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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: How does Crippa rank among the panoply of Carlton greats?
Last post by kruddler -Kouta was amazing in top flight, but some of his ordinary games detract from his legacy.
Cripps... I have to say, he has been bloody good and of his 250 games, I reckon less than 5% are bad ones.
2 x brownlow medallist puts him in Greg Williams territory, and the knock on his kicking doesnt really detract from his legacy. He is in rare air, and dont ask me who Cripps goes past in the pantheon of Carlton greats, but he is easily in the top percentile. If he jagged a flag as captain, then he would instantly become a top 5.
Kouta was unstoppable in full flight.....anywhere over the ground.
His 2000 year would be about the best year by anyone, ever......except Woewodin?
He averaged 6.3 clearances a game and 1.8 goals and 2.75 contested marks a game.
For the record, Harry has never had that many contested marks in any given year (2.6 CM/g)
Harry has only average more goals a game in 4 of his 10 years (1 year was only 1.83)
Cripps averages 7 clearances over his career, his 45 brownlow vote season, he averaged 8.
Kouta was able to match it with both, at the same time.
After the knee, he became 'ordinary' as he was a different player but reinvented his game and became a clearance beast.
In 2005 he averaged more clearances than anyone, including prime Judd and Kirk.
You could pick your starting 17 and whatever you had left, you could put Kouta into it, and he wouldn't be out of place.
So nobody comes close to Kouta for mine simply because he could do anything, and did.