Comments for The Wanna-Be Sports Guy http://www.thewannabesportsguy.com Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:26:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on 90s Bulls vs 80s Lakers: Which team is the best? by Nice Guy http://www.thewannabesportsguy.com/2009/11/90s-bulls-vs-80s-lakers-which-team-is-the-best/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Nice Guy Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:26:08 +0000 http://www.thewannabesportsguy.com/?p=132#comment-81 The Team of all time are the 80's Lakers. I don't think the 90's Bulls could beat the 80's Lakers. As it was mentioned ealier, the Lakers had 4 hall of famers. It was the style of play that made the lakers so good and to me unstoppable. The 90's Bulls were great but the 90's Lakers just to me had too much talend that meshed together under the master mind of Pat Riley, who by the way was a great coach. He's not far behind Phil Jackson, who I think is the greatest coach of all time. The Team of all time are the 80’s Lakers. I don’t think the 90’s Bulls could beat the 80’s Lakers. As it was mentioned ealier, the Lakers had 4 hall of famers. It was the style of play that made the lakers so good and to me unstoppable. The 90’s Bulls were great but the 90’s Lakers just to me had too much talend that meshed together under the master mind of Pat Riley, who by the way was a great coach. He’s not far behind Phil Jackson, who I think is the greatest coach of all time.

]]> Comment on 90s Bulls vs 80s Lakers: Which team is the best? by Old Timer http://www.thewannabesportsguy.com/2009/11/90s-bulls-vs-80s-lakers-which-team-is-the-best/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Old Timer Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:32:52 +0000 http://www.thewannabesportsguy.com/?p=132#comment-80 this one's easy having seen them both as a neutral fan. the best team of the 1980's lakers would probably sweep the best the 90's bulls had to offer. and on down the line. this one’s easy having seen them both as a neutral fan.
the best team of the 1980’s lakers would probably sweep the best the 90’s bulls had to offer. and on down the line.

]]> Comment on Kobe…Need I say more by Tommy K http://www.thewannabesportsguy.com/2010/07/kobe-need-i-say-more/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Tommy K Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:04:44 +0000 http://www.thewannabesportsguy.com/?p=1505#comment-78 How old is this video? 4 or 5 years old? No I do not think he is the best player in the league. 6-24 ring a bell? I would love to see him do this with his arthritic finger now... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dimt8YbKDTo&feature=related How old is this video? 4 or 5 years old?

No I do not think he is the best player in the league. 6-24 ring a bell? I would love to see him do this with his arthritic finger now…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dimt8YbKDTo&feature=related

]]> Comment on Worst General Managers Ever by Larry from Brooklyn http://www.thewannabesportsguy.com/2010/04/worst-general-managers-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Larry from Brooklyn Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:44:10 +0000 http://www.thewannabesportsguy.com/?p=651#comment-49 The opposite of GeorgeSteinbrenner but equally abusive,MDonaldGrant ruined the Mets while Steinbrenner was building the Yankees.Grant has been partially vindicated:salaries are obscene,pensions are also too high,& he had the good business sense not to overpay his employees.But baseball players had previously been underpayed,free agency is a right,& in the largest market,NYC, was also stingy on spending for the farm system & holding on to his own players.His miserliness & baseball ignorance cause him,in conjunction with the pathetic GM JoeMcDonald,to trade Mets fave RustyStaub for the declining MickeyLolich.This overall display of incompetence ultimately led to Grant's legendary clash with TomSeaver.Mets fans spared no expense in making it clear whose side they took.Hint:one has a plaque in the HallofFame,crediting him with turning the Mets from lovable losers to formidable foes;the other is the modern namesake of Grant'sTomb.The lesson:run a business efficiently,but you have to be competitive - or else,as we say in NYC! The opposite of GeorgeSteinbrenner but equally abusive,MDonaldGrant ruined the Mets while Steinbrenner was building the Yankees.Grant has been partially vindicated:salaries are obscene,pensions are also too high,& he had the good business sense not to overpay his employees.But baseball players had previously been underpayed,free agency is a right,& in the largest market,NYC, was also stingy on spending for the farm system & holding on to his own players.His miserliness & baseball ignorance cause him,in conjunction with the pathetic GM JoeMcDonald,to trade Mets fave RustyStaub for the declining MickeyLolich.This overall display of incompetence ultimately led to Grant’s legendary clash with TomSeaver.Mets fans spared no expense in making it clear whose side they took.Hint:one has a plaque in the HallofFame,crediting him with turning the Mets from lovable losers to formidable foes;the other is the modern namesake of Grant’sTomb.The lesson:run a business efficiently,but you have to be competitive – or else,as we say in NYC!

]]> Comment on Pat Gallagher: The Man Who Saved Candlestick by The Wanna-be Sports Guy http://www.thewannabesportsguy.com/2010/05/pat-gallagher-the-man-who-saved-candlestick/comment-page-1/#comment-37 The Wanna-be Sports Guy Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:29:23 +0000 http://www.thewannabesportsguy.com/?p=777#comment-37 I applaud you Mr. Gallagher for saving Candlestick! Your ideas were genius and also risky! If it wasn't for you, Giants baseball may have never survived in San Francisco! Your legacy will always live on! - The Wanna-be Sports Guy I applaud you Mr. Gallagher for saving Candlestick! Your ideas were genius and also risky! If it wasn’t for you, Giants baseball may have never survived in San Francisco! Your legacy will always live on!

- The Wanna-be Sports Guy

]]> Comment on Pat Gallagher: The Man Who Saved Candlestick by Pat Gallagher http://www.thewannabesportsguy.com/2010/05/pat-gallagher-the-man-who-saved-candlestick/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Pat Gallagher Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:41:43 +0000 http://www.thewannabesportsguy.com/?p=777#comment-35 Saved Candlestick? Thanks for the kudos, but I merely survived it and only encouraged others to do so as well. What else could we do? It was a blast...cheers....PJG Saved Candlestick? Thanks for the kudos, but I merely survived it and only encouraged others to do so as well. What else could we do? It was a blast…cheers….PJG

]]> Comment on Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich swap wives by Wellness: An Etymology | F i a t Lux http://www.thewannabesportsguy.com/2009/11/fritz-peterson-and-mike-kekich-swap-wives/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Wellness: An Etymology | F i a t Lux Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:37:39 +0000 http://www.thewannabesportsguy.com/?p=66#comment-29 [...] did we learn? A few things. Like key parties, weird wife swaps and that Swedish fad, jøgging, “wellness” originated in the 1970s. Unlike most of [...] [...] did we learn? A few things. Like key parties, weird wife swaps and that Swedish fad, jøgging, “wellness” originated in the 1970s. Unlike most of [...]

]]> Comment on Lakers: NBA Royalty by Ryan Mathews http://www.thewannabesportsguy.com/2010/01/lakers-nba-royalty/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Ryan Mathews Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:34:55 +0000 http://www.thewannabesportsguy.com/?p=357#comment-24 If you're going to take away titles from the Celtics because Russell "did not have a descent center to play against him during that decade", then I can take away all five titles from the Mikan era with more than enough justification. If anyone didn't have competition, it was Mikan during the era in which he played. At 6'10", he was hardly rivaled by any players due to his size (which was at a premium and hardly rivaled) and unique skill set (being his frame and the sheer size he was...) that separated him from any other big at that time. The breakdown of a few players taller than Mikan? Jim Slaughter who stood at 6-11 and only managed to make it through one NBA season in 1951-52. His statistical output that year? A sterling 5 points a game to go with an earth shattering, glass decimating 5 rebounds. Chuck Share standing at 6-11 who was a career 8 and 8 guy who peaked in '56 with 13-11. Coincidentally, this was the year where virtually everybody saw their stats increase (mostly due to the institution of the 24 shot clock, but still, forwards and centers weren't facing Mikan up to 11 times a season anymore) as a hobbled Mikan managed to only play 20 minutes a game over 37 games (George was the acting GM for the Lakers and after they started a dismal 5-15, he made his "comeback"). With that in mind, almost the entire pre-shot clock era can be discredited to an extent because the shot clock was what revitalized the NBA and kept players like Mikan, who couldn't handle a season (little lone 31 games), hobbling and panting to keep up with the shot clock. On the other hand, Russell (as well as Chamberlain because I don't want to try and provide any reason to believe I'm being bias), on the other hand, played against the likes of Chamberlain, Pettit, Schayes, Kerr, Thurmond, and Reed. Hell, I could go on, but that is more elite centers than there is in the NBA now, and Russell played them night in, night out with the number of teams in the league at that point in time. Oh, and as for Magic being so talented that he could beat Larry with his right hand behind his back and spotting him seven? Basketball, last time I checked, was a team sport, and championships are won as a team. As a matter of fact, when Magic did hold that title of all-time assists leader in NBA history, he couldn't have done that without teammates like Kareem, Worthy, Scott, Cooper, McAdoo, and Wilkes. Some food for thought, "Larry, you only told me one lie. You said there will be another Larry Bird. Larry, there will never, ever be another Larry Bird," Earvin "Magic" Johnson. Warm regards (it's freezing here in Detroit), Ryan Mathews If you’re going to take away titles from the Celtics because Russell “did not have a descent center to play against him during that decade”, then I can take away all five titles from the Mikan era with more than enough justification. If anyone didn’t have competition, it was Mikan during the era in which he played. At 6′10″, he was hardly rivaled by any players due to his size (which was at a premium and hardly rivaled) and unique skill set (being his frame and the sheer size he was…) that separated him from any other big at that time.

The breakdown of a few players taller than Mikan? Jim Slaughter who stood at 6-11 and only managed to make it through one NBA season in 1951-52. His statistical output that year? A sterling 5 points a game to go with an earth shattering, glass decimating 5 rebounds. Chuck Share standing at 6-11 who was a career 8 and 8 guy who peaked in ‘56 with 13-11. Coincidentally, this was the year where virtually everybody saw their stats increase (mostly due to the institution of the 24 shot clock, but still, forwards and centers weren’t facing Mikan up to 11 times a season anymore) as a hobbled Mikan managed to only play 20 minutes a game over 37 games (George was the acting GM for the Lakers and after they started a dismal 5-15, he made his “comeback”).

With that in mind, almost the entire pre-shot clock era can be discredited to an extent because the shot clock was what revitalized the NBA and kept players like Mikan, who couldn’t handle a season (little lone 31 games), hobbling and panting to keep up with the shot clock. On the other hand, Russell (as well as Chamberlain because I don’t want to try and provide any reason to believe I’m being bias), on the other hand, played against the likes of Chamberlain, Pettit, Schayes, Kerr, Thurmond, and Reed. Hell, I could go on, but that is more elite centers than there is in the NBA now, and Russell played them night in, night out with the number of teams in the league at that point in time.

Oh, and as for Magic being so talented that he could beat Larry with his right hand behind his back and spotting him seven? Basketball, last time I checked, was a team sport, and championships are won as a team. As a matter of fact, when Magic did hold that title of all-time assists leader in NBA history, he couldn’t have done that without teammates like Kareem, Worthy, Scott, Cooper, McAdoo, and Wilkes. Some food for thought, “Larry, you only told me one lie. You said there will be another Larry Bird. Larry, there will never, ever be another Larry Bird,” Earvin “Magic” Johnson.

Warm regards (it’s freezing here in Detroit),
Ryan Mathews

]]> Comment on 2009 Year-End Awards by NFL draft http://www.thewannabesportsguy.com/2009/12/2009-year-end-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-22 NFL draft Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:47:47 +0000 http://www.thewannabesportsguy.com/?p=334#comment-22 Here is a hot news: After turning down chances to return to the NFL in previous offseasons, former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher is primed to get back in the game this time. Those who know Cowher firmly believe that he plans to coach in 2010, according to two league sources. He is laying the groundwork, making calls to piece together a coaching staff and acting like a man who will be patrolling the sidelines once again next season. Many around the league have expected Cowher's name to surface in connection to the Carolina job, and it might. But others also believe that a more likely landing spot might be the Panthers' division rival Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Here is a hot news:
After turning down chances to return to the NFL in previous offseasons, former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher is primed to get back in the game this time.
Those who know Cowher firmly believe that he plans to coach in 2010, according to two league sources. He is laying the groundwork, making calls to piece together a coaching staff and acting like a man who will be patrolling the sidelines once again next season.
Many around the league have expected Cowher’s name to surface in connection to the Carolina job, and it might. But others also believe that a more likely landing spot might be the Panthers’ division rival Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

]]> Comment on Hustling yourself right out the door by john r http://www.thewannabesportsguy.com/2009/11/hustling-yourself-right-out-the-door/comment-page-1/#comment-9 john r Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:08:26 +0000 http://www.thewannabesportsguy.com/?p=60#comment-9 Seriously.....Curt Flood should be in the Hall of Fame...his record speaks for itself....7x gold glove winner, 3x all-star and two world series titles...but you're right Steve, Flood changed the way owners dealt with players and he should at least get into the hall of fame as a contributor and so does Miller! And we can't forget about Andre "Awesome" Dawson! (I had to put his name in for all you die-hard Cubs fans) he deserves to be in the Hall of Fame too! Seriously…..Curt Flood should be in the Hall of Fame…his record speaks for itself….7x gold glove winner, 3x all-star and two world series titles…but you’re right Steve, Flood changed the way owners dealt with players and he should at least get into the hall of fame as a contributor and so does Miller! And we can’t forget about Andre “Awesome” Dawson! (I had to put his name in for all you die-hard Cubs fans) he deserves to be in the Hall of Fame too!

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