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At some point the Demons are going to have to honour Jim in a unique way. In making my suggestion I do not want to dishonour the Barassi family in any way and I will take it on the chin if I appear as disrepectful. I propose the Club Best and Fairest be renamed the Stynes/Barassi. First port of call would be the Barassi household to assess their response.

Any better suggestions

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    At some point the Demons are going to have to honour Jim in a unique way. In making my suggestion I do not want to dishonour the Barassi family in any way and I will take it on the chin if I appear as disrepectful. I propose the Club Best and Fairest be renamed the Stynes/Barassi. First port of call would be the Barassi household to assess their response.

    Any better suggestions

    The Best & Fairest is the Keith "Bluey" Truscott trophy - so what has the Barassi family got to do with it? Leave the existing trophies as they are. They are all named after people who died during the war. Truscott, Barassi Snr. Ball, Anderson, Create something new or perhaps the "Heart & Soul" award could be renamed the "Jim Stynes Heart & Soul" Award.

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    A 500 foot statue of him at the MCG.

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    The Jim Stynes Bravery medal perhaps? Given to the player constantly putting his body on the line for the team.

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    The Jim Stynes Bravery medal perhaps? Given to the player constantly putting his body on the line for the team.

    Thats the army award isn't it?

    What about the naming the southern stand after him, Melbourne Cricket Ground with a stand named after a melbourne/football great.... makes sense... right?

    i know there is already a room named after him at the G, but who cares.

    Also they are rebuilding part of the southern stand which could be a good time to reinvent the stand

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    There is a Jim Stynes medal for the best player in the International rules series. Would be nice to have one for Footy though.

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    Jim would probably hate the idea of having an award named after him, but if there were to be one, why not broaden the criteria for the award, so that anyone (i.e player, official of the club or supporter for that matter) within the MFC can be eligible and call it the 'Jim Stynes Community Service Award'.

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    Thats the army award isn't it?

    You're right that award is there, but i would be making it a MFC only award.

    I like the community service award, seems very fitting.

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    The army award is a joke.

    Looking at the players who win it and how much people care about it, we might as well not have it.

    Didn't Tom Hawkins win it last year?

    That and the fact it isn't name after anyone - it is an award created to generate exposure for the army, named after them because they have paid for it.

    Real honourable.

    A community-service based award would be fitting for Jim.

    Not sure if the exposure it gets will do him justice though.

    (and there may already be such an award. Not sure.)

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    The Jim Stynes medal for the best international player of the season -but recognizing community service would probably be more appropriate.

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    I think the MCC Trust and the AFL should give serious consideration to commissioning a statue of Jim at the 'G. While there are many fantastic sporting stories which involve the G, I can't think of a more inspiring one than the story of Jim Stynes.

    I have said this before on this forum, but I was reminded again on Friday night. I was talking to a Pies supporter, who commented that other than Robert Harvey, he could not think of any other league footballer who was so universally loved, as is Jimma

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