Mt Rushmore- Teams

[MuzzHawk]

For hawthorn I’d have John Kennedy Snr and Leigh Matthew’s as definites.

Then you could make an argument for Tuck, Dunstall, Hudson or Hodge based on your preferences. If Mitchell has some premiership success as a coach then he is probably in the conversation too.

 

[Fadge]

richmond
Royce Hart / Richardson / Dusty /Cotchin

KB and Jack Dyer say hello.

 

[Fadge]

Essendon
Reynolds / Hird / Coleman / Hutchison

Probably the greatest Mt. Rushmore of any club.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Coleman
Reynolds
Hutchison
Hird

 

[Chunky Steak]

That Bombers quartet takes some beating. Simon Madden would also sit comfortably in many clubs' best.

 

[Tackle Bag]

Dyer
Hart
Bartlett
Martin

 

[Lingsface]

That Bombers quartet takes some beating. Simon Madden would also sit comfortably in many clubs' best.

Farmer, Ablett. Ablett not a bad starting 3.

Matthews Dunstall Kennedy is pretty elite as well.

 

[Lingsface]

Who makes the umpires Mount Rushmore?

 

[MadMaxx]

I wouldn't have Lance Franklin in the Hawthorn one (when I saw his name I wondered if it was a most talented list, but can see Sheedy, Norm Smith and others are in the list, highlighting it is indeed the most important figures for a club, as a "Mt Rushmore" should be).

Franklin was obviously awesome but ultimately played less than 200 games for the Hawks, is not in our top 4 goalkickers and 'only' played in 2 flags.

I think an appropriate replacement should be chosen from:

John Kennedy Snr- 4 best and fairests as a player, captained the club to its first ever finals series (after decades of ineptitute) and 5 seasons as captain and best player during a transformative era. Took over as coach and completed the transformation from (terrible) amateur club to a professional outfit with "Kennedy's commandoes", becoming easily the fittest and most disciplined club in the league and coaching Hawthorn to it's first 3 flags over 290+ games in 2 separate stints (we were poor in between). Hawthorn TOTC coach, bronze statue of the man at our HQ and one of the first Hawthorn reps granted legend status at the AFL (Also did plenty off field over the decades post coaching and a legacy with his son and grandson).

Michael Tuck - Most Hawthorn games (426 - league record for 3 decades), most wins (league record), most Grand Finals (11 - league record), most premierships (7 - league record). Captained the club to 4 flags. MUCH better player than some people remember - captained Victoria, multiple Carnival era AA's and Team of the Years, runner up in the B&F to the greatest player of all time 6 times, etc, etc.

Sam Mitchell - 300+ games, 5 B&F's, 4 flags and the most consistently elite player during our 3-peat, 4 flag era. Brownlow medallist (top 3, 4 times), captained a flag and one of the greatest finals performers of all time. Holds lots of Hawthorn statistical records (Most Brownlow votes - 3rd all time, most 30+ disposal games, most disposals, most clearances, etc, etc). Now coaching the club (with promising early signs).

Peter Hudson.

HOF Legend

Greatest GPG average in league history

 

[Fadge]

Dyer
Hart
Bartlett
Martin

Yep.

That's the 4 for Richmond.

 

[Tall poppy Syndrome]

Agree with the points made so far, good feedback and a few definite misses from me.

Great idea for a thread though. Well done.

 

[TimN2]

Pav Fyfe Mundy Sandilands

I respect these choices, but the Freo Mt Rushmore that the fans (me, anyway) are crying out to see would be:
Cliiiiive,
Scott Chisholm,
Dale Kickett (to be shown in an action pose thumping a faceless West Coast player)
Jeff "The Real Wiz" Farmer

And for bonus Freo content, Ryan Crowley to appear on the North Melbourne one, shadowing Brent Harvey.

 

[demondavey]

Pies would be

McHale, S.Coventry, G.Coventry and A.Collier

What, no Naicos??

 

[Lingsface]

Great idea for a thread though. Well done.

Stole it off an nba podcast to be honest haha.

 

[Lingsface]

I respect these choices, but the Freo Mt Rushmore that the fans (me, anyway) are crying out to see would be:
Cliiiiive,
Scott Chisholm,
Dale Kickett (to be shown in an action pose thumping a faceless West Coast player)
Jeff "The Real Wiz" Farmer

And for bonus Freo content, Ryan Crowley to appear on the North Melbourne one, shadowing Brent Harvey.

Clive a candidate, icon.