Autopsy Demonbracket Classic 2015

[Supermercado]

Citizens, you might remember the off-season vote that was held last year where you were asked to name your favourite player of the modern era. This season we're going in the opposite direction and holding a knockout tournament to determine your favourite obscure player of the AFL era.

The draw will be released on Tuesday night, but the contenders are as follows:

17 games (3) - Craig Smoker, Andy Goodwin, Troy Longmuir
16 games (3) - Luke Norman, Michael Evans, Craig Turley
15 games (4) - Mitch Clark, Craig Ellis, Michael Pickering, Shane Valenti
14 games (1) - Kyle Cheney
13 games (4) - Clay Sampson, Leigh Newton, Ross Funcke, Aidan Riley
12 games (1) - Brent Heaver
10 games (1) - Shannon Motlop
9 games (4) - Donald Cockatoo-Collins, Jace Bode, David Rodan, Rod Owen
8 games (3) - Trent Ormond-Allen, Andrew Ford, Mitch Clisby
7 games (2) - David Grant, Alex Georgiou
6 games (1) - Mathew Mahoney
5 games (5) - Stephen Pitt, Todd McHardy, Stuart Cameron, Dom Barry, Michael Polley
4 games (7) - Nick Smith, Luke Ottens, Mark Bradly, Nick Pesch, Grant Williams, John Meesen, Tom McNamara
3 games (7) - Nick Carter, Trevor Spencer, James Cook, Scott Simister, Gary Moorcroft, Tom Couch, Stephen Wearne
2 games (13) - Hayden Lamaro, Cameron Hunter, David Cockatoo-Collins, Isaac Weetra, Martin Heppell, Troy Davis, Brian Stynes, Tom Gillies, Robert Hickmott, Josh Tynan, Wayne Lamb, Daniel Hughes, Adrian Campbell
1 game (6) - Brad Campbell, Phil Egan, Michael Clark, Shane Burgmann, Fabian Francis, Wayne Henwood

Action kicks off on Wednesday with a three-way playoff between the 17 gamers to determine the last two entrants into the 64 man draw and the tournament itself begins next Monday. All voting will be conducted via Typeform and links will be provided.

There are no seeds so the wheel of fortune could land any two competitors against each other in the first round. Who will you be backing to lift the Classic trophy in 2015?

Voting links can be found in later posts.

The DRAW:

Qualifying Round - 3 November (Top two qualify)
Craig Smoker - 36 (QUALIFIED)
Troy Longmuir - 34 (QUALIFIED)
Andy Goodwin - 33 (DID NOT QUALIFY)

Round 1 - 9 to 12 November
Gary Moorcroft d. Shane Burgmann 69-47
Alex Georgiou d. Michael Pickering 91-25
Craig Ellis d. Troy Davis 89-27
Tom Couch d. Wayne Henwood 80-36
Brian Stynes d. Michael Evans 70-46
Nick Carter d. Matthew Mahoney 62-54
Kyle Cheney d. Todd McHardy 93-23
Shane Valenti d. Stephen Wearne 101-15

Jace Bode d. Wayne Lamb 55-43
Ross Funcke d. Brad Campbell 85-13
Mark Bradly d. Michael Clark 52-46
Grant Williams d. Andrew Ford 63-35
Clay Sampson d. Michael Polley 78-20
Hayden Lamaro vs Scott Simister 55-43
Daniel Hughes d. Mitch Clark 75-23
Luke Ottens d. David Grant 77-21

Troy Longmuir d. Tom McNamara 87-19
Adrian Campbell d. Tom Gillies 65-41
Aidan Riley d. Nick Pesch 86-20
Rod Owen d. Martin Heppell 89-17
Craig Turley d. John Meesen 78-28
Shannon Motlop d. Stuart Cameron 82-24
Nick Smith d. Isaac Weetra 61-45
Trent Ormond-Allen d. Cameron Hunter 59-47

David Rodan d. Fabian Francis 92-23
Dom Barry d. Phil Egan 69-46
James Cook d. Luke Norman 80-35
Leigh Newton d. Steven Pitt 79-36
Brent Heaver d. Donald Cockatoo-Collins 68-47
Craig Smoker d. Mitch Clisby 81-34
David Cockatoo-Collins d. Josh Tynan 66-49
Robert Hickmott d. Trevor Spencer 72-43

ROUND 2
Alex Georgiou d. Gary Moorcroft 79-24
Craig Ellis d. Tom Couch 67-36
Brian Stynes d. Nick Carter 78-25
Shane Valenti d. Kyle Cheney 61-42
Ross Funcke d. Jace Bode 67-36
Mark Bradly d. Grant Williams 64-39
Clay Sampson d. Hayden Lamaro 66-37
Daniel Hughes d. Luke Ottens 70-33

Troy Longmuir d. Adrian Campbell 95-16
Rod Owen d. Aidan Riley 62-49
Craig Turley d. Shannon Motlop 78-33
Nick Smith d. Trent Ormond-Allen 66-45
David Rodan d. Dom Barry 86-25
Leigh Newton d. James Cook 59-52
Craig Smoker d. Brent Heaver 69-42
David Cockatoo-Collins d. Robert Hickmott 61-50

ROUND 3
Alex Georgiou d. Craig Ellis 69-43
Shane Valenti d. Brian Stynes 72-40
Ross Funcke d. Mark Bradly 70-42
Daniel Hughes d. Clay Sampson 62-50
Troy Longmuir d. Rod Owen 68-44
Craig Turley d. Nick Smith 59-53
Leigh Newton d. David Rodan 62-50
Craig Smoker d. David Cockatoo-Collins 84-28

QUARTER FINALS
Alex Georgiou d. Shane Valenti 58-42
Ross Funcke d. Daniel Hughes 61-39
Craig Turley d. Troy Longmuir 55-45
Craig Smoker d. Leigh Newton 56-44

SEMI FINAL
Ross Funcke d. Alex Georgiou 61-52
Craig Smoker d. Craig Turley 61-52

FINAL - Friday 20 November
Craig Smoker - 63
Ross Funcke - 49

 

[ponsdale]

Excellent work Supermercado - I called for a reverse Demon Bracket, and you've delivered.

You've excluded zero game players such as Lucas Cook? Controversial call but probably fair.

There's a few beauties in there. And I use that term very loosely.

 

[Headless]

Subbed.

 

[Benwah83]

The Bracket is back! And this time it's the dregs!

Subbed

 

[Supermercado]

Excellent work Supermercado - I called for a reverse Demon Bracket, and you've delivered.

You've excluded zero game players such as Lucas Cook? Controversial call but probably fair.

There's a few beauties in there. And I use that term very loosely.

It has been suggested that the 2016 end of season classic should be 64 of the 'great' zero game players, and I very much agree. Don't know what leaves for 2017, players who we could have drafted but picked somebody worse instead?

 

[ExTasDeeMan]

How do we get in this C.Smoker action?

 

[LeverPuller]

In b4 the Weet

 

[Praetorian]

I didn't realise Meesen actually played a game for us

Georgiou hype train right here

 

[d33my]

I legit forgot Rodan played for us

 

[Supermercado]

Under cover of the Melbourne Cup the official draw has been released and the original post has been updated.

The first order of business is to get two qualifiers into the tournament which starts Monday, and to do that you'll need to go here and pick your favourite out of Smoker - Goodwin - Longmuir. Qualifying round voting ends at 7pm AEDST on Wednesday 4 November. Good luck.

 

[Headless]

This is going to get me through the off season.

 

[Meds]

It has been suggested that the 2016 end of season classic should be 64 of the 'great' zero game players, and I very much agree. Don't know what leaves for 2017, players who we could have drafted but picked somebody worse instead?

Either that or the 64 greatest players that supported Melbourne as a kid

 

[Proper Gander]

I legit forgot Rodan played for us

Was difficult to see over the barrier if you sit down front, to be fair

 

[stretcharmstrong]

Awesome, tipping Georgiou to go deep.

 

[PerfectFooty]

The dark lord, he who shall not be named

 

[Headless]

The dark lord, he who shall not be named

Which one?

 

[ponsdale]

Had to start with Goodwin - if only for the 22 broken noses!

 

[PerfectFooty]

Which one?

Don't bait me into naming he who can't be named

 

[maxmustard]

Daniel Hughes with a walk to first base.

 

[LeverPuller]

Longmuir for shits and giggs

 

[Praetorian]

Which one?

*** *******

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Love it, so many dirty stinking duds to choose from.

Awesome concept.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Had to start with Goodwin - if only for the 22 broken noses!

Glad to see i wasn't the only one

Too many young people on this board i fear to get 'Moose' through though.

 

[Supermercado]

QUALIFYING ROUND RESULTS

Smoker - 36 (QUALIFIED)
Longmuir - 34 (QUALIFIED)
Goodwin - 33 (DID NOT QUALIFY)

Smoker goes into a first round matchup with Mitch Clisby while Longmuir will play Tom McNamara.

See you next Monday for the first bounce of the tournament proper.

 

[Headless]

Nail-biter to start us off! This bodes well.