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Title: Trent Cotchin - 2012 AFL Coaches' Association Champion Player of the Year (afl)
Post by: one-eyed on September 04, 2012, 06:55:23 PM: :clapping :thumbsup :bow

Cotch catches coaches' eyes
By Nick Bowen
Tue 04 Sep, 2012

TRENT Cotchin is the 2012 AFL Coaches' Association Champion Player of the Year.

The Richmond midfielder polled 107 votes to win by eight from Collingwood midfielder Dayne Beams, with Gold Coast captain and 2007-09 winner Gary Ablett and Adelaide midfielder Patrick Dangerfield seven votes further back in third.

Cotchin entered the final home and away round knowing he had won at least a share of the AFLCA award, with Beams able to catch him only if he polled the maximum 10 votes in Collingwood's clash with Essendon and Cotchin failed to poll in Richmond's clash with Port Adelaide.

The prize was Cotchin's when Beams starred against the Bombers with 33 possessions but, with Travis Cloke and Dane Swan dominant, could manage only six votes.

Cotchin then stretched his winning margin when, after a relatively quiet first half under the close attention of Power captain Domenic Cassisi, he powered home to finish with 31 possessions and four AFLCA votes.

It was the 20th match this season in which Cotchin had polled AFLCA votes, with his only voteless games coming in rounds three and six.

The 22-year-old has emerged as one of the competition's best midfielders in 2012, averaging 27.5 possessions a game.

He will enter this month's Brownlow Medal count as one of the favourites and, with Chris Newman stepping down as Tigers skipper last Sunday, is also widely tipped to become the next Richmond captain.

FINAL LEADERBOARD
107 Trent Cotchin (Rich) 
99 Dayne Beams (Coll) 
92 Gary Ablett (GC) 
92 Patrick Dangerfield (Adel) 
90 Scott Thompson (Adel) 
89 Jobe Watson (Ess) 
84 Matthew Boyd (WB) 
79 Josh Kennedy (Syd) 
76 Scott Pendlebury (Coll)
73 Brett Deledio (Rich) 

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/146754/default.aspx
Title: Re: Trent Cotchin - 2012 AFL Coaches' Association Champion Player of the Year (afl)
Post by: Dubstep Dookie on September 04, 2012, 07:00:53 PM: Smashed the rest of the fields faces open

Chimping :clapping
Title: Re: Trent Cotchin - 2012 AFL Coaches' Association Champion Player of the Year (afl)
Post by: yellowandback on September 04, 2012, 07:23:48 PM: Love Chimping :thumbsup
Title: Re: Trent Cotchin - 2012 AFL Coaches' Association Champion Player of the Year (afl)
Post by: Mr Magic on September 04, 2012, 10:28:36 PM: This is the best award to win IMO. Well done Chimpa. :clapping
Title: Re: Trent Cotchin - 2012 AFL Coaches' Association Champion Player of the Year (afl)
Post by: Willy on September 04, 2012, 10:30:49 PM: (http://fc06.deviantart.net/images2/i/2004/02/7/f/Pimp_Chimp.jpg)
Title: Re: Trent Cotchin - 2012 AFL Coaches' Association Champion Player of the Year (afl)
Post by: Loui Tufga on September 04, 2012, 10:44:39 PM: Quote from: Willy on September 04, 2012, 10:30:49 PM
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/images2/i/2004/02/7/f/Pimp_Chimp.jpg)

Effing LAWL :lol
Title: Re: Trent Cotchin - 2012 AFL Coaches' Association Champion Player of the Year (afl)
Post by: eliminator on September 05, 2012, 07:49:00 AM: Congratulations. Due recognition for what a great season he has had
Title: Re: Trent Cotchin - 2012 AFL Coaches' Association Champion Player of the Year (afl)
Post by: JVT on September 05, 2012, 08:46:33 AM: Quote from: Willy on September 04, 2012, 10:30:49 PM
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/images2/i/2004/02/7/f/Pimp_Chimp.jpg)
Chimpin aint easy :thumbsup
Title: Re: Trent Cotchin - 2012 AFL Coaches' Association Champion Player of the Year (afl)
Post by: tony_montana on September 05, 2012, 08:48:09 AM: :lol

Great effort by chimp, the most prestigious award a player could win
Title: Re: Trent Cotchin - 2012 AFL Coaches' Association Champion Player of the Year (afl)
Post by: 10 FLAGS on September 05, 2012, 08:52:01 AM: Quote from: Willy on September 04, 2012, 10:30:49 PM
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/images2/i/2004/02/7/f/Pimp_Chimp.jpg)

I wanna know from Mr R.Official who comes in here from time to time, when the employees of the club visit the fan forums and they look at posts like the one made above, do they pee themselves laughing?

:lol
Title: Re: Trent Cotchin - 2012 AFL Coaches' Association Champion Player of the Year (afl)
Post by: gerkin greg on September 05, 2012, 09:57:09 AM: :lol

chimping :cheers
Title: Re: Trent Cotchin - 2012 AFL Coaches' Association Champion Player of the Year (afl)
Post by: Tigeritis™©® on September 05, 2012, 12:15:01 PM: Such a fantastic player and so glad hes at tigerland.
Well done Champ. :thumbsup
Should pole well in the brownlow. Hope he wins it. :pray