Is Cotchin in the top 5 Tigers of all time?

[one-eyed]

A question asked by Ch7:

Is @tcotchin9 a top five Tiger of all time? #7AFL #GameDay


https://twitter.com/7AFL/status/980220941765505024

[Damo]

Not even close

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Titus
Dyer
Hart
Bartlett
Bourke
Maurice Rioli
Richo
Weightman

And a few others still ahead of him IMHO.

Repeat his performances again this year with a flag and he will push his claim a lot more strongly....

[Dougeytherichmondfan]

Cotchin at his best has to be close to that group. When he's crashing his way through packs I can't think of anything more magnificent. Just wish he could find it more often.

[mat073]

Cotchin is somewhere between 10-20 .

[Slipper]

Not even close

X2

[¾ T!geɹ]

Cotchin is somewhere between 10-20 .

I agree.
It's a really tough top 5 to get into let alone the top 10
I'd rank (at the moment) quite a few other players ahead of him such as The Ghost (ok one of my all time fav players so a bit biased, but still an awesome player), all of who yellowandblack mentioned in the previous post, Roach, Knights and probably about even with Sheeds.
Mind you though, I think with another 5 or 6 years of footy ahead of him, he will definitely be top ten, and maybe top 5.
But as I said the top 5 is seriously hard to break into.

[Slipper]

And don't forget Roy Wright in all of this.

[YellowandBlackBlood]

And don't forget Roy Wright in all of this.

Sat next to the great man at a club function several years ago. He was a real gentleman. 
Huge loss to the Richmond family.

[WilliamPowell]

At this stage; No

In the future? Perhaps

[Darth Tiger]

Geez, there could be a few midfielders ahead of him, however...
Would Cotch displace Ian Stewart in the Team of the Century ?
I say yes due to consistency, longevity and output for 10 years.
Brownlow = tick
Premiership = tick
B&F = tick tick tick

[taztiger4]

he has gone beyond Richo,Flea & Maurice for me

[YellowandBlackBlood]

he has gone beyond Richo,Flea & Maurice for me

Why? Richo played in crap sides and single handedly won games for us time and time again. Flea is a legend. He was so good and played for his state proudly on do many occasions, usually in its bests. Best handballer ever at Richmond. Put Maurice in our current side and we'd be near invincible. That's how good he was.

[taztiger4]

he has gone beyond Richo,Flea & Maurice for me

Why? Richo played in crap sides and single handedly won games for us time and time again. Flea is a legend. He was so good and played for his state proudly on do many occasions, usually in its bests. Best handballer ever at Richmond. Put Maurice in our current side and we'd be near invincible. That's how good he was.

Brownlow medalist & Premiership Captain, joined a poo side

Flea & Maurice both joined great teams (that obviously went pear shaped)

Richo , agreed , flawed genius still think Cotch goes beyond him

[Diocletian]

Richo was......enigmatic....