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Message: [QUOTE="Morkel, post: 2623314, member: 8215"] It's not over the top at all. Because if we were asking the question in 3 or 4 years time, we'd already have the answer. That's what makes this fun - nobody really knows and we can all just speculate with best guesses, and judgments based on other players in similar positions in the past. I'll say again that I was never sold on Hunt. Even during his good games last year, I was skeptical to say the least, a couple of good plays in a month or so of footy doesn't mean much. I am very impressed with him now though. The difficult thing is, and contrary to what I said above, is that there are very few players who have been in similar positions. Sure, there have been some late bloomers, but a half that's player bench hooker for 3 or 4 years before getting a crack? It just doesn't happen, at least not in the salary cap age. Any other player would have left for a starting gig, and full unreserved credit to Hunt for staying loyal. The other thing to weigh in to the debate is his form in the under 20s. I'd just written it off as a trend that is inherent in the 20s, that their weaker defences make playmakers look good. But when you add all those things together - his form in his younger days - his unwavering self-belief that he would one day earn his spot - and his sensational form while, let's be honest, doing it mostly on his own - it just adds up in my head to him being a great player for many more years to come, not just a flash in the pan. Those years at reduced minutes means he could genuinely play in to his mid 30s and still be at the top of his game. But will he be a legend? That's really tough. Because when you speak of legends, you think of names like Lockyer, Walters, Langer, Johns, Sterling, Daley, Sticky (yeah ew), and what do they all have in common? A premiership-winning team around them. For Hunt to be a legend, we're going to need to win at least one, probably two premierships during his time, as well as be a consistent dominant force. So much of that is out of his hands, and it's kind of unfair that his legacy will be determined by that. But I'm going to say...... yes. [/QUOTE]

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