Ben Dixon - Didn't realise he was at Collingwood

[Cousin of Daicos]

Searched and didn't find a thread about him.

I just watched the Macaffer video and noticed him in it in Collingwood getup. I Googled and only saw a thread on Nick's asking the same question.

TD responded in that thread saying he's our kicking coach? Is that the case? When did this happen? Dixon was a genuine dead eye so I guess it's a good thing if they really did bring him in for that role.

 

[BringouttheGimp]

Thank god it's no Mark McVeigh. A yr 10 dropout with a try hard Harvard mouth re.

 

[jmac70]

Reading the thread title I though Dixon must have got pissed and somehow found himself in Collingwood. Same thing happened to me once. After an afternoon drinking session in Brunswick I found myself semi-naked in a front yard in Moonee Ponds, no idea how I got there.

 

[Raveneyes]

Searched and didn't find a thread about him.

I just watched the Macaffer video and noticed him in it in Collingwood getup. I Googled and only saw a thread on Nick's asking the same question.

TD responded in that thread saying he's our kicking coach? Is that the case? When did this happen? Dixon was a genuine dead eye so I guess it's a good thing if they really did bring him in for that role.

I didn't know either.

Quick google search only came up with some random guy's twitter, from early November. He wasn't too pleased.

 

[WatsamattaU]

I didn't know either.

Quick google search only came up with some random guy's twitter, from early November. He wasn't too pleased.

When Champion Data ranked the AFL's best kicks, many of the players had kicking efficiency in the low 60%. That guy obviously has no idea on what is elite.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/breaki...the-afl-revealed/story-fnect155-1226419850156

 

[sirlothie]

Reading the thread title I though Dixon must have got pissed and somehow found himself in Collingwood. Same thing happened to me once. After an afternoon drinking session in Brunswick I found myself semi-naked in a front yard in Moonee Ponds, no idea how I got there.

What you don't know can't hurt you

 

[jmac70]

I didn't know either.

Quick google search only came up with some random guy's twitter, from early November. He wasn't too pleased.

That's not some random guy. It is the one and only mattys123

 

[sirlothie]

I didn't know either.

Quick google search only came up with some random guy's twitter, from early November. He wasn't too pleased.

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/accuracy.html

Tony Lockett and Matthew Lloyd are the best two for goal kicking accuracy I've ever seen and they ran at 69% and 68% respectively.

62% is not shameful at all in that case so mattys123 is wrong on this one.

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

I didn't know either.

Quick google search only came up with some random guy's twitter, from early November. He wasn't too pleased.

That's mattys123

 

[Bard]

Would be interested to see if his accuracy improved throughout his career or if he took set shots from poor positions on a more regular basis than other KPF's etc to shine some light as to why the club thought he'd be a good solution. Sure 62% isn't horrible but it's a weird choice to go with.

 

[Smoky]

Daicos should have that job.

 

[Knightmare]

A forward having a kicking efficiency of 62% is not poor at all.

Forwards consistently have the lowest kicking efficiencies by position because they have less space to kick into, less options, and those few options they have are under a lot more pressure and more often have to take it in a contested situation.

Dicko needless to say was obviously an excellent kick of the footy.

 

[Saintly Viewed]

Reading the thread title I though Dixon must have got pissed and somehow found himself in Collingwood. Same thing happened to me once. After an afternoon drinking session in Brunswick I found myself semi-naked in a front yard in Moonee Ponds, no idea how I got there.

We will assume you didn't start out fully unclothed and some how got half dressed

 

[Soups]

A forward having a kicking efficiency of 62% is not poor at all.

Forwards consistently have the lowest kicking efficiencies by position because they have less space to kick into, less options, and those few options they have are under a lot more pressure and more often have to take it in a contested situation.

Dicko needless to say was obviously an excellent kick of the footy.

Is that field kicking efficiency though? I thought he was saying goal kicking efficiency was 62%.

 

[jasonwilde]

Would be very useful if we could improve our kicking. It kills me that we don't have the best skills coaches in the business.

 

[35Daicos]

Is that field kicking efficiency though? I thought he was saying goal kicking efficiency was 62%.

Yes, his career goalkicking accuracy was about 62%, scoring 282 goals/176 behinds.

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/B/Ben_Dixon.html

 

[Bard]

Is that field kicking efficiency though? I thought he was saying goal kicking efficiency was 62%.

Goal kicking efficiency is actually about 61.5% based on footywire stats.

 

[Knightmare]

Is that field kicking efficiency though? I thought he was saying goal kicking efficiency was 62%.

If that was the meaning then I misinterpreted.

282 goals, 176 behinds I would categorise as good with nearly twice as many goals in his final two seasons as behinds at (63 goals 32 behinds).

So again I'm not seeing a problem.

 

[Hardas]

We will assume you didn't start out fully unclothed and some how got half dressed

That depends: do we know where he started out from?

 

[Cory]

Not listed on the club website, maybe he's part time

 

[Saintly Viewed]

That depends: do we know where he started out from?

I'm tipping somewhere in Collingwood maybe started in next door suburb like Fitzroy, Brunswick, inner Melbourne anyway, but end up in Lulie street

 

[Gungadin]

Anyone who can straighten up Cloke and get him to kick goals, is alright by me, and can marry my sister any day

 

[Saintly Viewed]

Anyone who can straighten up Cloke and get him to kick goals, is alright by me, and can marry my sister any day

And your sister is trusting of your match making skills?

 

[Gungadin]

And your sister is trusting of your match making skills?

No, but she's seen his photo.

 

[left at home]

l always thought that ben was one of the better kick of the footy in his day, goal or field