislate on their own," he said.
"In the off season they should come together and say 'we've got to look after each other, we're not going to accept this from Dayne Zorko ... this is not the first time."
Daly was among those to counsel Zorko in the aftermath and told RadioTab on Monday there would be no intervention from above.
"Zorks has done a great job for this club over the last four years, leading us out of the wilderness," he said.
"Not ideal what unfolded on Friday night, he's quite sorry for it and still emotional about it all.
"We haven't discussed it (captaincy) ... that's more a thing for next year when our leadership vote happens, as it normally does every year."
Daly also said the club would attempt to mount a case for both Cam Rayner and Noah Answerth to overturn one-game suspensions that would see them miss the crucial Tigers clash.
Rayner was reported for rough conduct on Ben Brown, which was deemed careless conduct with medium impact and high contact.
Answerth was also offered a one-match ban for a strike on Alex Neal-Bullen, which was graded as intentional conduct with medium impact and body contact.
"We've been working with our advocate over the weekend to see if we've got any room to challenge," Daly said.
"(We) hope to challenge both ... probably Rayner's about 70-30 (chance of) challenging and Noah's 60-40. It just depends what avenue we go down."
Daly noted that Brisbane's stirring VFL victory over the previously undefeated Casey Demons, in which Deven Robertson and Mitch Robinson starred, at least gave the AFL side options if the pair aren't available.
Australian Associated Press
