[Stymie]

Just to clean up some of the very thoughtful replies to my posts on this thread:

1.  I agree that McEnroe was a "great" player, but I put him in 10-20 range rather than in the top ten
2.  Those who disagree with some of my selections might not realize how many great tennis players were forced to play in Kramer's professional circus, and how resultingly, this made the 50's a 60's "Amateur" tennis (i.e. the "grand" slams) an inferior competitive arena.
3.  Regardless, any "greatest" list is just fodder for banter and not a life or death decision.
4.  Vis a vis tennis, I have some history.
5.  Vis a vis current NFL cornerbacks, I have virtually no history (and, to be honest, no pafrticular interest).  What does interest me is how great sportspeople (or even business people, or science people, or any people) can often get greater by telling themsleves publically that they are great.  That's what I see in Sherman and also McEnroe, and also Tiger Woods, fwiw.
6.  Back to tennis, Gonzales (who imho was the greatest (era-adjusted) player I ever saw) thought that Hoad was the only guy he had ever played who really thought he could beat Pancho.

Stymie

[Stymie]

Just to clean up some of the very thoughtful replies to my posts on this thread:

1.  I agree that McEnroe was a "great" player, but I put him in 10-20 range rather than in the top ten
2.  Those who disagree with some of my selections might not realize how many great tennis players were forced to play in Kramer's professional circus, and how resultingly, this made the 50's a 60's "Amateur" tennis (i.e. the "grand" slams) an inferior competitive arena.
3.  Regardless, any "greatest" list is just fodder for banter and not a life or death decision.
4.  Vis a vis tennis, I have some history.
5.  Vis a vis current NFL cornerbacks, I have virtually no history (and, to be honest, no pafrticular interest).  What does interest me is how great sportspeople (or even business people, or science people, or any people) can often get greater by telling themsleves publically that they are great.  That's what I see in Sherman and also McEnroe, and also Tiger Woods, fwiw.
6.  Back to tennis, Gonzales (who imho was the greatest (era-adjusted) player I ever saw) thought that Hoad was the only guy he had ever played who really thought he could beat Pancho.

Stymie