A significant number of fantasy coaches looked at Dean Cox at the start of 2009 and saw a premium-priced player who had no upside, no potential for improvement.
Those coaches have been proved wrong, with Cox lifting his average by at least five points in both major competitions, despite struggling for part of the season with leg muscle injuries.
There is no questioning Cox's commitment to statistical accumulation, as he has shown in multiple years with the now-familiar game style of sitting at half back and racking up numbers with cheap marks and kicks.
There may be a reckoning in Cox's future, however, as the media throng have started calling for him to be more accountable and more of a team-oriented contributor.
That day of reckoning may not come this season with West Coast tanking for a priority pick, however, so owners of Cox will most likely continue to get an armchair ride from the outstanding fantasy ruckman of our generation.
Cox continues to collect
A significant number of fantasy coaches looked at Dean Cox at the start of 2009 and saw a premium-priced player who had no upside, no potential for improvement.
Those coaches have been proved wrong, with Cox lifting his average by at least five points in both major competitions, despite struggling for part of the season with leg muscle injuries.
There is no questioning Cox's commitment to statistical accumulation, as he has shown in multiple years with the now-familiar game style of sitting at half back and racking up numbers with cheap marks and kicks.
There may be a reckoning in Cox's future, however, as the media throng have started calling for him to be more accountable and more of a team-oriented contributor.
That day of reckoning may not come this season with West Coast tanking for a priority pick, however, so owners of Cox will most likely continue to get an armchair ride from the outstanding fantasy ruckman of our generation.
