afc9798 wrote:Down the Hill wrote:Let's get the facts right first guys. The coaches award is presented by SAFC and can only go to a club in its zone. That eliminates FH, HV, BDOS, MP, Marion, Cove and Etown for starters. Gianni and Mitts have probably won it before and possibly Cratey so If they try and give it to someone who hasn't won one previously, he was probably the best of the rest.
Highlights of the night were Gazza for the 3rd year in a row pronouncing Riddle as Ridley. I mean how hard is it to look at the name Riddle and pronounce it correctly. Maybe next year we might have Aussie cricketer Peter Sidley as a guest speaker. And the Prez who announced at the start of Round 18 counting that there were 2 rounds remaining when in fact there were 3 rounds left so everyone was getting excited during Round 19 voting when there was still a full 7 game round to count. Even Gazza was about to announce the winner after Round 19 thinking voting was completed. And in the U18, U16 and U14 Team of the Year, if you are going to invite the top 22 votegetters then why wouldn't you provide the votes for all those in the TOTY rather than just the top 10. We had 4 lads in the U18 TOTY who walked away without knowing their votes. Sure, our very efficient club secretary has facebooked the full voting at some ungodly hour but come on SFL. Lastly, Team Man of the Year has run its race. Some coaches rig the votes to guarantee a win for their club. The A grade winner polled 51 of a possible 54 votes. The joke is that the leading Goalkicker and Team Man get a massive trophy and a voucher or cash of $75 to $100 and the best player in the comp just gets a medal other than the Mail Medallist who I think gets something extra. Why not give each medallist a sponsors trophy in addition to the medal and the cash/voucher and do away with the team man votes. Coaches and team managers hate having to do them anyway. Other than that, not a bad night and run pretty smoothly for how much they get through.
Some good points there DTH. Just a note that HVFC is as of last year in the South Adelaide zone after the redistribution of the Port Adelaide zone.
Their 3 coaches for the year could have shared it