https://www.msn.com/en-au/sport/other/ma...r-AA1r590f
There are a few things wrong with a voting sysytem that basically means that if you're not a mid-fielder or a flanker it's difficult to see you winning.
But while the system is what it is, one of the things we don't need to see is judgements being made on statistics.
An umpire having a front row seat to the impact a player has at the contest doesn't need a set of statistics changing his point of view.
If a player makes more of an impression with 19 disposals than someone else does with 30... so be it.
This is the major line from the article....
"While Cripps thoroughly deserved the medal"
Full stop...
Cripps thoroughly deserved the medal.
There are a few things wrong with a voting sysytem that basically means that if you're not a mid-fielder or a flanker it's difficult to see you winning.
But while the system is what it is, one of the things we don't need to see is judgements being made on statistics.
An umpire having a front row seat to the impact a player has at the contest doesn't need a set of statistics changing his point of view.
If a player makes more of an impression with 19 disposals than someone else does with 30... so be it.
This is the major line from the article....
"While Cripps thoroughly deserved the medal"
Full stop...
Cripps thoroughly deserved the medal.