I remember hearing something, I could be wrong , perhaps from Wayne Carey saying that Rowell and Daicos played First 18 football together at Carey and that Daicos was every bit as good if not better then Rowell in that team being 2 years younger, the year Rowell went pick 1.
Carey is clearly off his chops. Rowell underage year was superb but in particular his grand final game where he played one of the best games I’ve seen from a draftee.
Excellent post. But you have to admit that the shitfights are kinda fun, BigFooty likely wouldn't exist without them.
I'm sure there'd be some, but if we had a whole year's form and statistics to look at, it would be far more likely to receive support. Not just that, but you need a bit of time to pass to avoid recency bias and consider things more objectively. If anything, looking at the first couple of pages showed just how many players had great first seasons, some of which were largely forgotten because they didn't go on to become genuine superstars of the game. I had no idea Paul Haselby had such a strong and immediate start to his career, certainly looks better stats-wise than Daicos, as does Chris Grant, and that's before we get into guys like Hudson and co. whom most of us have never seen.
Stat's often do lie.
lol Heath Shaw was miles better that year....
Coleman must have been seriously next level.
No other player came close to kicking a century for a 30 year period around that.
Ah yes Norm Waugh how could I forget
If you’re old enough to remember, you’ve probably also forgotten…
He'd already won a WAFL premiership and played two state games, doesn't count as a rising star of best 1st year player.
there are plenty competing for top 5 and Serge and Stephen are in the conversation for sure, who would you take out? Others i thought about were the Vineys, who would win the hardest father son competition (only 1 GF between them though and no Brownlows), the Mitchells, the Hawkins, Libbas?
