Player Watch #49: Tom Hird

Lore · Mar 20, 2020

Contract Status: Out of contract 2021 (Category B Rookie, Non-Registered Athlete)
Last Game Played: n/a
Injury Status: n/a

Bipolarbear · Dec 25, 2020

Uhh, he's gone from a twig to a barrel chest in a summer.
I thought I was going to be mad about how much of a puff piece that was, but it actually looked A LOT like James.
Also, was sired in the premiership year.

blitzer · Dec 25, 2020

I'll have to see him fully recovered from the navicular and playing games before i start to get excited. Bulking up when you can't run all that much isn't that exciting so lid on for me.

Cup_o_Jobe · Dec 27, 2020

Yep lid on, roger that, sound approach, etc.

By the by, when was the last father-son combo to both win norm smiths? Or would this time be the first?

fairbump_playon · Dec 27, 2020

Bipolarbear said:
Uhh, he's gone from a twig to a barrel chest in a summer.
I thought I was going to be mad about how much of a puff piece that was, but it actually looked A LOT like James.
Also, was sired in the premiership year.

Firstly “was sired in the premiership year” is a really great sentence to behold.

Looking at his birth date and working back... there was a 101 point flogging of Richmond on July 1, 2000. Feels like an auspicious time to create a Tom.

Yoda_ · Dec 27, 2020

fairbump_playon said:
Firstly “was sired in the premiership year” is a really great sentence to behold.

Looking at his birth date and working back... there was a 101 point flogging of Richmond on July 1, 2000. Feels like an auspicious time to create a Tom.

I was at that game.! Big Ses kicked 5, Lloyd kicked 4 and even old mate Fletcher kicked 3.

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11kgm · Dec 27, 2020

Cup_o_Jobe said:
Yep lid on, roger that, sound approach, etc.

By the by, when was the last father-son combo to both win norm smiths? Or would this time be the first?

Gaj and Gaj?

carnthedons · Dec 27, 2020

11kgm said:
Gaj and Gaj?

Junior didn’t win one (Stevie J ‘07 and Chappy ‘09). Closest I think is Maurice and Cyril Rioli (uncle-nephew) and Longy is married into that family too.

As an addendum, Jnr almost won in 08 but was pipped by Luke Hodge (broken ribs, defensive general, chief of rushed behinds, good bloke etc)

yodellinhank · Dec 28, 2020

carnthedons said:
Junior didn’t win one (Stevie J ‘07 and Chappy ‘09). Closest I think is Maurice and Cyril Rioli (uncle-nephew) and Longy is married into that family too.

As an addendum, Jnr almost won in 08 but was pipped by Luke Hodge (broken ribs, defensive general, chief of rushed behinds, good bloke etc)

Michael and Jake Long?

carnthedons · Dec 28, 2020

yodellinhank said:
Michael and Jake Long?

Oh yes of course, how could I forget that GF we played in where Jake Long not only made the 22 of a team capable of qualifying for a GF but was adjudged best afield?

yodellinhank · Dec 28, 2020

carnthedons said:
Oh yes of course, how could I forget that GF we played in where Jake Long not only made the 22 of a team capable of qualifying for a GF but was adjudged best afield?

Jake always did make the most of his opportunities.

Godzke · Dec 28, 2020

The year is 2038 and club president David Evans Jnr has invited Tom Hird to coach Essendon

owen87 · Dec 28, 2020

Godzke said:
The year is 2038 and club president David Evans Jnr has invited Tom Hird to coach Essendon

I hear Dean Robinson II has the good stuff. Hope we’re bringing him in as the S&C coordinator.

Bunk Moreland · Dec 30, 2020

carnthedons said:
Junior didn’t win one (Stevie J ‘07 and Chappy ‘09). Closest I think is Maurice and Cyril Rioli (uncle-nephew) and Longy is married into that family too.

As an addendum, Jnr almost won in 08 but was pipped by Luke Hodge (broken ribs, defensive general, chief of rushed behinds, good bloke etc)

Jeez that was laughable. Media award I guess, they jizz over Hodge.

I know Hawthorn won but bloody hell... it’s an individual award and Ablett was the best individual on the ground by the length of the Stuart Highway.