01-21-2014, 12:50 PM
Yvonne
McEnroe never won the Australian or French Open, so he never held the "grand slam," regardless as to how one defines it. He was for a brief while #1 in the world computerwise, but if you know tennis and look back without rose (or cardinal)-colored glasses you'd be hard to see him as better than Borg or more than an equal of Connors or Lendl during his day. History-wise he is top-20, but just barely. Can't see him being better (in their prime) than Borg, Sampras, Federer, Djokovich, Nadal, Sampras, Laver, Rosewall, Gonzales (probably all-time #1), Kramer, Tilden, Perry, Hoad, Budge, etc. etc.
Sherman is a wannabe greatest corner-back, and god bless him for wanting to be so and trying so hard to convince all of us that he is so. Maybe he will be the Gonzales of all time, or maybe just the McEnroe of his time. Regardless, either would be a great achievement.
Stymie
McEnroe never won the Australian or French Open, so he never held the "grand slam," regardless as to how one defines it. He was for a brief while #1 in the world computerwise, but if you know tennis and look back without rose (or cardinal)-colored glasses you'd be hard to see him as better than Borg or more than an equal of Connors or Lendl during his day. History-wise he is top-20, but just barely. Can't see him being better (in their prime) than Borg, Sampras, Federer, Djokovich, Nadal, Sampras, Laver, Rosewall, Gonzales (probably all-time #1), Kramer, Tilden, Perry, Hoad, Budge, etc. etc.
Sherman is a wannabe greatest corner-back, and god bless him for wanting to be so and trying so hard to convince all of us that he is so. Maybe he will be the Gonzales of all time, or maybe just the McEnroe of his time. Regardless, either would be a great achievement.
Stymie
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