Senor Catface
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First, driving a car isnt a sport.And not just limited to hockey.
In the last 25 years we’ve had
Schumaker
Hamilton
Verstappen
Agassi
Sampras
Federer
Nadal
Djokovic
Jordan
LeBron
Brady
Manning
Mahomes
Woods
Phelps
Bolt
Messi
Ronaldo
Bonds
Trout
Ohtani
Gretzky
Lemieux
Crosby
McDavid
Basically we’ve seen the GOAT in every sport (sometimes one upped by the next guy) or Top 5 players of all time all in the last 25 years.
We’re living through the golden generation of sports and we don’t even know it.
We are also living through the golden generation of porn too but nobody ever brings it up
Except for Leaf fans.I’m pretty sure everyone thinks they’ve witnessed the golden age in their lifetime when it comes to sports.
Some guy who died in 1996 as an old man and started watching sports in 1918 could say at the end of his life "I saw Cobb, Ruth, Aaron, Mays, Clemente, Griffey Jr., Bonds, Morenz, Richard, Howe, Orr, Gretzky, Lemieux, Unitas, Montana, Favre, Rice, Payton, Chamberlain, Russell, Magic, Bird, Jordan and so forth, I lived through the golden generations of sports".
I mean every generation produces its own icons, if you live long enough you'll see a few generations of them.
That being said, I do think sports as we know them may be somewhat on borrowed time. Look at under 25 year olds today, the traditional sports aren't quite what they once were in terms of following and active participation.
If Poland qualifies i would strongly disagree. Majority of people here know knothing about MLB or NFL.I’m willing to bet you that Tom Brady is much more known in every European non-traditional hockey country than any hockey player.
We are also living through the golden generation of porn too but nobody ever brings it up
Fair point. The only GOAT we haven't seen is baseball. The GOAT is either Babe Ruth or Willie Mays and you'd have to be damn old to have seen either of them. I say it's the Babe, but even if Mays, you'd certainly have to have been old to have seen his prime. Gretzky, Jordan, Brady, I'm 35 and got to see all of them play. Bolt is the GOAT of track. Tennis is close, but it's one of three who are either still active or recently retired.
I’m willing to bet you that Tom Brady is much more known in every European non-traditional hockey country than any hockey player.
Really? I'm Canadian and I don't know who he is (without looking up a Google search)I’m willing to bet you that Tom Brady is much more known in every European non-traditional hockey country than any hockey player.
First, driving a car isnt a sport.
Second, there are like 10 better baseball players (that didnt use drugs) than the three you listed from prior generations.
Really? I'm Canadian and I don't know who he is (without looking up a Google search)
You do accept there were greats before those you listed, right? And some of those are still the greatest. Like Jack Nicklaus in golf. 18 majors. And McDavid hasn’t won a Cup. He’s not on a greats list. Greats win (are keys to teams winning) championship.It’s 30 max and that’s the definition of a generation.
Ohtani will be the GOAT of baseball once he leads the Dodgers to a Championship.Fair point. The only GOAT we haven't seen is baseball. The GOAT is either Babe Ruth or Willie Mays and you'd have to be damn old to have seen either of them. I say it's the Babe, but even if Mays, you'd certainly have to have been old to have seen his prime. Gretzky, Jordan, Brady, I'm 35 and got to see all of them play. Bolt is the GOAT of track. Tennis is close, but it's one of three who are either still active or recently retired.
Have they replaced those guys?I remember when people thought the NBA was in crisis because they would never be able to replace the talent lost by Magic, Bird, Jordan, etc.