Be honest, who was the player you thought was a 'can`t miss' and turned out to be a lemon?

blueedwards · Mar 2, 2004

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by WildBill:
Come on guys, some of these players had at least mediocre careers. What about guys like Brien Taylor? Dunston, Bere, Davis...those guys had some good years between them.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

shawon dunston was supposed to be ernie banks. jason bere was unhittable in 1993. mediocre is a big dissappointment.

blueedwards · Mar 2, 2004

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by Journeyman:
Like my 'ValueJet' stock...

I loaded up on Kevin Maas and Mike Greenwell baseball cards, and just like my ValueJet stock well you know the rest....<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

i still have some kevin mass "score" rookie cards in my basement.

jimbutorac · Mar 2, 2004

Ryan Leaf
David Klingler
Kijana Carter
Andre wadsworth

to add to the list.

Railbird · Mar 2, 2004

People arent reading the question right, its what players YOU< YOU, YOU, YOU. thought. Not what players the SCU*MBAG MEDIA SCUMBAG DUMB, STUPID UNATHLETIC MEDIA thought but what YOU thought. HUMANS are very stupid and are blind sheep by nature.

blueedwards · Mar 2, 2004

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by Railbird:
People arent reading the question right, its what players YOU< YOU, YOU, YOU. thought. Not what players the SCU*MBAG MEDIA SCUMBAG DUMB, STUPID UNATHLETIC MEDIA thought but what YOU thought. HUMANS are very stupid and are blind sheep by nature.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

tell me one opinion you have about professional sports that is not influenced by the media in some way. unless you are personally scouting high school players in the dominican republic, you are relying on information from another source.

RobFunk · Mar 2, 2004

dirk minnifield - celtics

JohnnyDeMarco · Mar 2, 2004

wildbill

which one of my guys had a mediocre career?

Drew Henson-baseball
Heath Shuler-football
Alec Kessler-basketball
Danny Ferry-basketball
Jon Koncak-basketbal

Horseshoe · Mar 2, 2004

Chris Simms & Jason White..call it a hunch

Danny Manning(not quite a lemon, but a bust for where appraised in draft), CSF All-World Kotsay(attempting turnaround), Christian Laettner(pro game too strong and fast for him), Brian Taylor(cost more than Jeter outta HS), Chris Jackson(never D'ed up, but then suddenly couldn't shoot straight in the end), Hugh Green(man amongst boys at Pitt, yet Panther bookend Jackson of Saints fame became better pro), Sam Bowie & Ralph Sampson(not lemons, but injured wheels cut careers short), Drew Bledsoe(started ok, then slid), Kijana Carter(looked like Earl Campbell as a collegian, but couldn't bolt nor shed tackles as a pro),Dr.Dunkenstein Darrell Griffith(despite size limitations appeared better than pro results), Kendell Gill(Flyin' Illini never got off tarmac as pro), Tyrell Biggs(took a good picture, but bust).

Dare I add Mike Tyson, as though he thrashed all for 3 years('86-'89), yet faced a weak field of heavyweights then, and though I think the Tyson of those 3 to 4 years may have fared better than his latter self, he was upset first(none saw it coming, except that Vegas physician that made a large play on Douglas), then he was beaten in the three biggest fights of his career soundly(and I was against him in all 3)..in the end he was a supernova, one that in hindsight beat only a few legend's sons, has-beens, pretenders, & women!

[This message was edited by Horseshoe on March 03, 2004 at 03:17 AM.]

miaplus3 · Mar 2, 2004

Bo Jackson - either sport

Horseshoe · Mar 2, 2004

Miaplus3, imho, Bo falls into that category that befell Bowie and Sampson(injured), as he like those two others played at a high level(even if not the level expected) before being cut short.

Matt24 · Mar 2, 2004

Journeyman-Roderick Rhodes was the guy who went from UK to USC. and he didnt exactly leave UK, he was asked to leave to open up a scholarship.

Matt24 · Mar 2, 2004

Andre Patterson, Charlie Miller, Jason Collier, Luke Recker to a lesser extent

These were all top 10 IU recruits, well Miller was more like 15-20. Miller and Patterson were in teh same class and were major busts.

UWinSports · Mar 2, 2004

I really thought Lawrence Phillips was going to shine in Stlouis.

Railbird · Mar 2, 2004

Blue,

The only media I use is for injurys and thats not even very reliable. In football it gets so bad I have the mute button on at all times.

I disagree with 98% of the things I hear. The media is not allowed to tell the truth. People that tell the truth get fired immediatley. Most of the media believe their own lies.

Everthing Peter Gammons says is complete nonsense. Everything you hear on espn is complete nonsense. Everything Curtis Strange says is complete nonsense. Everything Patrick Mcenore says is complete nonsense.

ESPN radio is full of guys that know nothing.

Muddy · Mar 2, 2004

Shaq O'Neal
this is guy is an empty uniform in close games. He hides behind that rapist number 8, he doesnt want the ball. When was the last time this mountain guerilla made a game winning basket?

WildBill · Mar 2, 2004

Ok, the guy "me me me" thought was a can't miss...Michael Bishop. The guy had an arm like Mike Vick and the same escapability. I thought all he needed was a little pro coaching and boom, he would be quite a player. Only thing I ever saw out of him is the Pats brought him out one time at the end of a half and had him throw a hail mary. The guy's arm was still there, a gorgeous 65 yard pass a la Kordell Stewart with CU in Ann Arbor. Pats catch it and score going into the half. The guy never got anything beyond that though. Because of Bishop I thought Vick might be something of a bust too, but obviously that theory went out the window.

Kevy · Mar 2, 2004

Football: Todd Marinovich

Basketball: Joseph Forte

Baseball: Jerome Walton

Hockey: Kimbi Daniels

Celaya · Mar 3, 2004

FootBall: Ryan Leaf, Brian Bosworth

BasketBall: Christian Laettner

Wrestling: The Big Show

GMON · Mar 3, 2004

FOOTBALL: Marcus Dupree, dude went for 200 yards plus in a bowl while at Oklahoma and I believe he was only a sophmore at the time.

winkyduck · Mar 3, 2004

Baseball: Brien Taylor (His rookie cards were priceless - and now they are worthless)

Hockey: Agree on Alexandre Daigle (He was supposed to be the next Mario)

Pro Hoops: Stacey King (Had it ALL @ Oklahoma then turned pro and couldn't do sh*t!)

College Hoops: Schea Cotton (he went to Mater Dei - which in So Cal is as good as it gets - and he was a stud at MD - then went downhill FAST in college)

NFL: Koren Robinson (this guy was THE MAN at NC State - but in the NFL has been a BIG disappointment - just ask anyone who has had him on their fantasy team - DOGGO!)