When players look to the ideal standard of elite AFL football, they only have to look at the figure of James Hird.
Upon returning from injury to lift a deflated team, he produces:
18 kicks, 27 disposals, 7 marks, 4 clearances, 5 frees for, 2 tackles, and also kicks an incredible 4 goals & 2 behinds, while he's at it.
If any of the young Tigers, Brett Deledio, Richard Tambling, Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls et al, need an idol to emulate, then James Hird would be the one.