Opinion What unpopular AFL opinions do you have? - Part 2

[Stottzy]

People who say that "putting the whistle away" is good for games, should watch tonights game again. Seriously, it turns the game into trash when nothing is getting called.

 

[ChristianBoy]

People who say that "putting the whistle away" is good for games, should watch tonights game again. Seriously, it turns the game into trash when nothing is getting called.

It won a team the game.

DeGoey was chased tackled to the ground he actually put the ball on the ground play on.

 

[Shai]

who are they cheating for?

It really was a rhetorical question and the answer is... as soon as big punting money came into the equation.

 

[Dogflogger]

I'd like the father son rule abolished now that barrasi is dead, would have liked to see 1 good st kilda father son but dont think i'll live that long.

 

[ChristianBoy]

I'd like the father son rule abolished now that barrasi is dead, would have liked to see 1 good st kilda father son but dont think i'll live that long.

Father son rule is a pisstake. Collingwood have been gifted 3 All Australians due to an archaic zone rule.

 

[2Knights]

People who say that "putting the whistle away" is good for games, should watch tonights game again. Seriously, it turns the game into trash when nothing is getting called.

Agreed. It's a sugar hit for the game - feels good in the moment, bad for the long term health of the game.

 

[2Knights]

Goal of the Year never gets it right. Always goes to the flukey snaps or gimmick goals, while the truly great goals get passed over.

 

[Stottzy]

Gold Coast need an entire reboot with guernsey, theme song and even nickname. Get rid of the yanky doodle style theme song and create something like how Port have done with "never tear us apart", or Brisbanes "country rd". The Gold Coast could work, but stop trying to build it the same way teams came in 20-100 years ago.

 

[Billy ray]

Gold Coast need an entire reboot with guernsey, theme song and even nickname. Get rid of the yanky doodle style theme song and create something like how Port have done with "never tear us apart", or Brisbanes "country rd". The Gold Coast could work, but stop trying to build it the same way teams came in 20-100 years ago.

our song would be fine if it was done in the style of the old style VFL ones - i mean many of those songs have trumpets and brass too, and if you watch the team sing it in a circle after a win (acknowledge you may not have seen such vision), its actually ok

jumper - almost everyone agrees 100% needs a redesign

SUNS nickname i dont think will ever change, unfortunately. shame as Pirates would have been my choice, great for kids, logos, and even colours

but yeh, on the song, if i could work out how to get AI to do the song in the style of the Fable Singers and post it and send it to the club, i would

 

[BringFevBack2021]

Goal of the Year never gets it right. Always goes to the flukey snaps or gimmick goals, while the truly great goals get passed over.

Ashcroft definitely deserved it, however what is so stupid about the system is that Michael Walters goal from the same game goes completely unheralded despite being clearly in the top 3 goals of the year.

 

[Cleavy]

that the premiership medals only go to the winning 22 (plus sub) who played the GF.

 

[Billy ray]

Goal and mark of the year should be awarded a week after grand final to factor in finals contenders

 

[big_e]

Goal and mark of the year should be awarded a week after grand final to factor in finals contenders

Yeah, it's funny they call it the Alex Jesaulanko Medal because of a mark in a grand final, which, because only regular season marks count, wouldn't have been eligible to win the award.

 

[JackFlash]

Haven't done this one for a while, but here goes: The AFL should make long socks "pulled up" mandatory for every player!

 

[Clark G]

that the premiership medals only go to the winning 22 (plus sub) who played the GF.

What about the senior coach?

 

[1989]

our song would be fine if it was done in the style of the old style VFL ones - i mean many of those songs have trumpets and brass too, and if you watch the team sing it in a circle after a win (acknowledge you may not have seen such vision), its actually ok

jumper - almost everyone agrees 100% needs a redesign

SUNS nickname i dont think will ever change, unfortunately. shame as Pirates would have been my choice, great for kids, logos, and even colours

but yeh, on the song, if i could work out how to get AI to do the song in the style of the Fable Singers and post it and send it to the club, i would

Gold Coast Pirates would have been ******* awesome. Most 21st Century sporting nicknames are putrid and often impossible to make decent mascots and logos out of.

 

[Pistol Night]

Father son rule is a pisstake. Collingwood have been gifted 3 All Australians due to an archaic zone rule.

Im assuming you'll be handing Jack Viney back?

 

[Cleavy]

What about the senior coach?

yes, senior coach too. I just meant they shouldn't award medals to all players on the list.

 

[Rustin Cohle]

Im assuming you'll be handing Jack Viney back?

Nah, he's salty as **** because his beloved St. Kilda have zero good father sons.

 

[ChristianBoy]

Im assuming you'll be handing Jack Viney back?

When it comes to VFL designated zones it’s a pisstske. Just because a few teams were gifted healthy zones is a piss take.

 

[ChristianBoy]

Im assuming you'll be handing Jack Viney back?

Yes drafting a SArecruit compared to gifted a healthy zone.

 

[BringFevBack2021]

Instead of having a bounce to start an AFL game toss the coin to see who kicks off.

Winner of the toss gets the ball and teams set up from that point on but in 6,6,6 formation so no flooding.


On SM-S908E using BigFooty.com mobile app

Ben, this is your parole officer. I told you mate, no more BigFooty.

 

[HTPunter]

I'm been cooking up this draft hot take for awhile

Teams should look to split top 5 draft picks for 3 mid-range draft picks every single time

Draftees are like used cars, usually their value goes down as soon as they play a season. Would you trade pick 1 for Cadman? Or pick 6 for DGB?

As an example, I used a random number generator for picks 2-5 v 13-17 + 22-29 + 30-36. Teams overvalue top picks, so they'd pay slightly over points value to move up and get their target.

2016 Draft
5 for 15, 22, 31

Will Setterfield for Jordan Gallucci, Jordan Ridley, Josh Begley

2017 Draft
3 for 13, 27, 32

Paddy Dow for Jarrod Brandner, Brent Daniels, Brayden Ainsworth

2018 Draft
3 for 16, 27, 33

Izak Rankine for Ned McHenry, Tom Sparrow, James Jordan

I'm taking splitting picks for the first two years and picking Rankine in 2018 - so 2-1 score. I did genuinely do these with RNG - even if you take a non-Dow top 3 pick, the same can be said for near misses with the lower picks e.g. Bolton, English, Fritsch.

On a similar note, trading a future first pick for a high pick in the current year makes so much sense to me? You get an extra year of development into the draft pick, and he’s a year closer to the players already on your list.

Ever since Melbourne got Pickett via trading with North this way I’ve thought it was the way to go. Why would you kick your list build a year down the line?

 

[peetoo]

Haven't done this one for a while, but here goes: The AFL should make long socks "pulled up" mandatory for every player!

At least long socks with long sleeves

 

[spike101]

At least long socks with long sleeves

Put away the hairy armpits; I was on a tram the other day sitting down and a bloke wearing a Collingwood guernsey lifted up his rms to hang onto a strap; the stench was excruciating.