2014 AFL Hall of Fame inductees

[Silent Alarm]

Much like a lot of AFL sanctioned awards, this thing barely has that much prestige. Some undeserved names in there.

 

[PrideOf]

lol only on BF is a Brownlow relevant to talk someone down when they do not win one! Ye when they do win it and they are player of dislike or play for a club that people don't like the Brownlow is shat upon.

Carry on with the no win situation.

Sorry champ, but that doesn't make any sense.

Kouta was brilliant in 2000. He won an AFL MVP, well deserved. Would have won a Brownlow too had he not done his knee.

But that was one year.

 

[Gus Poyet]

Kouta? Really? 1 flag, 2 B&Fs, 2 All Australian. Great player and amazing athlete but HOF?

Some say it was he who revolutionised and was the catalyst for the change in the way onballers were drafted. The begining of the tall athletic midfielder started with him.

 

[Rioli magic]

Kouta? Who's next Daniel Chick?

 

[Chism]

Sorry champ, but that doesn't make any sense.

Kouta was brilliant in 2000. He won an AFL MVP, well deserved. Would have won a Brownlow too had he not done his knee.

But that was one year.

Watch the 1999 season as well champ.

Also even the 1995 flag win when he was only a youngster.

 

[Fadge]

Some say it was he who revolutionised and was the catalyst for the change in the way onballers were drafted. The begining of the tall athletic midfielder started with him.

Leigh Brown revolutionised the second ruck role, when is he eligible for the Hall of Fame?

 

[Chism]

Kouta? Who's next Daniel Chick?

Richie Vandenberg.

 

[pazza]

Some say it was he who revolutionised and was the catalyst for the change in the way onballers were drafted. The begining of the tall athletic midfielder started with him.

Never deserved to be considered. The first footballer to truly hold a club to ransom for money and helped wreck Carlton in the last decade in terms of salary cap problems.

 

[Gus Poyet]

Leigh Brown revolutionised the second ruck role, when is he eligible for the Hall of Fame?

No he didn't.

 

[Rioli magic]

Richie Vandenberg.

Onya Richie!

 

[Gus Poyet]

Never deserved to be considered. The first footballer to truly hold a club to ransom for money and helped wreck Carlton in the last decade in terms of salary cap problems.

If you say so.

 

[Chism]

If you say so.

99 Prelim is still hurting them so go easy.

 

[Gus Poyet]

99 Prelim is still hurting them so go easy.

Yeah true, he ripped them a new one that day.

 

[pazza]

99 Prelim is still hurting them so go easy.

Irrelevant.

 

[Chism]

Irrelevant.

Of course it is to any Bombers supporter.

 

[PrideOf]

Watch the 1999 season as well champ.

Also even the 1995 flag win when he was only a youngster.

That would be the same year of 1999 where he didn't even make All Australian?

 

[The King!]

kouta is a no brainer selection to me, his stats are pretty awesome and they don't tell the full story

 

[Dramoth]

Player shouldn't be inducted because of how good he *could* have been.

You still smarting over the new one he tore you guys in 99?

 

[ManWithNoName]

The fact that even Carlton fans can only point to two, maybe three, seasons for Kouta says it all IMO. Even they know, but they won't admit it.

 

[Tarkyn_24]

What a load of absolute horseshit. What more does Seeds have to do to get in?

 

[ManWithNoName]

You still smarting over the new one he tore you guys in 99?

Yes. That's exactly what I'm doing. I think he deserves it but I'm arguing the opposite point because of a game that happened 15 years ago when I was too young to really comprehend it.

You caught me.

 

[Chism]

That would be the same year of 1999 where he didn't even make All Australian?

Oh that's right i forgot all these awards have to be ticked off before a player gets any recognition.

Yet when they do get these awards they are shat on and the selection process is a joke because he plays for a team other people don't like which creates negative bias.

Anyway enjoy the thread.

 

[Gus Poyet]

Not everyone who will go into the hall of fame will be the greatest. Some will be there because they are iconic symbols of the sport or they were players whose play revolutionised the game in certain ways. Given we've ripped the HoF concept off US sports that's how US sports induct their players.

 

[Kram]

Kouta also being a Gladiator gets him over the line.

 

[Hawkinspired]

Not really fair. Johnson was a very high quality and consistent performer.

364 games
543 goals
3 x B&F
3 x Leading goal kicker
6 x AA (captain in 2006)
Bulldogs Captain
Bulldogs Team of the Century

I think we over hype players that have played a large amount of games. Johnson was a good player, nothing more. 2006 was a great season for him, no doubt about that. We can't have every player that was an all Australian captain as a hall of famer. Is it because he smiles, has a great record and generally seems like a great bloke?

On the other end of the spectrum you have Brendan Fevola who retired in the same year. You could fill a page with his misdemeanours but he was twice the player of Johnson. Speaking of which he kicked more goals from almost half as many games. Just like the recent brownlow talk, we want to reward the best player, not the fairest. Fevola was a rare talent and how a durable journeyman and a all round nice guy pips him is staggering.