Michael Tuck Medal

[cammo78]

So - now the AFL have decided to shitcan the NAB Cup grand final - what happens to the medal struck in Tucky's honour?

Consigned to the rubbish bin, like most things traditional and historic related to the game?

 

[Hawkers]

Good point cammo. didn't think of this.

As a Hawthorn supporter myself I like the fact that they honoured Tuck. I'd like to see them continue to do that

 

[Steven Tyler]

There is no Michael Tuck medal this year, as there is no pre-season GF

 

[cryptor]

Have a panel award the medal to the best player over the challenge matches?

 

[walhawk]

Award it on GF day to the best player of the final series.
Would have been Gunston, Mundy or Fyfe last year.
Pendelbury, Mitchell, Sewell, Kennedy or O'Brien in 2012.
Sewell in 2008
Ablett in 89

 

[bradrowe#32]

Just give it to Seedsman.

 

[Donakebab]

Re-branding it to a new award would just cause confusion about previous recipients.

It's gone just like the E.J Whitten medal, deal with it.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Insulting to Tuck that the award with his name on it was part of the pre-season

 

[The Blue Baggers]

who cares abt individual medals ? its a team game

 

[the_interloper]

Maybe start up the Travis Tuck medal, awarded to the player who gets the most munted at nightclubs each off season?

 

[timtamWB]

Maybe start up the Travis Tuck medal, awarded to the player who gets the most munted at nightclubs each off season?

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[Adam H]

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Libba doesnt mind it.

 

[Father Jack]

So - now the AFL have decided to shitcan the NAB Cup grand final - what happens to the medal struck in Tucky's honour?

Consigned to the rubbish bin, like most things traditional and historic related to the game?

so they should have kept the previous format purely for the medal?

 

[gillon]

Nobody cared about it before, so I couldn't care less if they got rid of it.

 

[dymot]

Stupid trophy. Up there with the Anzac Medal.

 

[Roddy]

Tucky should be recognised in some way, one of the absolute all time greats of the game.

 

[Pessimistic]

Replaced with the nick maxwell medal for the player who injures a debutant the worst in a meaningless practice game

 

[wally funk]

I reckon the pre-season cup and the Michael Tuck Medal will both be back within a few years, in some form or another.

 

[Schauermann]

Well, there was a lot of talk about the NAB cup being meaningless. But only matches without a cup are even more meaningless.

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

Tucky should be recognised in some way, one of the absolute all time greats of the game.

Let his club do it then, as almost every other all-time great's club is obliged to do if they want to honour them. Nothing against Michael Tuck.

 

[blaze036]

who cares abt individual medals ? its a team game

You mean apart from the players and fans?

 

[Steven Tyler]

Let his club do it then, as almost every other all-time great's club is obliged to do if they want to honour them. Nothing against Michael Tuck.

We named a grandstand at Glenferrie oval after him
Now that oval is weed infested and empty

 

[blue harvest]

Surely he will get a statue at the G.

426 games, 11 GFs, 7 flags (4 as captain), 39 finals

 

[cammo78]

so they should have kept the previous format purely for the medal?

As with most changes this woefully inept organisation (read: dictatorship) continually makes, there was nothing wrong with what we had previously.

Change for changes' sake. And then there will be another change because the first one didn't work. And so on.

As another poster has identified - sure, a lot of people found it meaningless (mainly those whose clubs were contenders for the big cup) - but this 18 games in 18 days with no winner as such is even more meaningless.

I just wish they would leave the bloody game alone!!!

 

[#gosaintas]

His stats read well but the reality is he was an ordinary player