Ron Barassi Medal

[LordLucifer]

On "Midweek Tackle" tonight, they made mention of a story in tomorrow's HUN (Friday) where the AFL will announce the introduction of the 'Ron Barassi Medal' which will be given to the captain of the premiership team every year.

I like the idea of a medal being named in Barassi's honour but feel that is not the best use of one.

Thoughts ??

 

[Clark G]

On "Midweek Tackle" tonight, they made mention of a story in tomorrow's HUN (Friday) where the AFL will announce the introduction of the 'Ron Barassi Medal' which will be given to the captain of the premiership team every year.

I like the idea of a medal being named in Barassi's honour but feel that is not the best use of one.

Thoughts ??

What if the winning team has co-captains?

 

[Woolly Mammoth]

On "Midweek Tackle" tonight, they made mention of a story in tomorrow's HUN (Friday) where the AFL will announce the introduction of the 'Ron Barassi Medal' which will be given to the captain of the premiership team every year.

I like the idea of a medal being named in Barassi's honour but feel that is not the best use of one.

Thoughts ??

Fairly Vic-centric but I guess that cats already out of the bag with the Norm Smith and Jock Mchale medals

 

[Osho]

He is such a giant of the game, even after passing away, and so I like this idea very much.

 

[Captivating]

What if the captain doesn't play through injury / suspension?

 

[L_W_P]

Seems rather arbitrary doesn't it?

We would already call Trent Cotchin

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a "Three time Premiership Captain". Does changing it to "Three time Ron Barassi medalist" really mean anything? Would prefer the great man be given something a little more meaningful.

Weren't they considering naming the Cup after him? That would've been far better.

 

[_Mike_]

What if the captain doesn't play through injury / suspension?

Captain of the Grand Final team, doesnt necessarily equate to club captain through the season.

 

[00Stinger]

does the captain of the premiership team need their own medal?

 

[BF Tiger]

It's weird because of the ten flags that Barassi was involved in he was only captain in two of them (1960 and 1964).

This is poorly thought out by the AFL.

 

[Schauermann]

Pretty useless medal. Most premiership captains are remembered anyway.

 

[Borussia Teeth]

Dumb idea.

 

[powerrrrrrrrrrrr]

What an absolutely dumb idea. So I’m not surprised at all.

 

[Cleavy]

What if the winning team has co-captains?

apparently they will have an extra medal on standby

 

[Cleansweep17]

I don’t really like the change because it sort of gives the Dees ownership of the ultimate prize.

I heard some journos say it wasn’t enough and wanted the premiership cup to be the Ron Barassi cup.

 

[Billy ray]

Not a fan

 

[Roobs321]

Seems a bit lame personally, probably a HoF resume-pad agenda behind it for flag captains that weren’t necessarily comp stars. Surely they could have found a more thoughtful way to honour his legacy to the game.

 

[craffles]

don’t like it at all.

 

[JackFlash]

Good idea, very appropriate. Be thankful the Premiership Cup idea wasn't used! The Captain of the Grand Final team is an excellent idea and can be presented on the day.

 

[giggler99]

So does the Premiership captain get a premiership medals as well or just the Ron Barrasi medal?

I don’t really like the change because it sort of gives the Dees ownership of the ultimate prize.

I heard some journos say it wasn’t enough and wanted the premiership cup to be the Ron Barassi cup.

Seems rather arbitrary doesn't it?

We would already call Trent Cotchin a "Three time Premiership Captain". Does changing it to "Three time Ron Barassi medalist" really mean anything? Would prefer the great man be given something a little more meaningful.

Weren't they considering naming the Cup after him? That would've been far better.

I'd rather they renamed the Premiership Cup after him too but from my understanding I don't think Ron wanted the Cup named after him when he was alive. The AFL would have explored the idea and consulted the family but the Barassi family probably asked the AFL to honor Ron's whish not to have the Cup named after him? I am projecting.. but if the AFL wanted to name the Cup after him they would have done it by now don't you think?

 

[Osho]

I don’t really like the change because it sort of gives the Dees ownership of the ultimate prize.

I heard some journos say it wasn’t enough and wanted the premiership cup to be the Ron Barassi cup.

Dees, and Blues, and Sydney, oh and North .....

 

[Cleansweep17]

Dees, and Blues, and Sydney, oh and North .....

ROAR!

 

[Cleansweep17]

So does the Premiership captain get a premiership medals as well or just the Ron Barrasi medal?



I'd rather they renamed the Premiership Cup after him too but from my understanding I don't think Ron wanted the Cup named after him when he was alive. The AFL would have explored the idea and consulted the family but the Barassi family probably asked the AFL to honor Ron's whish not to have the Cup named after him? I am projecting.. but if the AFL wanted to name the Cup after him they would have done it by now don't you think?

Does anybody know if the Jock McHale medal for the premiership Coach looks different to a regular one?

I’m assuming it will be the same deal with the Barassi one

 

[Byron_Clanger]

Personally I don't think it's necessary to add ANOTHER medallion presented when there's the Norm Smith, the coaches medal and the players, but the captain has to go to the dais to make a little thank you speech any way so you're only really adding a couple extra second to put a medal around him so it's just like meh, do it if you want.

Imagine the photo when the captain wins the Norm Smith as well, blokes gonna have three medals dangling off his neck.

 

[Byron_Clanger]

Does anybody know if the Jock McHale trophy for the premiership Coach looks different to a regular one?

I’m assuming it will be the same deal with the Barassi one

I only just thought of that now...would the captain have two medals? Or just the Ronald for being the captain.

 

[Cleansweep17]

I only just thought of that now...would the captain have two medals? Or just the Ronald for being the captain.

I think it’ll just be the 1, I’m pretty sure the coach doesn’t get 2.

AFL would want to save money anyway tbh.