GWS Goose
Brownlow Medallist
Yet again the Sophomores have screwed it and left the Rookies high and dry and yet again The Goose is here to save the day. (I won't call myself a hero, but if others think it is approriate I won't disagree)
Although the Sophomores are hopeless, Im not sure they are totally to blame for this once great award again being neglected, I think the decline started a few years back and many are to blame.
I think the Rookies need an explanation of why they have been so horribly neglected this year, so I will outline the history of the demise of this award and apportion blame to those at fault.
Ironically the class of Season 29 probably did too good a job and made the task too daunting. GremioPower created separate elements with not 1 but 2 weekly nominations that required loads of work on a weekly basis. The s29, but mostly Gremio, probably started the rot by expecting future draft classes to have the same commitment as the S29 class which History has shown to be jam full of some of the leagues most active participants.
And in another twist of fate, one of the rising stars biggest advocates was very demanding of his fellow s30 classmates and created a group who has actively worked against this once fine award.
Season 32 is where the wheels fell off. Greenery basically stuffed it. This is the first time that I had to save the day and in the end put together one of the greatest rising star performances in history, others did stuff too, but mostly me. (Again, Im not saying hero, but I think it is clear)
The last 2 seasons we've limped to the line with stuff that passes, but just.
This year, we've had no ongoing nominations, not rookie engagement via this award and unsurprisingly we see the old skool back in my day types whinging about rookies.
So here we are, The Goose is here today to save the Rookies with a rising star Event for the ages.
I will announce each rounds nominations over the course of the next few days.
I will arrange amazing write ups and cool graphics and it will be tops.
The rookies will be engaged, they will invigorate the league and the SFA will be saved.
Im not saying you guys should build a statue of me, but you probably should.
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