When Stephen Appiah became captain, Mohammed Gargo, Ibrahim Tanko, Sammy Kuffour, Otto Addo, Augustine Ahinful etc were in their prime at their clubs and were still on the team. Stephen Appiah has been newly promoted from the under 20s and only had a few games under his belt but his leadership qualities stood out. When Milan Zivadinovic made him captain, all the senior members supported it. Even Kuffuor who at the team was a super star defender and Bayern Munich personally vouched for him. Leadership is not based on seniority
The reason why the timid Kofi Adams and Kurt appoint Carlos Queiroz is because he agreed for them to do the players selections and him only getting his retirement money because Harve Renand agree such terms
Kurk wants a 3rd term. Queiroz is Kurk's best coach after finishing 3rd at the WC group stage. In Kurk's eyes Queiroz shows progression to the Ghana public