Chapter 1: What is the new segment introduced in this episode?
All right, last week we debuted a new little segment. It was with Tom. I thought Tom just ruined it a little bit, so just you and I. Tom ruined it a little bit. That'll get back. It's time for this. Now on Fireball, this is Hoff or Not. We put David King under the micro... And they can't just all be yeses like you were last week, just so you don't... Oh, now you're going to answer for me.
This is the Australian Football Hall of... This is the highest of high honours in our game. And you've got to decide whether these players make the Football Hall of Fame upon their retirement five years post. Let's start.
Chapter 2: Who are the first players discussed for the Hall of Fame?
And hear me out with Ollie Wines. 279 games for Ollie Wines. He was a Port Adelaide captain. He was a Brown Low medalist in 2021. He was an All-Australian in the same year and he won the club best and fairest. Hoff or not, Ollie Wines.
Not for me, no. No, but Brownlow medalist, wonderful career, but not Hall of Fame level for me. I like your feedback. I've got an uncomfortableness doing this.
Chapter 3: What criteria are used to evaluate players for the Hall of Fame?
Tommy, where are you, Tommy? I thought the same. Okay. Borderline, maybe, and maybe long, long down the line. Some players wait years and years and years to get in. All right, let's go with Christian Petrarca. 219 games, 215 goals. Premiership player in 21. Norm Smith medal in that game. Four-time All-Australian.
He's a dual best and fairest at the Demons, and he was a leading goal kicker in 2019 at the same club. Christian Petrarca, Hoff or not?
He's a yes for me. I think he's shifted a football club. Oliver, Petrarca, Max Korn, I think those three will all get in at some stage.
He's a yes for me. Josh Dunkley, 202 games, Brisbane Lions co-captain. He's a three-time premiership player, 16, 24, 25. He won a best and fairest at the Dogs. He won a best and fairest in a premiership year at the Lions. He's a most courageous player, award winner as well in 25. Josh Dunkley, Hoff or not?
I think he's along the Anthony Stevens line. So I'm a yes for Dunkley, even though his game tally is a bit lower than the other guys you've mentioned over the last two weeks. He's a yes for me. Is he a yes for you?
His record is building to Hall of Fame levels.
Is he a yes for you?
I would reassess Dunkley at the end of his career. If there's another premiership to this and it's four and there's 50 or so more games, then...
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Chapter 4: How does Ollie Wines' career stack up for Hall of Fame consideration?
It's going to be hard to ignore. Two more. Tom Lynch, 241 games, 495 goals. He's a dual premiership player in 19 and 20. He's an All-Australian only once. He's a dual Gold Coast Sons Club champion. He's a two-time Richmond leading goal kicker, and he's a four-time Gold Coast goal kicker leading, and he was the Gold Coast captain. Tom Lynch, Hoff or not?
That's a tough one. It's a hard one.
This is your best one.
Thank you. It's your best one.
The next one's good too.
This is a terrific one. I'm a bit stumped here. I want to say yes, but I don't know. Look, when you have Walker versus Lynch, I said no to Tex Walker, and he's right on the edge for me, Lynch. I'm going to say yes, because I think being at the Gold Coast, it can be hard work starting it. Start-up club, so I'm giving a bit of grace for that, a little bit of Gold Coast tax. So he's a yes for me.
I think he's a yes for me. He's not an automatic inductee, but sort of 10, 12 years down the line, I think he gets there. Last one is a good one.
Good one? Better than the last one?
I don't know if it's better, but it's a good one. Tom Stewart played game number 200 on the weekend. He's a premiership player in 2022. He's a five-time All-Australian Tom Stewart and he's a dual best and fairest winner. Tom Stewart from the Cats, the late starter, Hoff or not?
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