01-14-2009, 02:46 AM
<!--quoteo(post=11476:date=Jan 13 2009, 11:50 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Jan 13 2009, 11:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=11232:date=Jan 13 2009, 10:58 AM:name=bz)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (bz @ Jan 13 2009, 10:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->1/3 or his career was awesome. The other 2/3...not so much. I guy can't be in if they aren't amazing for a majority of their career.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I disagree with that.
I think a lot of guys in the HOF are there because of their red-hot "peak" years, when they were considered among the very best in the game. If you tail off after that, I think it's perfectly legit to be remembered for the years when you were the best, or among the best.
Almost all players tail off considerably toward the end of their careers. Even Rickey Henderson was pretty darn weak for the last 9 years of his career...and 9 years is a long time.
Dale Murphy is a borderline guy, for sure. But for awhile there, he was one of the best 2 or 3 guys on the planet.
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Personally, I wouldn't vote him in (but wouldn't care that much if he got voted) because I'm for a greater sense of elitism for the HOF. By that I surely don't mean the disgusting, holier-than-thou, self-important sense of elitism that exists among the voters and the veterans committee today. There's is completely misguided and wrong. I guess quality over quantity is what I'm looking for.
I disagree with that.
I think a lot of guys in the HOF are there because of their red-hot "peak" years, when they were considered among the very best in the game. If you tail off after that, I think it's perfectly legit to be remembered for the years when you were the best, or among the best.
Almost all players tail off considerably toward the end of their careers. Even Rickey Henderson was pretty darn weak for the last 9 years of his career...and 9 years is a long time.
Dale Murphy is a borderline guy, for sure. But for awhile there, he was one of the best 2 or 3 guys on the planet.
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Personally, I wouldn't vote him in (but wouldn't care that much if he got voted) because I'm for a greater sense of elitism for the HOF. By that I surely don't mean the disgusting, holier-than-thou, self-important sense of elitism that exists among the voters and the veterans committee today. There's is completely misguided and wrong. I guess quality over quantity is what I'm looking for.
If Angelo had picked McClellin, I would have been expecting to hear by training camp that kid has stage 4 cancer, is actually 5'2" 142 lbs, is a chick who played in a 7 - 0 defensive scheme who only rotated in on downs which were 3 and 34 yds + so is not expecting to play a down in the NFL until the sex change is complete and she puts on another 100 lbs. + but this is Emery's first pick so he'll get a pass with a bit of questioning. - 1060Ivy