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Biggest ‘What If’ Tiger of the last 25 years?
« on: January 22, 2025, 08:01:09 PM »
Who is your biggest ‘What If’ Tiger of the last 25 years?

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Each AFL club’s biggest ‘What If’ player of the last 25 years

Richmond: Mark Coughlan

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2025/01/22/each-afl-clubs-biggest-what-if-player-of-the-last-25-years

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Re: Biggest ‘What If’ Tiger of the last 25 years?
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2025, 08:02:36 PM »
Add Tony Free

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Re: Biggest ‘What If’ Tiger of the last 25 years?
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2025, 08:44:18 PM »

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Re: Biggest ‘What If’ Tiger of the last 25 years?
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2025, 09:14:09 PM »
Would have loved to see what Dragga would have been without his knee injuries
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Re: Biggest ‘What If’ Tiger of the last 25 years?
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2025, 09:22:27 PM »
Would have loved to see what Dragga would have been without his knee injuries

Good honest player

But I wouldn’t have thought he’d have been in the class of Free or Cogs

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Re: Biggest ‘What If’ Tiger of the last 25 years?
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2025, 06:22:23 AM »
Add Nathan Brown. If he had not got that leg injury he would have been unstoppable.

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Re: Biggest ‘What If’ Tiger of the last 25 years?
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2025, 10:18:20 AM »
Sidney Stack

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Re: Biggest ‘What If’ Tiger of the last 25 years?
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2025, 12:28:25 PM »
Sidney Stack

Great call
What an absolute waste

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Re: Biggest ‘What If’ Tiger of the last 25 years?
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2025, 04:17:26 PM »
Add Nathan Brown. If he had not got that leg injury he would have been unstoppable.

Probably this for me, followed by Stack and then Dragga

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Re: Biggest ‘What If’ Tiger of the last 25 years?
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2025, 04:18:03 PM »
Oh and Mark Coughlan, who could forget?

I also wonder if Andy Collins would have had a better career with us vs Carltank but the trade for Grigg was a ripper.

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Re: Biggest ‘What If’ Tiger of the last 25 years?
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2025, 04:55:45 PM »
Taylor , Stack, Connors, Cogs & Axel. :shh


Reece MacKenzie, Jamie O'Reilly, Clayton Collard, Travis Casserly. :shh :shh




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Re: Biggest ‘What If’ Tiger of the last 25 years?
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2025, 06:25:17 PM »
Sidney Stack

This. Close thread. Remarkable waste of talent
“I find it nearly impossible to make those judgments, but he is certainly up there with the really important ones, he is certainly up there with the Francis Bourkes and the Royce Harts and the Kevin Bartlett and the Kevin Sheedys, there is no doubt about that,” Balme said.

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Re: Biggest ‘What If’ Tiger of the last 25 years?
« Reply #12 on: January 25, 2025, 08:49:09 PM »
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Re: Biggest ‘What If’ Tiger of the last 25 years?
« Reply #13 on: January 25, 2025, 08:53:35 PM »
How about what if we sacked Hardwick after 2016 and hired Craig Macrae? No flags, 7 flags?

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Re: Biggest ‘What If’ Tiger of the last 25 years?
« Reply #14 on: January 26, 2025, 11:50:27 AM »
How about what if we sacked Hardwick after 2016 and hired Craig Macrae? No flags, 7 flags?

I don’t think we can assess the value Macrae gained from that period between 2017-2020. Remember he was sacked from Collingwood when he was there as an assistant coach…
“I find it nearly impossible to make those judgments, but he is certainly up there with the really important ones, he is certainly up there with the Francis Bourkes and the Royce Harts and the Kevin Bartlett and the Kevin Sheedys, there is no doubt about that,” Balme said.