Analysis Best Ever Rookie?

[Jeremias]

Future HOF premiership players

Without a doubt

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Cox and I don't even think it is close as he is the only one on that list that changed his entire position in terms of what future ruckmen were expected to be able to do.

I agree that he's the best on the list, just, but I'm not too sure about the rest that you've written. Stynes immediately prior is the first that comes to mind. Len Thompson about 3 generations before Cox and others in between. Peter Moore was a 76 goal a year forward and a 2 time Brownlow winner as a ruckman. Simon Madden kicked 400+ more goals than Cox. Adam Goodes had great skills and won a Brownlow as a ruckman.

1. Cox
2. Gibson (2 x b&f in premiership years are big)
3. Milne
4. Boyd
5. Bruest

He'll be 32 by the time the next season starts but Blicavs is climbing with this list with a bullet. 2 x b&f at a club that finishes top 4 nearly every year and 1 x AA. The club has finally worked out the best way to use him and put his size and running power to best use. He's just had his best season, imo, and if he had 2 more like it, I'd nearly have him at the top of this list.

 

[Mostyn]

Here's my top ten:

Dean Cox
Jeremy McGovern
Stephen Milne
Aaron Sandilands
Luke Breust
Matthew Boyd
Rory Laird
Dale Morris
Matt Priddis
Ben Rutten

 

[Robroy22]

Jolly won two flags and played 230+ games.....not bad for a non top 10 rookie?

 

[Lingsface]

1- Cox
2- Priddis
3- Sandi
4-Milne
5- McGovern

Priddis had a Brownlow medal year a runner up Brownlow year and was super consistent his whole career and racked up close to the most tackles ever.
He got overlooked won a sandover came into a side and contributed to winning a premiership in his first year (didn’t play the grand final but played 2 games in 06) behind a midfield of Judd Cousins Kerr Fletcher Braun Embley.
Not pretty to watch but what a player.

Cox is my all time greatest ruckman, was a gun .

I don’t like the eagles but wow they have done well in the rookie selections, lucky the overlooked T Kelly and H Taylor though for a few years.

 

[Rockford]

Cox a clear #1. Not advocating that he'd be top 5 but how does Blicavs not even make the initial list?

1x Flag. 1x AA. 2x B&F.

 

[ROYAL EAGLE]

Cox a clear #1. Not advocating that he'd be top 5 but how does Blicavs not even make the initial list?

1x Flag. 1x AA. 2x B&F.

Totally agree Cox best ever, best foot skills i have ever seen of a Ruckman could kick of both sides

Blicavs the most versatile player of all time

 

[Rimmer]

Cox is the standout, nice effort with the highlighting OP I think you have chosen well, never been a fan of Milne, he kicked too many goals against Richmond

 

[Freomaniac]

Cox is also a Hall Of Fame inductee. Once you add that to the 6 x AA awards he stands out a fair bit

Sandilands is good enough to make it to the AFL hall of fame too lol

 

[Bunk Moreland]

I would say Cox. He was a superstar.

I don’t know if there’s a centre bounce combo in history that lays a glove on Cox-Kerr-Judd-Cousins.

 

[Ricky Vaughn]

Fully admit that him being an absolute piece of s**t as a human being clouds my judgement, but Milne is way too high on these lists.

His record looks good, so people feel they “have to” include him, but do you really want him on your side in a Final ahead of guys like McGovern, Morris, Rutten, Bruest etc who either played key structural roles or actually performed in the most important games?

He was too one dimensional for me. He’s a guy who’s numbers look great, but for impact on games he falls being many other rookies.

 

[Corn Cobbers]

Fully admit that him being an absolute piece of s**t as a human being clouds my judgement, but Milne is way too high on these lists.

His record looks good, so people feel they “have to” include him, but do you really want him on your side in a Final ahead of guys like McGovern, Morris, Rutten, Bruest etc who either played key structural roles or actually performed in the most important games?

He was too one dimensional for me. He’s a guy who’s numbers look great, but for impact on games he falls being many other rookies.

Watch the last quarter of the 2010 GF draw! Great player (and yeah s**t bloke).

 

[VinnieB]

Fully admit that him being an absolute piece of s**t as a human being clouds my judgement, but Milne is way too high on these lists.

His record looks good, so people feel they “have to” include him, but do you really want him on your side in a Final ahead of guys like McGovern, Morris, Rutten, Bruest etc who either played key structural roles or actually performed in the most important games?

He was too one dimensional for me. He’s a guy who’s numbers look great, but for impact on games he falls being many other rookies.

Milne kicked goals when the Saints were absolute rubbish. He fully deserves to be well ahead of Breust.

 

[MC Bad Genius]

Only one premiership captain to choose from. Easy pickings

Only because of the ridiculous captaincy rotation system they had at the Swans in 2005. It still really annoys me that Kirk wasn’t up there holding the trophy aloft with Paul Roos. Instead, it was a bald meathead who punched his way to infamy (both before and after that Premiership).

 

[Dazb86]

Cox #1

Milne #2

 

[TedDougChris]

Agree on Cox being at #1, but not much love for Dale Morris here.... Criminally underrated....

 

[Callipygian]

Cox, then Gibson (2 x BnF in premiership years counts for a LOT)