Worst Brownlow Medalist since 2000

[Slax]

Seeing we have a poll for the best performance in a Brownlow medal year, now for the worst since 2000.

Yes, I have deliberately not included Woewodin in this one because it would rendered the poll useless.

 

[RichMill]

It's hard to say; a lot of these players have been good in their respective seasons, but if I have to pick one, I'm going to go for Cooney, because, whilst he was pretty good back then, he was by far not the best player of '08

 

[Rainfall]

I think most people will vote Cooney. Then again maybe Watson because of the drug saga.

 

[TazHawk15]

Judd in 2010 was an absolute joke as was him squeezing into the AA side that year on the bench.

 

[Dredd272]

Judd in 2010 was an absolute joke as was him squeezing into the AA side that year on the bench.

at least he made the side. *couch* Priddis *cough*

 

[TazHawk15]

at least he made the side. *couch* Priddis *cough*

That is the thing though.

It was a massive joke that he made that team on the bench.

 

[TN25]

Cooney just nudges out Priddis IMO

 

[SickQwon]

Judd in 2010 was an absolute joke as was him squeezing into the AA side that year on the bench.

Swan should've won it in 2010
Judd should've won it in 2011

 

[HolyWars]

Cooney 2008, Judd 2010, or Priddis 2014.

I will go with Judd 2010. Ablett or Swan were that far ahead of him that season that it was ridiculous. Swan should probably have won it and if anything, Judd would have been more deserving the following year.

 

[HODGEYROAD]

Swan should've won it in 2010
Judd should've won it in 2011

Franklin should have won it in 2008

 

[ManOfClay]

So many kids with short memories. Cooney was absolutely brilliant in 2008. You can argue other players deserved it more but he was still superb in a top four team.

Priddis last year for mine. West Coast's midfield is generally recognised as terrible. Most teams with a brownlow-calibre midfielder should be above that. Is it because too much is left to Priddis or because Priddis generally gets lots of the ball but has little impact?

 

[ryan_seb]

I still can't believe Priddis won it

 

[Nomad12]

Cooney's 2008 was awesome!! He's never been the same consistently since and ablett probably looked to have had a better season but there were games cooney turned and almost won off his own boot for dogs that year and dogs won alot of games so I could see why he got votes. I agree he's probably had one of the worst overall career but not his brownlow year.

pretty hard to say who had the worst as all brownlow years are good but went priddis as that shocked me more than any brownlow I've seen even though he averaged most disposals I just didn't think he was classy enough for a brownlow but props to him on a consistent season.

 

[eaglespremiers]

Priddis' 2014, Cooney's 2008 and Swan's 2011 for me.

 

[Superstar swan]

How franklin didnt win it in 08 is beyond me.

How priddis won it is beyond me

 

[LP04]

When you look at it from a stats prespective, Priddis was really good, probably wasn't the best player in the leage, but he still performed really well. Cooney on the other hand, just didn't deserve it IMO

 

[ManOfClay]

When you look at it from a stats prespective, Priddis was really good, probably wasn't the best player in the leage, but he still performed really well. Cooney on the other hand, just didn't deserve it IMO

That's a really odd assertion. Cooney was great in 2008 and deserved his medal. Did Richardson deserve it more? maybe. Did Ablett or Frankiln? you could argue that definitely. But it's not like Cooney was some bog average player.

Priddis' 2014 was not in the same class.

 

[Sprout]

Priddis without a second thought. Am happy for him though. Seems a top bloke who has worked his backside off to get where he is.

 

[Sprout]

If the poll was "least deserving", then Watson for sure.

 

[Red mist]

Akermanis, bless him, has been quoted as saying he stole the 2001 Brownlow from Andrew McLeod. I pick Aker only because he said that and I'm an AFC fan who would have like to see Bunji win one. Aker was still a fantastic and mercurial player none the less.

 

[Sprout]

Akermanis, bless him, has been quoted as saying he stole the 2001 Brownlow from Andrew McLeod. I pick Aker only because he said that and I'm an AFC fan who would have like to see Bunji win one. Aker was still a fantastic and mercurial player none the less.

Whether or not there was a player more deserving that year is irrelevant. The question is which season in isolation was the worst. Quite clearly, Akermanis' was not the worst.

 

[Red mist]

Whether or not there was a player more deserving that year is irrelevant. The question is which season in isolation was the worst. Quite clearly, Akermanis' was not the worst.

Point taken. 2014 for mine.

 

[Engimal]

2014. Priddis had a good year, but would you call him the best player of 2014?

 

[Ronnie Baby]

C. Judd 2010. I wanted to vote for Jobe but then I remembered that he doesn't have a Brownlow.

 

[De Iulio2Wiggins]

I reckon Cotchin (2012). Had a very good year, but nowhere near as good as Mitchell and polled his votes in a weaker team with far fewer standout players (Deledio, Grigg and Tuck were the only other Tigers to score 10+ votes).