Brownlow Medal 2014

[PJ Power]

Let it go, Rooch. Gracefully. Let it go...

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What's up with Rooch now, other than a bit of hair loss which is nothing to be ashamed of?

 

[finbarr]

I'm surprised Rooch didn't wear his white trousers and Rabbitohs jacket to the Brownlow. Good to see he owns another outfit. Happy for him.

 

[ozph1870]

I still don't get how Nat Fyfe for example gets so many votes. Not because he's not a brilliant player, he is. But the Brownlow is unique as it is awarded to the fairest and most brilliant player over a season. Fyfe was already suspended by round 3 so he should be ineligible for any votes from that point on. He is no longer one of the fairest players in that season as defined by the voting rules of the Brownlow.

no, thats not right, he wouldnt get votes from the game he got suspended in but if he is in the best 3 in any individual game after that he deserves the votes, otherwise it isnt the best 3 players on the day getting votes.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

no, thats not right, he wouldnt get votes from the game he got suspended in but if he is in the best 3 in any individual game after that he deserves the votes, otherwise it isnt the best 3 players on the day getting votes.

Yeah we had that discussion. I acknowledge the anomaly but I still don't like the system. Oh well.

 

[Seanybruz]

 

[proman_x]

 

[Powerage]

For my own amusement I compared the statistics between Tredrea, 2004 and Franklin, 2014:

Year KI MK HB DI GL BH
Franklin 2014 256 134 97 353 75 49
Tredrea 2004 286 192 105 391 81 44

50 more disposals, 60 more marks, 6 more goals.
Tredrea gets 15 brownlow votes, Franklin gets 22 votes.

It seems clearer and clearer to me that umpires shouldn't be the ones deciding the AFL's most prestigious award.

 

[brad the brain]

How

Of the top 8 players only 1 was from a victorian team. So thats nice.

Many were actually Victorians?

 

[brad the brain]

How

Of the top 8 players only 1 was from a victorian team. So thats nice.

How Many were actually Victorians?

 

[Killer Power]

How
Many were actually Victorians?

Wasn't my point

 

[Killer Power]

How
How Many were actually Victorians?

Still wasn't my point

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

For my own amusement I compared the statistics between Tredrea, 2004 and Franklin, 2014:

Year KI MK HB DI GL BH
Franklin 2014 256 134 97 353 75 49
Tredrea 2004 286 192 105 391 81 44

50 more disposals, 60 more marks, 6 more goals.
Tredrea gets 15 brownlow votes, Franklin gets 22 votes.

It seems clearer and clearer to me that umpires shouldn't be the ones deciding the AFL's most prestigious award.

But Buddy spends half his game playing on the wing. That makes him eligible to get mid fielders votes.

 

[Marmozet]

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Haha was Kane annoyed he got 3 in the March showdown when he might have got 33 disposals but the majority were meaningless. Hartlett wins the medal and doesnt get a vote.

 

[Arsene Wenger]

I think Priddis is a good player, but a brownlow medallist on this season is crap. Gray, Fyfe, Ablett, Boak all had better years.

I still cant get over Dangerfields polling. I think he is a great player, but i think he even would have thought that he was no show. He puts together a season and he will def get one in the next few years.

 

[mic59]

I think Priddis is a good player, but a brownlow medallist on this season is crap. Gray, Fyfe, Ablett, Boak all had better years.

I still cant get over Dangerfields polling. I think he is a great player, but i think he even would have thought that he was no show. He puts together a season and he will def get one in the next few years.

x2. Why not just call it the "showpony" medal now, because that is what it will become.

But I think we are missing that the umpires did eventually get it nearly right with the top votegetters. Ablett would have won but for his injury, Fyfe would have come second but for his suspension and Priddis would have come third. And Kennedy, Franklin and Boak would have been right up there. The only total stuff-up, and even the Adelaide board would have to agree on this, was Dangermouse.