TDeath21 wrote:
One of the few sports where there is an undisputed GOAT. I'd say hockey and MX are the other two off the top of my head that ...more
TDeath21 wrote:
One of the few sports where there is an undisputed GOAT. I'd say hockey and MX are the other two off the top of my head that also do.
How did you leave out the original GOAT? Michael Jordan.
Plenty in tennis dispute Roger's claim to GOAT status. Honestly, I dont think we've seen the true GOAT yet. Agassi couldve been that guy but his personal issues & love/hate relationship with the game didnt allow him to reach his full potential.
Part of making a GOAT is timing. Agassi was playing in a really great era where had he been able to dominate another great like Sampras, it wouldve allowed us to measure Agassi against any other great from before or after. RC is the GOAT of MX because he took down McGrath, beat CR, and held off Bubba. He basically dominated 3 legitimate Hall-of-Famers over a multi-era career. The only question mark is Everts and that's more a knock on Everts than RC.
GOAT = best there's ever been, and ever will be
You cant say without a doubt that there will never be another player better than Roger Federer. He's special, but not THAT special.
We will be hard pressed to see another MX racer with RC's talent/drive get the opportunity to showcase it against consecutive greats like he did. Lining up MC, CR, and Bubba all in a row is such a anomaly.
Many tennis fans dispute Roger's status as GOAT due to the fact that he's rarely beaten a top opponent in his Grand Slam Finals matches. IMO, you have to make it there and deliver, which he has. So I dont hold it against him in a HoF debate. But it does get held against him in the GOAT argument the same way we hold it against Chad Reed for never actually beating RC or Bubba straight up.
Just because Fed isnt the GOAT is NOT a knock against him.
To be legitimately listed in the same sentence as Serena, Bjorg, Agassi, Sampras, and Nadal etc as a legitimate All-Time great is massive in itself. There's no shame in falling short of GOAT status. Especially when it's out of his control in some respects.
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