O'Driscoll- Best player of year?

[t.winde]

I'm doing a project for school and need people's opinions on Brian O'Driscoll. Whether you like him, hate him or whatever.Give me your opinions.

 

[lucky number 7]

Not of the year no way....best rugby player of the decade..yes. Ever? possibly.

 

[JW.]

Decade, no. Ever, no. Of this year def no. He's great but he's not the best player. Might have been the best in a certain year though?

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Best of the decade between him and Dan Carter, Ever No, Best centre ever yes, year No.

 

[Jer1cho]

Best centre during the professional era, YES. Best centre ever? Not a chance. That honour belongs to Danie Gerber.

Best player of this year? NO

 

[JW.]

Best of the decade between him and Dan Carter, Ever No, Best centre ever yes, year No.

He's not the best center ever IMO that could go to Horan/Sella/Guscott/Bunce, neither is it between him and Carter for the decade Carter is someway ahead imo.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Year? No
Decade? Potentially
Ever? No


He's a good player, used to be absolutely fantastic - can still pull it out of the bag these days, but also puts in some fairly poor performances too

 

[psychic duck]

For me the best #13 from the pro era

as a youngster he used to tear through opposition backlines, and then lost his speed had a couple of quiet seasons and then rediscovered himself as a different type of player who tackles ferociously and is a playmaker

had an awesome year in 2009 with Ireland and the Lions

@TRF_Olyy: when exactly has he been poor lately? he's had some quiet games yes but I would say average not poor

poor is what Shontayne Hape and Banahan are at centre

 

[james5000]

I would say Carter would have a strong fight from McCaw for NZ player of the decade, the winner win's player of the decade if you ask me.

 

[james5000]

He's not the best center ever IMO that could go to Horan/Sella/Guscott/Bunce, neither is it between him and Carter for the decade Carter is someway ahead imo.

He is better than all those players and Horan played 12 any way. Bunce wouldn't be the best NZ center of all time. I am sure there are much better players in the history of the game than them haha.

 

[Draggs]

Not even the greatest Irish centre ever.
Good player definitely, but he's not the greatest.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

@TRF_Olyy: when exactly has he been poor lately? he's had some quiet games yes but I would say average not poor

I think it may have been the HEC final? He missed tackles, threw poor passes and generally looked off the mark
Backed it up with magic in the Magners final, so it all evens out in the end

 

[Saintjay]

I would say Carter would have a strong fight from McCaw for NZ player of the decade, the winner win's player of the decade if you ask me.

For scoring try's Carter can't touch the OD, no way near. Different type of players one a kicking machine, the other a try scoring machine.

As for OD well,

Best centre of all time, his is up there.
Best Irish centre of all time, I think he is.
Best player of the decade, tough debate lots of great players lot's of specialist positions.
Best player ever as above but I would say no.

His records speak for themselves.

 

[UilamOsa]

I'm doing a project for school and need people's opinions on Brian O'Driscoll. Whether you like him, hate him or whatever.Give me your opinions.

Probably the most complete centre of the professional error. I couldn't pick between BoD and Horan at their peaks. That is a from a kiwi/samoan perspective.

Player of the Year? You would have too look at the domestic competition performance, 6N & warmup test matches AS WELL as RWC performances for this year. - I couldn't really say as didn't watch as much.
What context? Are we speaking from an Irish Perspective, World Perspective, IRB perspective or just what the fans say...

Or just let his record speak for itself...

 

[Kiwiwomble]

He is better than all those players and Horan played 12 any way. Bunce wouldn't be the best NZ center of all time. I am sure there are much better players in the history of the game than them haha.

I would say smith is one of the best centre's we've ever had

 

[ranger]

For scoring try's Carter can't touch the OD, no way near. Different type of players one a kicking machine, the other a try scoring machine.

As for OD well,

Best centre of all time, his is up there.
Best Irish centre of all time, I think he is.
Best player of the decade, tough debate lots of great players lot's of specialist positions.
Best player ever as above but I would say no.

His records speak for themselves.

A kicking machine? thats Wilkinson mate. Carter is way more than kicking

 

[nickdnz]

I'd rate him with Tana Umaga as the best centre from 2000-2009.
Best player of the decade? No. I'd pick McCaw and Carter above him (even if I am a Kiwi, I genuinely believe it).
Best player ever? No.
Best Irish Player Ever? Probably.
My disliked player of all time: Very close.

For scoring try's Carter can't touch the OD, no way near. Different type of players one a kicking machine, the other a try scoring machine.

As for OD well,

Best centre of all time, his is up there.
Best Irish centre of all time, I think he is.
Best player of the decade, tough debate lots of great players lot's of specialist positions.
Best player ever as above but I would say no.

His records speak for themselves.

Try scoring machine? He's scored 46 test tries in 123 tests...To put that in perspective:
Christian Cullen: 46 test tries in 58 tests
Rokocoko: 46 test tries in 68 tests
Doug Howlett: 49 test tries in 62 tests
Shane Williams: 58 test tries in 88 tests
Jeff Wilson: 44 test tries in 60 tests
Jonah Lomu: 37 test tries in 63 tests
Tana Umaga: 36 test tries in 74 tests
David Campese: 64 test tries in 101 tests

As you can see, he has a considerably poorer record than any of them. The reason why he has so many tries is because he's played in more tests than anyone on earth barring George Gregan. Interestingly, Daniel Carter has score more test tries than any other 1st 5/8th in history, on top of scoring the most about of points. Daniel Carter has scored 29 test tries in 85 tests (.3418) and Brian O'Driscoll has scored 45 test tries in 123 tests (0.3658) so as you can see, there is virtually no difference between the two's try averages.

 

[james5000]

My disliked player of all time: Very close.

Was that sarcasm? I have never heard a bad word spoken about BOD, he just seems like a nice guy. I remember meeting him outside The Bank in Hams after the Lions played the Maori, he was ****** and we got a photo with him. He was a good guy, pretty small for such a brilliant player.

 

[nickdnz]

Was that sarcasm? I have never heard a bad word spoken about BOD, he just seems like a nice guy. I remember meeting him outside The Bank in Hams after the Lions played the Maori, he was ****** and we got a photo with him. He was a good guy, pretty small for such a brilliant player.

Not sarcasm. The guy annoys me to no end.

 

[james5000]

Not sarcasm. The guy annoys me to no end.

Mine would be Gregan, the cheeky little prick was just too good haha.