mark of the year

[Sloth]

"They're calling it the mark of the year, though Walker has some stiff competition from Collingwood's Andrew Krakouer. Either way, Walker's unintended boost from poor rookie Jake Carlisle has taught Australia a new word: posterized."

http://deadspin.com/5824382/the-best-argument-for-eliminating-offensive-pass-interference

 

[Lance Uppercut]

It'd be very interesting to calculate the value of this mark in marketing and global exposure. It's up to 2.44 million views on YouTube. It has been featured on HuffPost, Yahoo sports UK and US, front page of Reddit and who knows where else. In other words it's gone "viral".

The dollar value of that must global exposure to our game must be incredible.

the most viewed football video ever now.

 

[Wallaby]

Kadour Ziani has a vertical leap of 60 inches, Google what a guy jumping 1.5 meters looks like, It doesn't look like that

I believe Walker deserves MOTY at this stage however, but no way was he approaching a world record vertical leap height.

It's about raising your centre of gravity - not where your arms and legs finish up after taking an extra push.

If you watch his navel (pretty close to the COG) is at the level of Carlisle's head before he gets the 'ride' - so he's jumped quite a bit under a metre at best.

There's a lot of argument about how much a top High jumper raises their COG - a guesstimate is Sotomayor raised his COG about 1.2-1.3m during his world record (2.45).

Still a f*&%$ing good mark, though.

 

[The Falcon Strike]

I'll exclude NN for bias - but out of the other three - Petterd number 1.

On the shoulders, got the lift and took it in the hands above the head.

 

[Blue and Silver]

Straighten his legs and they would be at hip height of a crouching Carlisle. That would more likely be around 90cm. He then received a ride that pushed him up that wasn't pure leap. The draft camp record is something like 102cm for the running leap in ideal conditions, you really think he smashed it by 58cms?

Where he marked the ball, a ruckman could have stood there with his arms outstretched and taken it.

My apoligies my understanding of bio-metrics is poor. I can't measure a vertical leap to the satisfactory level

Still doesn't answer the primary question though. How many other players could do it. Name them

 

[Underdog]

Still doesn't answer the primary question though. How many other players could do it. Name them

If we're talking 90+cm leaps then not many. You'd get maximum of a handful of capable players each draft - some drafts have none like 2010, some have 5 like 2004.

 

[maryjames]

Front page of yahoo.co.uk as well.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/article/62000/

Love the comments..Its a foul.. He cheated.. haha

 

[Blue and Silver]

Love the comments..Its a foul.. He cheated.. haha

They have absolutely no Fing idea what they have watched but decide that it was either:

a) illegal

b) Relatively simple (some thing to the effect of, he used the other guy as a stepladder)

c) catching in other sports is much harder, this game is stupid

I guess some people just feel like they are entitled to have an opinion on everything

 

[Valli]

Not as good as Walker's but..

[YOUTUBE]aNSuShlel7Y[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Blues_Man]

Not as good as Walker's but..

[YOUTUBE]aNSuShlel7Y[/YOUTUBE]

Simpson took one just as good in the 3rd quarter and it never got a mention .

 

[Ghostwriter]

Aaron Edwards mark in the 07 qf was one of the greatest marks ever taken, Walker doesn't deserve to mentioned in this thread.

 

[sherb]

Aaron Edwards mark in the 07 qf was one of the greatest marks ever taken, Walker doesn't deserve to mentioned in this thread.

A mark taken this year doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the "Mark of the Year" thread?

 

[lyall]

Front page of yahoo.co.uk as well.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/article/62000/

Bigfooty seems quite knowledgeable and civilized compared to the comments on that page

 

[Blues_Man]

Aaron Edwards mark in the 07 qf was one of the greatest marks ever taken, Walker doesn't deserve to mentioned in this thread.

ah ah 07 ..well i guess we should include that one in this mark of the year thread

 

[Corrosion]

Great grab by Petrie.

Simpson with a good mark also.

 

[DamoESP]

Bigfooty seems quite knowledgeable and civilized compared to the comments on that page

Yeah, read the first page of comments and was nearly smashing my head against my keyboard....so many ignorant people in the world.

 

[dajesmac]

Walker has it sewn up.

 

[Blues_Man]

Yeah, read the first page of comments and was nearly smashing my head against my keyboard....so many ignorant people in the world.

Those peanuts on there make Big Footy posters look like doyens....ignorant and stupid are the comments that come to mind after reading that forum .

 

[sr36]

It's mark of the year so far without a doubt. Some people don't seem to realise that Mark of the Year goes to the most spectacular mark, not the most difficult. Walker's was one of the most spectacular ever. Sure it wasn't one of the most difficult, as he was one out with the sit. I'd liken it to Moorcroft's mark of the year. Someone like Carey would have marked that ball with two feet still on the ground.

 

[Espe]

Check out this girl summing up the Andrew Walker mark, LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB-N_cRDp20

Channel 7 sign her up!!!!

 

[DamoESP]

Check out this girl summing up the Andrew Walker mark, LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB-N_cRDp20

Channel 7 sign her up!!!!

My god....I feel like my brain has somehow lost cells from just watching that

 

[Gibbsy]

Check out this girl summing up the Andrew Walker mark, LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB-N_cRDp20

Channel 7 sign her up!!!!

HAHAHAH. "I don't know if you say this in English but... he climbed into another player's shoulders to catch the ball!!!"

 

[audas]

Check out this girl summing up the Andrew Walker mark, LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB-N_cRDp20

Channel 7 sign her up!!!!

Someone send this Barthelona chick to walks.

Think she might be a touch pithesssed.

 

[Effes]

Aaron Edwards mark in the 07 qf was one of the greatest marks ever taken, Walker doesn't deserve to mentioned in this thread.

How'd you enjoy the night mate?

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Not as good as Walker's but..

[YOUTUBE]aNSuShlel7Y[/YOUTUBE]

If only Laidler hadnt folded like a house of cards.