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While presiding over a pretty woeful period of age for the Lions as well. Let's compare him to his contemporaries
Carey: Premiership captain
Tredrea: Premiership Captain
Hall: Premiership Captain
Pavlich: Grand Finalist, sustained period of flag threat
Riewoldt: Grand Finalist, sustained period of flag threat.
You can argue that he didn't have the team, but if we're allowed to bring the rest of the team into the discussion, you can write off his 3 flags as he was a 2nd tier ridealong and 3rd banana to Lynch and Bradshaw.
Carey: Premiership captain
Tredrea: Premiership Captain
Hall: Premiership Captain
Pavlich: Grand Finalist, sustained period of flag threat
Riewoldt: Grand Finalist, sustained period of flag threat.
You can argue that he didn't have the team, but if we're allowed to bring the rest of the team into the discussion, you can write off his 3 flags as he was a 2nd tier ridealong and 3rd banana to Lynch and Bradshaw.
Carey was 25.5 years, Tredders was 25.75 years, Hall was 28.5 years, Pavlich 31.75 years, Riewoldt 26.9 years when these guys either held their first premiership cup or made their first GF. Brown was 20.9 years old when he won his first flag and in 2003 when he won his 3rd at 22.9 years he was the number 1 forward at the Lions. The big key in all of these comparisons in premiership years or GF years is look at the mid field and how good it was and for how long both before and after those GFs.
