I guess that this discussion better be fully transitioned into this thread. In any case, Fedorov is better suited for the A he has now for three simple reasons:
1. He has never heard of more than half the team. Managing to learn everyone's name (figuratively speaking) in time for the knockout stages will be difficult enough.
2. Over half the team has only ever seen Fedorov on TV. While he will, undoubtedly, command authority - a short tournament such as the World Championships ideally requires a preestablished relationship between the captain and the youngsters he is to lead.
3. He publicly declined the captaincy before it was assigned citing the above two reasons as to why he thought there were better candidates on the team.
...any other suggestions?