Premiership Hero Ben Brown Retires

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 5,131]

4 minutes ago, Demon Jack said:

Benny was unbelievable during that '21 finals series. He'll be a much loved figure in retirement.

Hopefully we find a role for him off field so we can keep him around the club.

He continues as 'Talls Coach' with the women. Not hard to imagine him continuing and advancing in our AFLW program.

[Dee Zephyr 19,267]

Thanks for popping over and helping us to a flag Benny.

Legend!!!

[Mt. Dee-Maaan 608]

legend.. essential that the dees try to keep him involved in club activities as much as possible. would be a great wellbeing officer.

[Adam The God 30,259]

Straight into coaching our forwards next year. ;)

Thanks BBB. What a ride 2021 was.

[Jaded No More 68,915]

Absolutely beautiful man on and off the field. 
Thanks for helping us achieve the ultimate and thanks for always being a fantastic teammate and clubman. 
You can be incredibly proud of everything you’ve achieved in your career. 

[BoBo 2,941]

6 minutes ago, Constant Mongrel said:

legend.. essential that the dees try to keep him involved in club activities as much as possible. would be a great wellbeing officer.

Was just thinking the same thing. Don’t know the bloke, but he seems to be a very genuine and cool headed person. 
 

Type of guy you just want around the club. 
 

Thanks BBB! So happy he got a flag 

[OhMyDees 1,834]

His goal in the 2nd Quarter of the GF when nothing was going our way was so clutch.

Blessed to have him in the Red and Blue for 45 games. All the best BBB - forever a premiership Demon! 

[Deeoldfart 8,033]

Benny has not only been a great footballer across two clubs, but from what I’ve seen and heard, he’s a gentleman of the highest order and an outstanding human being.  This is a very rare combination of personal traits.    
Huge thanks Benny, and all the very best for whatever path(s) you pursue in retirement as a player.

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[david_neitz_is_my_dad 4,083]

Sadly cant see him getting a spot, one of the very rare games that our big forwards went well.

[Demonland 72,193]

 

[Demon Dynasty 17,109]

What a great get for our club.  On and off the field.  These are the characters that make a club great.

Loved what he brought on the field.  Really straightened us up and sometimes forced the oppo to play an extra tall and go outside their usual 'preferred' line up down back.

He also drew plenty of frees just through worrying his opponent as he would attenpt to mark the ball at its highest point on the lead and did so quite often.

There were the little one percenters.  A hand in here.  A fingertip there.  An outlet relief mark down the line to help out Maxy on occasions.  Sometimes he'd even drift right down to the last line for the odd intercept save the day mark.

His accuracy was also up there, which meant if you could get it into his hands he would goal more often than not.

Who'll ever forget his mark from behind and goal as apart of the bang bang bang bang passages late in the third.

The Dennis Lillee run up!

Thanks a million Benny boy and enjoy the after life.

[Billy 2,530]

On 18/08/2024 at 14:09, picket fence said:

Hnmm I am pondering this, he was excellent yesterday from all accounts and 6 goals in a losing team with average delivery makes it a "Brilliant "game. But who would he replace?? Petty played his best game of the season as did Disco, so that leaves a rejig of forwards. Could we be tempted to go tall with Petty, Disco,Rooey, and BBB??? this could mean dropping Chandler, who has been OK, or someone else. I would say Sparrow will be missing so obviously Milkshake is in the 22, anyway would NOT begrudge him a farewell game at all. He has been fantastic for MFC and is a TOP BLOKE as well! Thoughts??

Or you just thank him for his premiership career at the MFC and move on.

Not like Heppell a captain & 250 games for the one club 

[whatwhat say what 22,757]

if his body had held together in 2022-23 we would have another premiership

[Sir Why You Little 37,038]

I shall never forget his 3rd Quarter Goal in the GF. 

The Big Arms went up together….

Thanks Benny

Demon Legend 

[demon3165 2,718]

6 hours ago, monoccular said:

Interesting that he isn’t being used to help teach our forwards proper leading patterns.   
Could he, were he interested, make the perfect  replacement forward coach for Stafford?  Seems very well liked, and respected.  

Nope same as Gus if you're interested in coaching cut your teeth somewhere else first, to close to the players to do that role.

[Red and Bluebeard 2,084]

Congratulations on your career BBB. You certainly didn't leave anything out there, but Old Father Time is a persistent bastard who always wins in the end. Not everyone gets a fairytale ending.

To celebrate, instead of the usual 3/4 time "Race against a Demon", we should have the spectator start at the usual position (left-hand back flank facing the City End) against BBB with a footy, starting his run-up at the same spot. The spectator runs around the boundary, as usual, while BBB does his run-up to take a shot from the fifty at the City End. If the spectator beats the ball across the goal line, they win. For extra points, BBB has to bounce every 15m -- I reckon his standard run-up requires two anyway.😅 One last sideshow for SideShow Bob! 😀🤣

[Newport34 380]

Thank you BBB ❤️💙

[Jaded No More 68,915]

I teared up watching the video of him speak to the players. When he said his mind was willing but his body wasn’t capable, I felt that deep in my soul. 
 

[DeeMee 873]

Sad to be losing two very fine human beings in BBB and ANB. Both exemplify that footy clubs are about more than footy.

[buck_nekkid 5,861]

Will always be remembered fondly.  Helped us snag a flag.  Thanks and look after those knees!

[DeeZone 9,842]

A huge thank you to our Big Ben Brown who joined us at a super critical time in our history and helped us break our 57 year drought, which has bought so much joy and happiness to all Demon supporters. Enjoy your retirement Ben and good luck for your future.

[DiscoStu17 731]

Was an even better player than his stats attest, and his stats are pretty damn good. 
And as everyone else is saying, gave the club so much more in other areas as well.

Well done, Ben!

[Rab D Nesbitt 8,367]

Diamond geezer. 

[Superunknown 4,217]

Thank you Ben.

Stick around a while.

[loges 6,767]

Thanks so much Ben for coming to our club and winning a flag.