Mt Rushmore- Teams

[BomToydd]

I think Libba would make a good american president. Bob would too. And apparently Stringer likes schoolgirls so he's probably most qualified

 

[McOrist]

For the 'Pies:

Nick Daicos
Josh Daicos

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Josh Daicos

Age

27

Ht

178cm

Wt

77kg

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D/M

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Last 5

D

15.6

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

7.3

5star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.6

5star

MG

230.5

4star

D

16.2

4star

K

9.2

4star

HB

7.0

4star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.5

4star

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230.5

4star

D

13.8

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

6.2

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

4.2

5star

Peter Daicos
Colleen Daicos

 

[BomToydd]

For the 'Pies:

Nick Daicos
Josh Daicos
Peter Daicos
Colleen Daicos

Don't know if they should be carved into rock tbh. Probably too hard. Feel like snow would be more appropriate

 

[Makeshift Park]

I think Norths first two are easy.

Carey: the reason North won two nineties flags. 4 b&fs. 7 AAs. NM Team of the Century captain. One of the two best players in the greatest era of football.

Greig: most important player for North’s first golden period. 2x Brownlows. AFL Team of the century.

I find it hard to pick the next two out of Blight, Archer and Boomer. They’ve all got strong cases.

 

[Sarcoidevo]

Saints

Lockett
Harvey
Riewoldt
Barker

 

[OnceWeWereKings]

Showing my age. And apologies, I couldn't stop at 4.

Sticks:
Stephen Kernahan.

Jezza:
Alex Jesaulenko.

Big Nick:
John Nicholls.

The Flying Doormat:
Bruce Doull.

The Dominator:
Wayne Johnstone.

Yep, the first four are mine. They are the CFC giants.
Had The Dominator on the back of my duffle coat

 

[Cmarsh]

Why do we have to have an American analogy for these things?

 

[SSSSSS]

Why do we have to have an American analogy for these things?

Because it's a bit of fun in the preseason

 

[BomToydd]

Why do we have to have an American analogy for these things?

Yeah like what's wrong with '4 best players from each club'?
Came here expecting to see people's thoughts on which afl players would make the best american presidents

 

[Ian Dunross]

Saints

Lockett
Harvey
Riewoldt
Barker

Baldock ahead of Barker for mine

 

[Partridge]

Who is on your Mt Rushmore?

I'll give it a crack.

Geelong
Ablett, Farmer, Ablett, Selwood

I'll tweak the Geelong one:

Ablett senior, Farmer, Ablett junior, Wade

Very easy to consider players like Hickey, Smith, Garry Hocking as well. I'd say the first three are straightforward, gets a bit more complicated after that.

 

[Lingsface]

I'll tweak the Geelong one:

Ablett senior, Farmer, Ablett junior, Wade

Very easy to consider players like Hickey, Smith, Garry Hocking as well. I'd say the first three are straightforward, gets a bit more complicated after that.

Danger/Selwood/Hocking fighting it out for my last place. Danger came later but he has been so good for us for so long.

 

[Lingsface]

Why do we have to have an American analogy for these things?

It is just an iconic symbol for elite people in a category. It's like the Everest horse race, it has nothing to do with Nepal, China or Tibet.

 

[Fadge]

Danger/Selwood/Hocking fighting it out for my last place. Danger came later but he has been so good for us for so long.

Selwood gets the nod for me.

Inspirational captain, 4 flags.

Leadership and longevity an important metric.

 

[SSSSSS]

Danger/Selwood/Hocking fighting it out for my last place. Danger came later but he has been so good for us for so long.

Honestly I'd put Danger > GAJ if we're strictly viewing him for his time at Geelong only.

GAJ had four incredible seasons at the Cats. Danger has had half a dozen?

 

[Lingsface]

Honestly I'd put Danger > GAJ if we're strictly viewing him for his time at Geelong only.

GAJ had four incredible seasons at the Cats. Danger has had half a dozen?

It is an argument, Ablett had 4-5 seasons of being the undisputed best player in the competition as well as a decent comeback and the name has some serious pull. Both won Brownlow's and premierships at the club, but none won the Norm which I am guessing only Bartel has done at Geelong winning the treble? Before I get abused, Ablett in my mind deserved the 08 in our losing side and Danger was as close as possible in 22, also won the Gary Ayers medal as player of the finals.
Danger has 5 AA, 3 bnf, Gary Ayers Medal,Leigh Matthews Trophy, Brownlow and Premiership and captained a side to a grand final. If anyone chooses him I say fair enough. Ablett has 3 leigh matthews,4 All Australians, 2 premierships and a Brownlow at Geelong so it is very hard to split them. Ablett played 192 games for Geelong Danger has played 206 games, Ablett kicked 262 goals at the club and Danger has kicked 202.

 

[Lingsface]

Selwood gets the nod for me.

Inspirational captain, 4 flags.

Leadership and longevity an important metric.

Yes he is an icon of the era as well, the leader of the pack. I would say similar to Ted Whitten at the Dogs, the character almost as big as the footballer.

 

[Saints4ever]

1-Kim Duthie
2-Burning Dwarf
3-Ricky Nixon
4-Sam Fisher

Sam Fisher

Age

43

Ht

191cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.3

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

7.0

4star

M

7.0

5star

T

1.6

4star

MG

220.2

3star

No current season stats available

D

9.0

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

2.4

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

1.2

3star

 

[Partridge]

Honestly I'd put Danger > GAJ if we're strictly viewing him for his time at Geelong only.

GAJ had four incredible seasons at the Cats. Danger has had half a dozen?

Ablett's best - even at Geelong - was better. Was clearly the best player in the competition from 2007-2010 until he left, and was clearly the best player in the competition for another 4 years until his shoulder injury. Dangerfield was the best player in the competition for exactly one year - 2016. People forget Ablett was still a very good player prior to 2007 too - he won the club's goalkicking in 2006.

Ablett got just as much of the ball (if not more), a far better kick, and although he spent far less time down there, a better goalkicker. He was also a far better and more consistent finals performer.

 

[Gibbke]

Who is on your Mt Rushmore?

I'll give it a crack.

Adelaide-
Riccutio, Modra, Mcleod, Walker

Brisbane-
Voss, Black, Neale, Aker

Carlton
Doull, Jeza, Silvagni, Cripps

Collingwood
Coventry, Daicos, Buckley, Pendelbury

Essendon
Sheedy, Hird, Lloyd, Moss

Fremantle
Pav, Fyfe, Sandi, Bell

Gold Coast
Ablett, Swallow, Witts, Anderson

GWS
Greene, Ward, Cameron, Taylor

Geelong
Ablett, Farmer, Ablett, Selwood

Hawthorn
Matthews, Hodge, Dunstall, Franklin

Kangaroos
Carey, Blight, Greig, Harvey

Melbourne
Gawn, Barassi, Smith, Stynes

Port
Tredrae, Wanganeen, Boak, C Cornes

Richmond
Dyer, Bartlett, Martin, Cotchin

Sydney
Kelly, Franklin, Skilton, Goodes

St Kilda
Harvey, Reiwoldt, Stewart, Hayes

Dogs
Bont, Whitten, Grant, Johnson

WCE
Matera, Mcgovern, Judd, Cousins

Hawks - replace Franklin with Hudson.

Tasmania - Nick Daicos. Room for three more...

 

[Yoda_]

Honestly I'd put Danger > GAJ if we're strictly viewing him for his time at Geelong only.

GAJ had four incredible seasons at the Cats. Danger has had half a dozen?

Danger has had 4 good seasons, GAJ had 4 good seasons as well

the stigma between the two separates them imho. GAJ is considered by many to be one of the finest players of this century so should be on it.

 

[Yoda_]

Im not going to pretendIve seen John Coleman, Maddern etc so will stick to those in the 21st century

Lloyd, Watson, Merrett, Hird

 

[Partridge]

Danger has had 4 good seasons, GAJ had 4 good seasons as well

the stigma between the two separates them imho. GAJ is considered by many to be one of the finest players of this century so should be on it.

If you're talking 2007-2010 they were a lot better than "good".

I don't think the stigma separates them, and no one has enjoyed a better media reputation than Dangerfield. On pure football ability and output, to me it's not close. Mind you, I think the same with Ablett and every other midfielder of the same time period. Three times he won the player's MVP and the coach's MVP. That's just at Geelong too.

 

[SSSSSS]

Danger has had 4 good seasons, GAJ had 4 good seasons as well

the stigma between the two separates them imho. GAJ is considered by many to be one of the finest players of this century so should be on it.

Ablett's best - even at Geelong - was better. Was clearly the best player in the competition from 2007-2010 until he left, and was clearly the best player in the competition for another 4 years until his shoulder injury. Dangerfield was the best player in the competition for exactly one year - 2016. People forget Ablett was still a very good player prior to 2007 too - he won the club's goalkicking in 2006.

Ablett got just as much of the ball (if not more), a far better kick, and although he spent far less time down there, a better goalkicker. He was also a far better and more consistent finals performer.

Accolades aren't everything but the tale of the tape is the following for their tenure at Geelong.

Danger - 5x AA, 1x Brownlow, 3x B&F, 1x Premiership and Captain of the club. 206 games and counting.
GAJ - 4x AA, 1x Brownlow, 2x B&F, 2x Premiership. 247 games all out.

That being said you could look back and argue that GAJ was stiff not to win 3x Brownlow's in that time.

 

[Partridge]

Accolades aren't everything but the tale of the tape is the following for their tenure at Geelong.

Danger - 5x AA, 1x Brownlow, 3x B&F, 1x Premiership and Captain of the club. 206 games and counting.
GAJ - 4x AA, 1x Brownlow, 2x B&F, 2x Premiership. 247 games all out.

That being said you could look back and argue that GAJ was stiff not to win 3x Brownlow's in that time.

Need to also include the following though:

Danger - 5x AA, 1x Brownlow, 3x B&F, 1x Premiership and Captain of the club. 1 x Players MVP, 1 x Coaches MVP. 206 games and counting.
GAJ - 4x AA, 1x Brownlow, 2x B&F, 2x Premiership. 3 x Players MVP, 3 x Coaches MVP. 247 games all out.

Spot on about the additional Brownlows for Ablett. Could have very easily won in 2008 and 2010, and only Mark Thompson can answer why he didn't win the 2010 Best and Fairest.