"He is 23 years old, I don’t know what the ceiling is" - Nick Daicos takes home his first Brownlow (22.09.26)
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Why did Nick Daicos win the Brownlow Medal in a runaway fashion?
Great to have you with us morning after the Brownlow Medal, Nick, uh Dacos has won in runaway fashion, 47 votes, an extraordinary performance from Bailey Smith, Marcus Pontepelli, Max Gorn and Will Ashcroft. I'm looking at some of the pitches up here. Great scenes with him and his mum and his dad and his brother all celebrating. So it was a terrific night. Uh observations, let's do them here and then we'll get onto some other stuff. Well, I think everyone, the whole footy world thought it was gonna happen knew he was gonna win. So there's not much more we can add apart from just sing the praises of this young man. W as impressive as his footy is, and I you know, I'm w I'm with everyone, it's just as good a year as I've ever seen.
Uh as impressive as that is just the way he holds himself and carries himself and the way he speaks and his humility, he's just an extraordinary exemplary young twenty-three year old bloke.
The whole family though, Gary, and I don't know whether I'm even allowed to say this given is it Chatham House Rules or Chatham House Rules? Chatham House Rules.
How did Nick’s family react to his Brownlow victory and what does it reveal about their bond?
I was at a luncheon, a very, very small gathering of people on Thursday at the MCG with three piece. And Josh Dacos was one of the guests there. And he was asked a lot of questions and I sat there and I felt uncomfortable for him because most of the questions he was asked was about Nick. But he couldn't he I I don't I know I've spoken to Rick, your brother, and he's you know, he's very qualified on um what he says about you. And how he praises you. But N Josh could not have been more effusive in his praise of his brother Nick. And I'm sure everywhere he goes people ask him questions about Nick, but it just went to the heart of this family. And how close they are and how connected they are and how supportive they are.
He spoke beautifully about his brother. Beautifully about his
brother. No, he's just the you know, in terms of an ambassador for the game, you wouldn't find any better.
What do the Brownlow voting stats (47 votes, 13 best‑on‑ground) tell us about Nick’s season performance?
Uh so he forty seven votes. He only failed to vote in five games for the year. He got thirteen best on ground thirteen best on grounds. Uh the third year he's had thirty plus votes. He got six best on grounds in a row between round fifteen and twenty. He's twenty-three years old, whisper. Yeah, I know. I don't know what the feeling is a baby spike. I don't know what the feeling is.
Well somebody sent a text through before and they said could he end up with, say, fifteen all Australians now, he's got four now. He's well on the way, needs another eleven, but you wouldn't put it past him not to be still out there playing like this when he's thirty four years of age. He's capable.
Could Nick Daicos become a 15‑time All‑Australian and what would it take?
He is capable of doing that. Um, he's been and you are the uh you know the other thing is I know everyone has this, you know, he never gets tagged. Uh why are they letting him out there run around, that type of thing. He does get tagged. There is not a team out there that wouldn't have a Nick Dacos plan when they go to play against Collingwood. So he does get attention. But the fact that he's so good, the fact that he's been able to give himself so feet, he's got great endurance, he's got great instinct around the game. Makes it In almost impossible for teams to be able to keep him out of the game. He gets the attention and so he's still producing the numbers that he is, week in, week out, as a twenty three year old with all that attention.
He is an extraordinary talent that we all need to applaud.
Why is it so hard for opposing teams to tag or shut down Nick Daicos?
Wins his own footy, uh he works hard as defensively as well, which people don't acknowledge 'cause they choose not to, but that's okay. And when I say works hard defensively All the great midfielders don't really pay much attention to a t to an opponent. I watched him in the It must have been the last game of the year and he was just doing his stuff. He didn't worry about anyone else that ran forward. It was sorta the job of others to cover for him. That's been happening forever and a day.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Why did Nick Daicos win the Brownlow Medal in a runaway fashion?
0:00–1:02
2
How did Nick’s family react to his Brownlow victory and what does it reveal about their bond?
1:02–2:05
3
What do the Brownlow voting stats (47 votes, 13 best‑on‑ground) tell us about Nick’s season performance?
2:05–2:49
4
Could Nick Daicos become a 15‑time All‑Australian and what would it take?
2:49–3:33
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Why is it so hard for opposing teams to tag or shut down Nick Daicos?
3:33–3:57