Brownlow 2025 Brownlow Medal Discussion

[BillyElliott]

Just heard someone on SEN saying Daicos wasn’t deserving of the Brownlow because it took him 4 years to get a contested mark…

I texted in that Rowell took his first contested mark in his 5th year and still only has 2 in his career (half of Daicos) in 6 years and 15 more games but they didn’t read it out. Not interested in facts I guess.

It’s almost as if midfielders aren’t usually selected for their contested marking ability.

Good on you for pointing out the Rowell & contested mark stat.

I didn't hear if they read it out. I've texted & commented that many times too.

Drives me nuts when people bang on about Nick & his few contested marks but aren't even aware of Rowell not getting one for so long.

 

[nickyds35]

Just remembered that before the firesale, we tried to trade Treloar for Pick 1 to get Rowell, but Treloar rejected the move.

 

[VinnieB]

They are not going into each individual games awarding a set number of points for performances but they have guidelines to award individual performances as well as impact on team achievements (CL or WC wins). Respected journalists vouch their credibility on their votes so they take it seriously.

I would argue the 3-2-1 system is a dumb way of deciding who the best player in the game is. Player performance in a top 4 clash or say the Freo vs Dogs pre final game is not equal to a bottom 4 round 24 game. NWM’s performance versus Melbourne is not worth the same as many other vanilla second BOG games. Adding to that, looking at it without finals is a bit silly, we already have coaches votes for a way to decide the player of the season in that fashion and whilst it’s skewed it’s just a better system for best h&a with equal weight to each game. The Brownlow is redundant in that regard.

Yeah I agree.
Should be a panel that takes into consideration a range of factors including coaches votes, player MVP etc etc.
3,2,1 voting is completely flawed.

 

[Obese Arachnid]

Do a Swanny and wear a Spiderman suit and get pissed at home

Done.

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