Toast Nic Naitanui #1 Ranked player in AFL
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He's no Hickey though is he
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Has been no.1 for a couple of weeks now.
Is actually increasing his lead week on week. He's now 0.7 ahead of Bontempelli and 1.6 ahead of Liberatore in third per game.
Incidentally he averages 4 rating points more per game than Gawn this season.
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It's a pity the Brownlow isn't measured this way...
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The Brownlow carries too much prestige for an umpire's award.
Where can we see these rankings?
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Imagine how highly rated he'd be if he took two more uncontested marks off the half back line every game.
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I believe he has been the highest performer of 2021 for a few weeks but not the overall highest ranked player until this week.
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Coaches Award should be the most prestigious. To be a senior coach you have to be one of the most football knowledgeable people in the game so the player that they think is the best in the comp is probably the best in the comp.
Not sure how often it lines up with the Brownlow though.
Agreed, coaches and player association awards should be of far greater value.
Umpiring keeps falling to new lows in applied standard and consistency with each week - yet somehow the award voted upon by those same inept umpires remains elevated above all others due to nothing more than tradition.
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The only problem with the coaches award being the most prestigious is they could vote their own player to boost them up even when they dont deserve it.
AFL player ratings are like tv ratings, they could be out by as far as 50-60%.
Absolutely correct, however, I had observed that until 2020 Simpson was pretty reluctant to give Nic his due and usually quite harsh on him. That's changed dramatically.
Anyway, Naitanui is now 11th in the Coaches Votes overall this season and the no. 1 ruck on the list:
https://aflcoaches.com.au/awards/th...r-of-the-year-award/leaderboard/2021/20210119
Can we change the name of this thread to something like "Naitanui should be 2021 AA Ruckman"?
Imagine if he played for a good team that didn't rely on him to get them over the line week in week out.
Yeah not very often. AFLCA POY awarded since 2003, and only 7 times from 18 years has it lined up with the Brownlow.
2020: AFLCA - Lachie Neale. Brownlow - Lachie Neale
2019: AFLCA - Marcus Bontempelli. Brownlow - Nat Fyfe
2018: AFLCA - Max Gawn. Brownlow - Tom Mitchell
2017: AFLCA - Dustin Martin. Brownlow - Dustin Martin
2016: AFLCA - Patrick Dangerfield. Brownlow - Patrick Dangerfield
2015: AFLCA - Daniel Hannebery. Brownlow - Nat Fyfe
2014: AFLCA - Robbie Gray. Brownlow - Matt Priddis
2013: AFLCA - Scott Pendlebury. Brownlow - Gary Ablett
2012: AFLCA - Trent Cotchin. Brownlow - Trent Cotchin/Sam Mitchell
2011: AFLCA - Marc Murphy. Brownlow - Dane Swan
2010: AFLCA - Dane Swan. Brownlow - Chris Judd
2009: AFLCA - Gary Ablett. Brownlow - Gary Ablett
2008: AFLCA - Gary Ablett. Brownlow - Adam Cooney
2007: AFLCA - Gary Ablett. Brownlow - Jimmy Bartel
2006: AFLCA - Adam Goodes/Simon Goodwin. Brownlow - Adam Goodes
2005: AFLCA - Barry Hall. Brownlow - Ben Cousins
2004: AFLCA - Warren Tredrea. Brownlow - Chris Judd
2003: AFLCA - Nathan Buckley. Brownlow - Nathan Buckley/Adam Goodes/Mark Ricciuto
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Gerard's on the AA committee and a Naitanui fanboy too.
Nic Nat surely gets AA. He having an even better year than his last 2 AA years.
Doesn’t seem to come up much in AA discussions in many parts of the media. Healy the exception?
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And yet some still say Gawn by daylight in the AA thread.
If another ruckman playing for Collingwood had those numbers everyone would cream their pants.
