2020 ASC Awards Thread

[Jukes]

So as per usual I'll be taking nominations for each award from each coach from their own teams' players, from where our coaches will vote on each award in a 5-4-3-2-1 basis when we have our 12 nominations in (I get to do two!).

The awards that require a nomination are:
Most Valuable Player (the Milo Medal)
Coaches Award
Rookie of the Year (basically rising star)
Least Valuable Player (not a rookie who played 0 games please, try to bully a spud who shower the bed this season)
Offensive Player of the Year (must be a forward, no DPP)
Defensive Player of the Year (must be a defender, no DPP)

The awards not requiring a nomination are:
Coach of the Year (for being good)
Coaches' Coaches Award (like with the player coaches award just for us)
Admin of the Year

[Jukes]

San Francisco
MVP: Taylor Adams - really scraping the bottom of the barrel here
Coaches Award: Jack Viney - might be a bit overqualified for this, but his average went from 80 to 108, dwarfing his previous highest season average.
Rookie of the Year: Izak Rankine - no explanation needed surely
Least Valuble Player: Tom Scully - this guy is a midfielder and averages 48, what the flower? Can't believe I gave up Maynard for this bum back when he was coming off averaging 97 in 2016 and 88 in 2017.
Offensive Player of the Year: Kane Lambert
Defensive Player of the Year: Tom Stewart

[kilbluff1985]

Most Valuable Player Jordan Ridley
Coaches Award Jordan Ridley
Rookie of the Year Jordan Ridley
Least Valuable Player Kade Simpson
Offensive Player of the Year Tom Hawkins
Defensive Player of the Year  Jordan Ridley

[Jukes]

Las Vegas
MVP: Jake Lloyd
Coaches Award: Oscar Allen
Rookie of the Year: Oscar Allen
Least Valuable Player: Lance Franklin
Offensive Player of the Year: Christian Petracca
Defensive Player of the Year: Jake Lloyd

[Big Mac]

MVP: Clayton Oliver
Coaches Award: The better Brayshaw - 70 avg to a 107 as a forward
Rookie of the Year: Mitch Georgiades
Least Valuable Player: Tom McDonald, bloke is a spastic
Offensive Player of the Year: Eric Hipwood
Defensive Player of the Year: James Sicily

[TomK]

Boston

Most Valuable Player: Lachie Neale
Coaches Award: Jack Martin
Rookie of the Year: Callum Wilkie
Least Valuable Player: Bryce Gibbs
Offensive Player of the Year: Ben Keays
Defensive Player of the Year: Rory Laird

[SilverLion]

Houston Bombers

MVP: Michael Walters - Won't win, but an absolute gun and by far my most consistent player this year.

Coaches Award: Dan Butler - Prior to this year had a career high average of 60 and only ever scored one ton. 83 average this year including 4 tons, come as a complete surprise.

Rookie of the Year: Kysaiah Kropinyeri-Pickett - Not many options to choose from :(.

Least Valuable Player: Darcy MacPherson - Fallen off a cliff this year, dropping his average by 23 points, dropped by Houston and dropped by the Suns.

Offensive Player of the Year: Dan Butler - See Coaches Award nom.

Defensive Player of the Year: Jack Crisp - Consistent, solid year averaging 95 down back.

[Urbaninfinnity]

Wisconsin Cockerels

MVP: Max Gawn - Frequently carried Wisconsin with huge scores as captain. Didn't drop below 140 from round 2 to round 8. Not much else to say

Coaches Award: Touk Miller - Our midfield has been tested this season, and with a lack of depth meaning we could afford no spuds on the ground, Touk has had a career best season, taking his average from 84 to 108 and being rock solid in the middle.

Rookie of the Year: Sean Darcy - Slim pickings here with Darcy edging out Long, Battle and Withers for the nomination. But it's Sean Darcy, with his only game in round 11 who gets the nod for his heroics, putting up a 130 to help steer Wisconsin home against Colorado.

Least Valuable Player: David Zaharakis - Rough call on the Coleman fancy, but he's failed to live up to the pretty reasonable standards I held him to when trading him in for pick 22. He didn't get DPP, He didn't average 80+, he didn't even average 70+. Zaharakis has had his worst season since 2009, which, for those playing at home, was his first season. He played in round one, got dropped, and a cameo in round 7. But despite all this, I love the great man, and regret nothing. ZAHAAAAAAAARAAAAAAAAKISSSSSSSSSS

Offensive Player of the Year: Charles Cameron - All my best forwards are either DPP, or missed half the season. So therefore, Charlie Cameron gets the nod. Been pretty good all year as our super sub, but found his way to F2 once the injuries hit.

Defensive Player of the Year: Caleb Daniel - Super consistent with a high ceiling. Caleb has been great off of HB with a career best season averaging 101, and occasionally popping up in the B/F too.

[fanTCfool]

Most Valuable Player: Hugh Greenwood
Hugh joined the Quetzals in the offseason, and his impact was instant. Hugh is averaging in excess of 100, with forward status attached. Keeping the Quetzals in the hunt this season. Plus he's sexy as.

Coaches Award: Jack Lukosius
A pretty heavy investment was made, with Pick #3 spent on young Jack. Lukosius has increased his average from 50 last season to a rock solid 80 as a D/F this year. Only 30 games into his career. Scarily good prospect.

Rookie of the Year: Caleb Serong
Caleb was a little slow out of the gate, but has absolutely torn it up since. At time of writing, Serong is averaging 104.7 from his last 3 thanks to 2 massive, back-to-back tons. A no-brainer for this award.

Least Valuable Player: Seb Ross
Seb, mate, you are supposed to be a premium midfielder. Only missed 1 game in the previous 4 seasons, in which he averaged as much as 102.9 in 2018. Now, this bloke can't even get a game, let alone a kick. Turn it up, Seb.

Offensive Player of the Year: Toby Greene
Ah yes, TFG. Toby is a top-tier forward with as big of a ceiling as they come. Toby plays his football as a forward, and isn't just a midfielder moonlighting with forward status.

Defensive Player of the Year: Nick Haynes
Haynes has delivered a full season of quality, lifting his average from the high 80s to 110. Unlike some other candidates in this category, Haynes actually does some defending. Oh, and he doesn't play for Essendon.

[Nige]

Most Valuable Player: Rowan Marshall - Sure, he had a couple of down weeks but even then only a low of 70, otherwise majorly consistent and one of few to play every game and averaged over 100.
Coaches Award: Rowan Marshall - Again, just reliable as flower, nobody else deserves it as much as Rowan.
Rookie of the Year: Bailey 'Bazlenka' Smith - Best second year player tbh. He's been seriously impressive all season despite slowing down a little bit in recent weeks, but he had a hot start and was even captain a few times such was his form. 
Least Valuable Player: Ben Cunnington - Absolutely popped off in R1 and I was stoked that he was in for a huge season, then played R2 for a 72 which was okay, then missed two games through injury. North then decided it was a good decision to play him half baked in R5 and that completely cooked him because he missed the rest of the season and contributed to the mess that was our season and injury list.
Offensive Player of the Year: Charlie Dixon - I think he's my only pure forward to have played every game, plus he's been an absolute monster and basically not had a bad game
Defensive Player of the Year: Mark Blicavs - Scoring super well all season, fairly consistent and one of our few defenders to actually not miss

[nas]

Carolina

Most Valuable Player: Brodie Grundy
Coaches Award: Brodie Grundy
Rookie of the Year: Tom Sparrow
Least Valuable Player: Joe Daniher
Offensive Player of the Year: Brodie Mihocek
Defensive Player of the Year: Jayden Short

[Koop]

Colorado

Most Valuable Player: Brayden Maynard - It was a close one, but Maynard's consistency brought him home the T Dog medal. He FINALLY delivered on some of the promise shown as a developing player, going under 100 3 times during the year (including a 99). That trade with SF looking dreamier by the day.

Coaches Award: Jarrod Witts - There is something to be said about consistency. Outside of a horror show in Round 1, he averaged 101.6 for the year. It was a minuscule increase from last year, but Jarrod deserves the award for leading Colorado valiantly through years of darkness with premium scores into what now looks like a bit more light at the end of the tunnel. Took the captains armband on multiple occasions as a safe, assured option. Special mentions to Adam Cerra and Jy Simpkin, who both increased their outputs by 20+ PPG.

ROTY: Matthew Rowell - Finished 7th in the T Dog medal despite playing just the 4 full games, I think that says it all really. What kind of player gets 171 SC in just his second game? A very, very special one.

Least Valuable Player: Sam Gray - Dropped his average by 20 PPG in what was meant to be a career and average-reviving move to the Swans.

Offensive Player Of The Year: Bradley Ebert - Only played the 8 games, but an 89 average is certainly nothing to be sneezed at. A Colorado legend who the coach will shed a tear for when he does eventually hang up the boots.

Defensive Player Of The Year:  Brayden Maynard - See MVP.

[Jukes]

If PK doesn't name them for NBH by tomorrow night I'll have these as their entrants;

MVP: Jack Steele
Coaches Award: Trent Dumont
ROTY: Noah Anderson
Least Valuable Player: Ben Brown
OPOY: Tom Papley
DPOY: Tom Doedee (really hard to split this one between Doods, JJ and Weller)

[Jukes]

Coaches Award

Winner: Jordan Ridley - Anaheim (35 votes)

Runaway win for the best backman in the comp (don't peep DPOY tho), as Anaheim's MVP/CA/ROTY/DPOY takes out his first ASC honour - the first of many this year? Nah, but of his career surely. Ridley went from a career high of 76 SC in a game from his first two seasons (9 total games) to an average of 105.4 in 2020 (so far), with 8 tons from his 12 games, with three of the others being 88-99. And he's only 21, completely flipping the Anaheim age demographic on it's head! Having to play alongside/hard carry spuds like Shaun Burgoyne, Matt Suckling, Michael Hibberd, and Blake Hardwick down there in the Ducks back four. And the vote wasn't even really close, with Rids storming away from the pack.



Second: Jack Lukosius - Quito (27 votes)
Third: Dan Butler - Houston (25 votes)
Fourth: Andrew Brayshaw - Chicago (21 votes)
Fifth: Trent Dumont - Brooklyn (17 votes)

[Koop]

Rising Star

Winner: Caleb Serong (Quito) - 36 votes

Did the Colorado coach just dog his own player out of a win with his votes? You bet he did! Thankfully the other collective coaches had more braincells than the ones who nominated Sean Darcy & Jordan Ridley (which isn't hard), and an actual rookie-eligible player took home the award! Serong averaged a very impressive 75 points for the year, narrowly edging out the 2021 ROTY winner and Noah Anderson.




2nd: Matthew Rowell (Colorado) - 34 votes
3rd: Noah Anderson (New Brooklyn) - 33 votes
4th: Izak Rankine (San Fransisco) - 19 votes
5th: Tom Sparrow (Carolina) - 11 votes