WA Legends

[luke1990]

Has anyone heard who the eight players are that have been elevated as LEGENDS at tonight's WAFL Hall of fame?

 

[Captain Random]

Cable, Farmer, Truscott, Doig, McIntosh, Moloney, Todd, Walker

 

[Streaker]

Eight former WAFL players have been elevated to legend status in the Western Australia Football Hall of Fame.

Graham "Polly" Farmer, Barry Cable and John Todd head the list of inductees which also includes William "Nipper" Truscott, George Moloney, George Doig, Merv McIntosh and Bill Walker.

The group was chosen from a list of 81 football figures singled out for their performances in the 119-year history of West Coast football.

 

[Moo]

Gees there is a little bit of talent in that group?

Bunts is still the man IMHO

 

[Streaker]

Originally posted by Moo
Gees there is a little bit of talent in that group?

Bunts is still the man IMHO

There is quite abit of talent that weren't included but you have to set limits. I am sure that we have enough legends of the game to keep adding a few every year for quite a few years to come.

 

[materamagic]

where is uncle george??? (Grljsich)

 

[GoEagles]

I'd like to think Dennis Cometti would get into the Media Hall of Fame before George Grljsich

 

[Captain Random]

My cattledog will get into the Hall of Fame before George Grljusich

 

[Streaker]

Originally posted by materamagic
where is uncle george??? (Grljsich)

Same place as my cousin Brad (Hardie).

 

[masai]

Those legends are very worthy, no debate there.

I have a query, Woosha has been placed in the hall of fame on the apparent basis of his captaincy and playing skills. Dean Kemp was a brilliant player who excelled in 200+ games.

On playing skills Kemp romps it in, but Woosha was the captain.

To me it is interesting that Dean Kemp has been overlooked, but Woosha and Bluey got a guernsey, even though on the surface Kemp may have been the better player in the era this trio played.

Your thoughts?.

 

[Captain Random]

There were some superb skilful players in the Eagles early-90's sides, some of the standouts being Kemp, Matera (who each took home a Norm Smith medal), Mainwaring and Lewis, to name four. All of these blokes arguably would have had better playing skills than Worsfold.

What Worsfold did was put a steel rod through the spine of the Eagles of the early 90's, by being a superb on-field leader as well as an enforcer of sorts. While his playing skills don't match the above, he's gone on with the task off the field, coaching with Carlton and taking the Eagles from a deadset rabble to finalists in the space of a season. Bluey lesser so, but he's coached with two AFL sides now and gotten Claremont into the finals, which gives him a leg-up, I suspect.

 

[jess-jess]

Originally posted by masai
Those legends are very worthy, no debate there.

I have a query, Woosha has been placed in the hall of fame on the apparent basis of his captaincy and playing skills. Dean Kemp was a brilliant player who excelled in 200+ games.

On playing skills Kemp romps it in, but Woosha was the captain.

To me it is interesting that Dean Kemp has been overlooked, but Woosha and Bluey got a guernsey, even though on the surface Kemp may have been the better player in the era this trio played.

Your thoughts?.

the only reason he wasn't (like roo) is because it hasn't been three years since he retired. (a requirement for being inducted) he retired in 2001 so the earliest he can be put in is next year. Roo can't be put in until 2006.

 

[Croydon]

George Grljusich

Those detractors of George Grljusich have apparently very little idea on what makes a good sports commentator. It appears that his abruptness on 6PR has turned many against him. But his commentary, which started in 1961, was outstanding, especially during the 1970s and eighties. In contrast, Dennis Cometti, though a fine commentator, has not yet achieved the higfh standard of Grljusich.

 

[Captain Random]

As long as I've been listening to George, he's been heavily opinionated and prone to irrelevant flights of fancy, often involving John Gerovich in some way. These things get in the way of his calling. Much like how Cometti now thinks he's some sort of stand-up comedian starts to grate after a while.

Good sports commentators shouldn't really even be noticed.

George might have been better in the 60's and 70's, but I (like no doubt many others) haven't heard any of his stuff from then. So as far as the Hall of Fame is concerned, he's quite possibly in the same boat as someone like Tom Outridge, who has been praised as an outstanding commentator.

 

[Exeter]

George IMO is a dinosaur. You can't doubt his passion but his judgement is often skewed by his bias.

For mine, Tim Lane is the doyen of radio commentators although he tends to overcall on Channel 10.

Dan Lonergan is also IMO a much underrated commentator

 

[Thrawn666]

Re: George Grljusich

Originally posted by Croydon
Those detractors of George Grljusich have apparently very little idea on what makes a good sports commentator. It appears that his abruptness on 6PR has turned many against him. But his commentary, which started in 1961, was outstanding, especially during the 1970s and eighties. In contrast, Dennis Cometti, though a fine commentator, has not yet achieved the higfh standard of Grljusich.

Please....

Grillyadick and high standards in the same sentence?