Posts Tagged Hall of Fame
Kurt Warner: Hall Of Famer?
Posted by Chris Cwik in Football on November 28, 2009
After Such A Strange Career, Does Warner Deserve To Be In The Hall?
There’s no doubt that Kurt Warner has had one of the most unique career paths of any player in the NFL. After going un-drafted, Warner played in the Arena League and NFL Europe before finally getting his chance to succeed in the NFL. While Warner had a tremendous start to his career, he quickly crashed down to earth just a few seasons later. In 2003, Warner was benched in favor of Marc Bulger. It appeared his time as an NFL starting quarterback was over. After years of rotating between a starter and a backup, Warner finally got another chance in 2007. With Matt Leinart struggling, Warner replaced the young quarterback and looked like the Warner of old. Since 2007, Warner has thrown 77 touchdowns*. With a strong finish to his career, is Kurt Warner a Hall Of Famer?
Posnanski’s Future Hall Of Famers
Posted by Chris Cwik in Baseball on November 26, 2009
If Pujols Quit Now, He Might Get In...He's That Good
I consider Joe Posnanski to be a pretty smart guy. Having said that, anytime you rank the top 10 players under 30 who will make it to the Hall Of Fame, you take some big risks. Posnanski recognizes the risks right away, when he admits that if he made this list in 1985, only 4 of his 10 would currently be in the HOF. Obviously, many factors come into play when you make this type of list. Injuries, ineffectiveness, inability to live up to the hype, and other external factors can derail the careers of some of the best players in the league. Even within the article, Posnanski compares Hanley Ramirez to Nomar Garciaparra and Derek Jeter, two players who probably would have made this same list 10 years ago. You already know the rest of the story, Jeter is still a lock, while Nomar continues to sign one year deals as a super-sub. These were two of the most dynamic players in all of baseball a few years ago…and only one of them is still considered a lock for the Hall. The point is, it’s really hard to be a top player in the MLB for an extended period of time. While Posnanski makes some very good selections, its just as likely that only 4 out of 10 actually make it to the Hall. I can’t stress this enough, Posnanski picks some of the best players in the game right now…and many of them will not go on to the HOF. That’s crazy! Posnanski makes this point when he lists would-be choices from 1985, so while guys on his 2009 list all look like good selections, it’s likely that only half of the players on that list make it to the Hall. Don’t believe me? Let’s take a closer look.
Breaking the Curse?
Posted by Chris Cwik in Fantasy, Football on August 10, 2009
Can Turner Break the Curse of 370?
Michael Turner was arguably the fantasy football MVP last season. After years of backing up LaDainian Tomlinson, Turner finally got a chance to shine in Atlanta. Very few fantasy owners knew what to expect from Turner last season. He looked great in limited action, but that was too small a sample size to fully determine what Turner could do with 20 carries a game. Many owners also wondered about whether Turner could handle that many carries a game over the course of the season. This caused Turner to drop to the 2nd or 3rd round in most leagues. This year, many magazines have Turner ranked as the number 2 fantasy player overall. That’s quite a change for a guy the fantasy world knew very little about last season. Although, that’s what happens when you notch 376 carries, for 1699 yards, and 17 touchdowns. However, for some fantasy owners one of those numbers could be quite worrisome this season.
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