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Poll: Which athlete wasted the most talent?

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by wickedwritah, Dec 29, 2006.

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Which stellar athlete wasted the most talent due to drugs, alcohol and/or thuggery?

  1. Mike Tyson

    15 vote(s)
    17.9%

  2. Darryl Strawberry

    9 vote(s)
    10.7%

  3. Doc Gooden

    28 vote(s)
    33.3%

  4. The 1986 NBA Draft drug babies (Bias, Bedford, Tarpley, Washburn, etc.)

    22 vote(s)
    26.2%

  5. George Rogers, the Heisman winner

    1 vote(s)
    1.2%

  6. Steve Howe

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  7. Other

    9 vote(s)
    10.7%
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  1. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    Um, he would have been exposed as a very good but not great NFL running back a couple of years sooner?

    Walker was only in the USFL two seasons, and he was a monster with the New Jersey Generals. He still had plenty of tread left on the tires when he made it to the NFL. He just wasn't that great.
     
    outofplace, Dec 29, 2006
    #37
  2. Freelance Hack

    Freelance Hack Active Member

    He didn't lose it to drugs, alcohol or thuggery, but Ryan Leaf wasted a ton of talent.

    Caught him on TV last week when his brother was playing in a bowl. Leaf's now coaching D II football. How sad is that?
     
    Freelance Hack, Dec 29, 2006
    #38
  3. jgmacg

    jgmacg Guest

    jgmacg, Dec 29, 2006
    #39
  4. ifilus

    ifilus Well-Known Member

    Danny Thomas (Brewers)
     
    ifilus, Dec 29, 2006
    #40
  5. Hooray4snail

    Hooray4snail Active Member

    Hot Plate Williams.
    Jeff Allison (though we don't know how much "real" talent he has ... and probably won't ever find out).
    Tony Mandarich.
     
    Hooray4snail, Dec 29, 2006
    #41
  6. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    A little down the list, but Bam Morris squandered a lot of talent.
     
    Herbert Anchovy, Dec 29, 2006
    #42
  7. zeke12

    zeke12 Guest

    Straw.

    He hit the ball as hard as anyone I ever saw.
     
    zeke12, Dec 30, 2006
    #43
  8. sportswriter not a junky

    sportswriter not a junky Member

    Lawrence Phillips

    And you know who else is on his way? Randy Moss.
     
    sportswriter not a junky, Dec 30, 2006
    #44
  9. HejiraHenry

    HejiraHenry Well-Known Member

    Bias.
     
    HejiraHenry, Dec 30, 2006
    #45
  10. pressboxer

    pressboxer Active Member

    Extremely sad considering that he's coaching at the school I went to. Canyon, Texas, is a pretty far cry from San Diego. Or even Pullman, for that matter.


    I would also like to submit Joe Pepitone. He coulda done us proud.
     
    pressboxer, Dec 30, 2006
    #46
  11. Matt Foley

    Matt Foley Member

    What does everyone mean, by the 1986 NBA draft drug babies, I'm well aware of Len Bias, but are there some other people who killed their careers with drugs that I don't know about?
     
    Matt Foley, Dec 30, 2006
    #47
  12. Ellis Redding

    Ellis Redding Guest

    No. 3 pick Chris Washburn and No. 7 pick Roy Tarpley.
     
    Ellis Redding, Dec 30, 2006
    #48
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