Yahoo's "GOAT of GOATs" greatest of all sports

[Full Court]

This is a couple years old, but kind of interesting.

Yahoo did a vote to see who was the GOAT across all sports.

Michael Jordan beat Lebron in the first round, 86% to 14%.

https://sports.yahoo.com/goat-of-goa-ts-who-are-the-greatests-of-all-time-024156198.html

The final round came down to Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky.

https://sports.yahoo.com/goat-of-goa-ts-final-who-is-the-greatest-athlete-of-all-time-vote-now-034300375.html

Gretzky beat Jordan 54% to 46%.

Just thought this was interesting.

[TheCorporation]

Where's your SuperDuper account?

[Full Court]

Where's your SuperDuper account?

You should log into your TheGoatest account and reply to yourself, SuperPooper.

I don't need to hide behind alts like you do.

[TheCorporation]

You should log into your TheGoatest account and reply to yourself, SuperPooper.

I don't need to hide behind alts like you do.

SuperDuper...

[ShawkFactory]

Hard to make the argument against Phelps.

[HunterSThompson]

Hard to make the argument against Phelps.

1. his defender is water

2. his accomplishments are just 10 different styles of doing the same thing. like imagine if jordan or kobe got a championship for making left handed layups, then right handed layups, then 2 handed dunks and 1 handed dunks. then a title for free throws, then one for shots from looking backwards lol

3. black people can't swim

4. most people can't name another swimmer ever

5. its more of a physical feat than a sport. its just exercise like lifting weights. theres no major league swimming on TV every day. its like a once every 4 years thing cause its not really that interesting due to being so basic. it needs a national pride aspect in order for people to care. the sport on its own would never have any interest or investment. without the olympics and tax payers dollars it would fold

[HunterSThompson]

and btw the goat athlete is Eddie Feigner


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY283rzWvUc

[ShawkFactory]

1. his defender is water

2. his accomplishments are just 10 different styles of doing the same thing. like imagine if jordan or kobe got a championship for making left handed layups, then right handed layups, then 2 handed dunks and 1 handed dunks. then a title for free throws, then one for shots from looking backwards lol

3. black people can't swim

4. most people can't name another swimmer ever

5. its more of a physical feat than a sport. its just exercise like lifting weights. theres no major league swimming on TV every day. its like a once every 4 years thing cause its not really that interesting due to being so basic. it needs a national pride aspect in order for people to care. the sport on its own would never have any interest or investment. without the olympics and tax payers dollars it would fold

#2 is one of the stupidest things I've read.

[Shogon]

Tiger Woods. The end.

[Full Court]

SuperDuper...

Lol. I bust TheConstpation for padding his threads with an alt:

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?501307-Why-didn-t-MJ-win-with-a-coach-who-made-the-2nd-round-with-a-14-9-ppg-leading-scorer

And so this clown tries to deflect by attempting to link me with some other account. :lol What a tool.

I don't know who SuperDuper is, but it must have been someone else who made TheConstipation cry himself to sleep. He sounds traumatized.

[rmt]

Tiger Woods. The end.

Jack Nicklaus has 18 majors - Tiger has 15.

[ShawkFactory]

Jack Nicklaus has 18 majors - Tiger has 15.

Everyone knows that.

[Full Court]

Everyone knows that.

People actually follow golf?

[Johnny32]

ali beat sugar ray robinson 76 to 24% lol. that's embarrassingly wrong.

[Full Court]

ali beat sugar ray robinson 76 to 24% lol. that's embarrassingly wrong.

Yeah, 76% of the voters don't know the first thing about boxing.

Although, if we're talking the greatest athlete of all time, then it's Jim Thorpe.

[Shogon]

Jack Nicklaus has 18 majors - Tiger has 15.

And? Based on the overwhelming amount of evidence to support this claim, Tiger would have demolished 18 majors if he had remained healthy.

His dominance was to such an extent that ANY given event was Tiger vs the field. That has never before happened in the history of golf or any other individual sport for the amount of times it happened with Tiger.

0 people that know anything about golf would take Nicklaus over Woods or say that Nicklaus was greater. Absolute absurdity.

Woods basically has a decade's worth of injuries. You take away a decade from Nicklaus and the conversation becomes more absurd.

Anyone who disputes Tiger as the GOAT golfer legitimately deserves to be shot in the head as their brain and life is taking up resources that the rest of us could use.

[Hey Yo]

Article/vote was done before James' 4th ring and 4th FMVP.

[ShawkFactory]

People actually follow golf?

Plenty.

But you don’t even have to follow golf to know that.

[tpols]

Statistically speaking gretzky you could split his stats in half and he'd be number 1 and number 2 in his league at the time. He basically averaged the equivalent of 60/15/15 in what would be basketball terms.

[Full Court]

Statistically speaking gretzky you could split his stats in half and he'd be number 1 and number 2 in his league at the time. He basically averaged the equivalent of 60/15/15 in what would be basketball terms.

Yeah, when it comes to sheer dominance of a sport, it's hard to argue against him.

[MrFonzworth]

And? Based on the overwhelming amount of evidence to support this claim, Tiger would have demolished 18 majors if he had remained healthy.

His dominance was to such an extent that ANY given event was Tiger vs the field. That has never before happened in the history of golf or any other individual sport for the amount of times it happened with Tiger.

0 people that know anything about golf would take Nicklaus over Woods or say that Nicklaus was greater. Absolute absurdity.

Woods basically has a decade's worth of injuries. You take away a decade from Nicklaus and the conversation becomes more absurd.

Anyone who disputes Tiger as the GOAT golfer legitimately deserves to be shot in the head as their brain and life is taking up resources that the rest of us could use.

Autistic meltdown

[Full Court]

And? Based on the overwhelming amount of evidence to support this claim, Tiger would have demolished 18 majors if he had remained healthy.

His dominance was to such an extent that ANY given event was Tiger vs the field. That has never before happened in the history of golf or any other individual sport for the amount of times it happened with Tiger.

0 people that know anything about golf would take Nicklaus over Woods or say that Nicklaus was greater. Absolute absurdity.

Woods basically has a decade's worth of injuries. You take away a decade from Nicklaus and the conversation becomes more absurd.

Anyone who disputes Tiger as the GOAT golfer legitimately deserves to be shot in the head as their brain and life is taking up resources that the rest of us could use.


Autistic meltdown

:roll:

Pretty much every thread on here devolves into a military argument of MJ vs. Brony. Now I've seen everything.....we've got an argument about Jack Niklaus vs. Tiger Woods.

:cheers:

[ShawkFactory]

:roll:

Pretty much every thread on here devolves into a military argument of MJ vs. Brony. Now I've seen everything.....we've got an argument about Jack Niklaus vs. Tiger Woods.

:cheers:

You’ve never seen a Tiger Woods/Jack Nicklaus argument before?

[Full Court]

You’ve never seen a Tiger Woods/Jack Nicklaus argument before?

Not here on ISH. Why is this a recurring thing?

[ShawkFactory]

Not here on ISH. Why is this a recurring thing?

I’ve seen it. Seems like you’re pretty single-minded on here in general though.

[Hey Yo]

I’ve seen it. Seems like you’re pretty single-minded on here in general though.

He's got one single thing on his mind.....

LeBron

[Spurs m8]

As we've ALWAYS said, this is the general consensus.

The disparity here also proves its not even a discussion....LeBarry is not in the GOAT discussion....hands down.

Over 20,000 real votes, no alts.

https://i.ibb.co/gyB5FPr/Screenshot-20220131-102944-Chrome.jpg

Take more L's

[HunterSThompson]

I mean it's obvious the goat athletes are major team sport/combat athletes and those are jordan, babe, Ali, Gretzky.. football and soccer are tough cause there's no clear #1

but those are who people think of

[Full Court]

He's got one single thing on his mind.....

LeBron

Nah, I've got something else on my mind....






Your mom.

[Spurs m8]

86% v 14%

Does this prove Bron isn't even in the convo?

Why is the gap so big without alts in the poll?

Guys?

Guys?

[La Frescobaldi]

And? Based on the overwhelming amount of evidence to support this claim, Tiger would have demolished 18 majors if he had remained healthy.

His dominance was to such an extent that ANY given event was Tiger vs the field. That has never before happened in the history of golf or any other individual sport for the amount of times it happened with Tiger.

0 people that know anything about golf would take Nicklaus over Woods or say that Nicklaus was greater. Absolute absurdity.

Woods basically has a decade's worth of injuries. You take away a decade from Nicklaus and the conversation becomes more absurd.

Anyone who disputes Tiger as the GOAT golfer legitimately deserves to be shot in the head as their brain and life is taking up resources that the rest of us could use.

That’s like saying Sayers or Butkus or Bill Walton are the greatest but they got injured.
The answer has always been no and it will always remain no. Injuries are fact and Woods goes in their category.
Further you can’t say he’s better than Snead since his equipment is light years ahead of the whippy @$$ wands that Sammy used. You just can’t say it because there is no way to know.

But all of that is irrelevant since Woods or anybody and everybody else in any other sport ever, didn’t dominate even remotely close to the only actual goat, Eddie Merckx.

[ShawkFactory]

That’s like saying Sayers or Butkus or Bill Walton are the greatest but they got injured.
The answer has always been no and it will always remain no. Injuries are fact and Woods goes in their category.
Further you can’t say he’s better than Snead since his equipment is light years ahead of the whippy @$$ wands that Sammy used. You just can’t say it because there is no way to know.

But all of that is irrelevant since Woods or anybody and everybody else in any other sport ever, didn’t dominate even remotely close to the only actual goat, Eddie Merckx.

That’s not a good comparison at all. The guys you mentioned were uber talents who didn’t fully get a chance to be what they could have.

He won 15 Majors.

I know it’s not injury related, but Tiger is more akin to Barry Sanders than those others.

[Axe]

Kong continues to rent free in op's head.

[Full Court]

Kong continues to rent free in op's head.

...In a thread that has nothing to do with Brony. Ok, George.


Sounds more like OP is rent free in Axe's head.

[La Frescobaldi]

That’s not a good comparison at all. The guys you mentioned were uber talents who didn’t fully get a chance to be what they could have.

He won 15 Majors.

I know it’s not injury related, but Tiger is more akin to Barry Sanders than those others.

Nah it still applies That other guy is wishing away injuries so woods wins more so therefore he’s goat. It’s just a stupid idea at best.

And again none of it matters because woods with *25* major wins still doesn’t approach Merckx.

[Axe]

...In a thread that has nothing to do with Brony. Ok, George.


Sounds more like OP is rent free in Axe's head.
'In a thread that has nothing to do with Brony'

Yet you literally mentioned him in the op. :yaohappy:

Self awareness, buddy. :rolleyes:

https://c.tenor.com/ckI9Arnzk4AAAAAC/taps-head-tapping.gif

[Full Court]

'In a thread that has nothing to do with Brony'

Yet you literally mentioned him in the op. :yaohappy:

Self awareness, buddy. :rolleyes:

https://c.tenor.com/ckI9Arnzk4AAAAAC/taps-head-tapping.gif

:biggums:

Lol. He was an ancillary part of the post, based on the article.

This thread ended up more about Tiger Woods than about Brony.

[Axe]

:biggums:

Lol. He was an ancillary part of the post, based on the article.

This thread ended up more about Tiger Woods than about Brony.
Classic deflection lol

[Full Court]

Classic deflection lol

Lol, you got me. I can't say it isn't fun to get the Bronies all worked up.

[Spurs m8]

Never forget

86-14

[Full Court]

Never forget

86-14

86% to 14%.....that's one of the biggest blowouts of any sport.

Maybe it was such a huge margin because it was MJ vs. Lebron. It probably would have been closer if it was MJ vs Wilt, MJ vs Bird, etc.

[Spurs m8]

86% to 14%.....that's one of the biggest blowouts of any sport.

Maybe it was such a huge margin because it was MJ vs. Lebron. It probably would have been closer if it was MJ vs Wilt, MJ vs Bird, etc.

True

Or LeBron V Duncan or something like that

[rmt]

And? Based on the overwhelming amount of evidence to support this claim, Tiger would have demolished 18 majors if he had remained healthy.

His dominance was to such an extent that ANY given event was Tiger vs the field. That has never before happened in the history of golf or any other individual sport for the amount of times it happened with Tiger.

0 people that know anything about golf would take Nicklaus over Woods or say that Nicklaus was greater. Absolute absurdity.

Woods basically has a decade's worth of injuries. You take away a decade from Nicklaus and the conversation becomes more absurd.

Anyone who disputes Tiger as the GOAT golfer legitimately deserves to be shot in the head as their brain and life is taking up resources that the rest of us could use.

Why don't you just take a decade off whoever your favorite basketball player as if it didn't happen. And whose fault was it that he was driving so fast - - that wasn't some freak career ending injury - it was all his OWN fault. All that matters is what really happened - not a bunch of IFs.