Norm Smith medal - The Debate | The Means Test with Adam Simpson! (28.09.26)
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What is the Norm Smith Medal and why is it such a tough debate?
What do you think of the Norm Smith? It's tough, isn't it? It's tough. I did it last year. Um but I I I was in the I was with you. Yeah. And uh I did the three two one every quarter, I looked at the analytics, looked at the data, looked at my notes, um, looked through the eye of the coach I suppose, and I found it really challenging and I got halfway through the last quarter and I think Ashcroft really he did the same thing last year. He's had a r a really good last quarter and just solidified what I thought and then I thought, Oh now guys are getting cheapies at the end. So McCluge had a great I think kicked two or three in the last quarter last year.
How do the hosts use stats versus gut feeling when voting for the Medal?
I was like, No, no, not Mm. Not gonna do the the recency bias. So and then we had plenty of time too, Jared, to to put the uh votes in and we could change them. So all that. So what what's remarkable um and let's not take too much away from Bolton, it's not his fault that um the perception is there was others out there is that they all had Bolton in their Rotes. Yep. So they must have seen something, Joe, not Individually and collectively there's there's um yeah uh I I d I didn't have him in my in my votes, but um that's not to say I'm I'm right, but just it just yeah, it was a bit
of a head scratcher.
Um
Do you think there would be a difference sitting in the stands watching the game versus how you did it last year?
Why do some voters prefer watching the game live versus from the stands?
For me. For
me, yes, because I like to back up my gut feel with a bit of evidence. So I'll look at the I'll look at the score involvements, I'll look at the the tackles, of the the pressures and all that sort of stuff and I've got access to the to the stats. So my eye will tell me something and then the stats will back up oh, I was wrong there. Or It doesn't matter what the stats say, I'm going with my gut here. Um and you got maybe the AFL app on your phone to look at some numbers, it it would be a bit more of a challenge for me anyway, uh but maybe for others not. What about you? You did it back in two thousand and nine. Yep.
What arguments support giving the Medal to a player from the winning team?
How did you find that experience?
Uh not one I would care to repeat. Yeah. Uh no, I is it was a I found it a funny experience. Is Harry Taylor for me was the best player on the ground and it wasn't even a debate. And I was the only person who gave him a vote. But that's why you have the suite of five. Is I am a bli there's no one correct answer to it.
Yeah.
What I think the talking point is is the what are the circumstances. I would hate to vote sitting in the stands.
How many votes did the leading candidate actually receive and why does it matter?
I find I can take the kids to the footy, watch Geelong play, and have no real clue what's happened. Other we enjoyed it, we
yeah.
You live every moment of a broadcast, every moment of it, you n you have a really good understanding of what happened. I there's no way I would want to do that from the stands. That's us though. Yeah, I'm I'm Every and everyone's Yeah. So I'm every and everyone's
different. Everyone's different because they don't all get the opportunity to sit in a in a coach's box. Although if if you if someone tapped me on the shoulder and I wasn't in the media, I would find the quietest spot I could possibly find. To go through it.
What are the key take‑aways and final thoughts on the Norm Smith Medal debate?
Um so anyway, it's uh it's it's run and done now. And um I don't think we should be um too critical of of uh of Bolton's, you know, um Norm Smith because I do
think that you should default to the winning team unless Gary Ablett's kicked nine. Yeah. uh you have to be so far better than everyone else on the field to win it from the winning team. That was a r that that was a more grating moment than the individual really I thought. Yeah
oh it's just so difficult. You got five different voters so they can do it they can do what they want. But um how many three voters did he get? Two? Yep. Yeah. So all the rest of the twos and ones.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the Norm Smith Medal and why is it such a tough debate?
0:00–0:32
2
How do the hosts use stats versus gut feeling when voting for the Medal?
0:32–1:11
3
Why do some voters prefer watching the game live versus from the stands?
1:11–1:46
4
What arguments support giving the Medal to a player from the winning team?
1:46–2:13
5
How many votes did the leading candidate actually receive and why does it matter?
2:13–2:43
6
What are the key take‑aways and final thoughts on the Norm Smith Medal debate?
2:43–3:18
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