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Post by msdemos on Mar 12, 2019 16:58:33 GMT
......for whatever reason,over the years, lost some/most/all your appreciation for ?? SAVE FERRIS
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Post by klawrencio79 on Mar 12, 2019 17:06:24 GMT
Matt Harvey
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Mar 12, 2019 17:44:20 GMT
Donovan McNabb.
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Post by NJtoTX on Mar 12, 2019 17:45:26 GMT
O.J. Simpson
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Post by masterofallgoons on Mar 12, 2019 18:04:54 GMT
Jeremy Shockey
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Post by klawrencio79 on Mar 12, 2019 18:15:34 GMT
Remember how awesome Shockey was when he first arrived in the NFL? He would just steamroll opponents and make things happen seemingly every game via brute force. He was so good, it made his "fuck you" attitude kinda charming. Then, after he kept getting hurt and became ineffective, he was just an asshole. Good answer.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Mar 12, 2019 18:22:38 GMT
Curt Schilling
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Post by Rufus-T on Mar 12, 2019 18:28:06 GMT
Lance Armstrong
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Post by masterofallgoons on Mar 12, 2019 18:41:16 GMT
Remember how awesome Shockey was when he first arrived in the NFL? He would just steamroll opponents and make things happen seemingly every game via brute force. He was so good, it made his "fuck you" attitude kinda charming. Then, after he kept getting hurt and became ineffective, he was just an asshole. Good answer. Yeah exactly. I was such a fan at first. He seemed tough, passionate, and dedicated. His rants and tirades all at first seemed like he just wanted to win. Then as he got hurt all the time, like you said, it became clear he was just a an asshole who wanted the whole team to revolve around him. But man, he was impressive at first.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Mar 12, 2019 19:00:54 GMT
Garry Ablett Sr- nothing admirable about providing an underage with illegsl drugs and watching her die of an overdose in front of you. James Hird- nothing admirable about a coach condoning, encouraging and ultimately setting up the systemic administering of banned peptides in his team. 2 year bans on his players, 3 years of draft picks lost, kicked out of a season and this moron says "I did nothing wrong." Fuck you Jimmy.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Mar 12, 2019 19:09:25 GMT
Lance Armstrong - cheat
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Post by DC-Fan on Mar 12, 2019 19:13:49 GMT
......for whatever reason,over the years, lost some/most/all your appreciation for ?? O.J. Simpson - admired him before 1994 Ben Johnson - admired him before he got caught cheating in the 1988 Olympics Tom Brady - admired him before he and the Patriots got caught cheating in SpyGate
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Mar 12, 2019 19:17:10 GMT
......for whatever reason,over the years, lost some/most/all your appreciation for ?? O.J. Simpson - admired him before 1994 Ben Johnson - admired him before he got caught cheating in the 1988 Olympics Tom Brady - admired him before he and the Patriots got caught cheating in SpyGate Then you moved on to full blown obsession. The other guys got off lucky, eh?
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Post by DC-Fan on Mar 12, 2019 19:23:47 GMT
O.J. Simpson - admired him before 1994 Ben Johnson - admired him before he got caught cheating in the 1988 Olympics Tom Brady - admired him before he and the Patriots got caught cheating in SpyGate The other guys got off lucky, eh? I spoke out plenty against Ben Johnson when he got caught cheating in the 1988 Olympics. But Ben Johnson is no longer an active athlete and neither is O.J. Brady is not only still active but continued his cheating ways with DeflateGate.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Mar 12, 2019 19:27:20 GMT
The other guys got off lucky, eh? I spoke out plenty against Ben Johnson when he got caught cheating in the 1988 Olympics. But Ben Johnson is no longer an active athlete and neither is O.J. Brady is not only still active but continued his cheating ways with DeflateGate. Did you admire Brady more or less than OJ?
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Mar 12, 2019 19:37:52 GMT
Might go with an odd choice.
Willie Mays
The perception I always had was that The Say Hey Kid was a bubbly happy go lucky guy. I've read too many accounts that paint him as a total jerk. An arrogant moody prick who was only concerned with his stats and didn't give a tin shit for the Giants.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2019 19:40:25 GMT
Jimmy Krankie.
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Post by Winston Wolfe on Mar 12, 2019 19:41:01 GMT
Michael Jordan. The best of all time on the court...and that's about it. Have heard next to no accounts of him being a good guy. Colossal asshole based on everything I've read about him.
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Mar 12, 2019 19:42:19 GMT
Kirk Stevens
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2019 19:55:14 GMT
I dont think I've ever admired an athlete or thought of one as a hero/role model. Never really looked at anyone ever in that context.
However I used to really like ARod. Then he went to the Yankees and became a bitch. Then came the discovery of cheating and his smugness about it. I'll never take a word he says seriously anymore. He's a total dbag.
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