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2020 Greatest of All Time Sports Draft-Zow wins, Judges still suck (3 Viewers)
- Thread starter timschochet
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I was flipping a coin myself and you made it easy on me. I didn't even have to flip a coin.
Jagov
Footballguy
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Yep - I just edited my post. I had every intention of taking Gretzky if he was there. Good pick.
timschochet
Footballguy
At least 2 of the first 3 picks are overrated IMO.
timschochet
Footballguy
Is there somebody that can keep a spread sheet? I’m not going to be able to update the OP as often as I originally planned, sorry
AAABatteries
Footballguy
I plan to have fun with it - if I was looking to win then I probably would have made a different pick. It's so subjective though. I'm assuming you like the Gretzky pick but not the other two. That's fair based on relative value.
Jagov
Footballguy
I'll track picks in a Google sheet. Will share in this thread later. Please note I live in The Netherlands so there will be moments in your guys evenings that I am off line.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b1OTemSHWdkkVtRX4QTW-w-0Ef_TJeKPLUUt74n_Qzo/edit?usp=sharing
ETA - sorry @Jagov - was already creating it.
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timschochet
Footballguy
Thanks to both of you!
How goes it in Holland? Are you guys on lockdown?
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Jagov
Footballguy
Jagov
Footballguy
Very much on lock down. We can go out for food and medicine. Workers at vital jobs (health care, police, grocery stores, etc) can go out for work.
Doug B
Footballguy
And there's the third guy. Guess there was a clear 1-2-3, pretty much in any order .
AAABatteries
Footballguy
I just bought a house and have to go take care of some things - can I PM someone my cell # so you can text me if my turn comes up?
Thought about this pick but thought there were a few closer options to Rice than Gretzky
Jagov
Footballguy
Doug B
Footballguy
Assuming one of those two is Phelps.
Is "swimmers have an inflated number of medals" part of your thought process, by any chance?
timschochet
Footballguy
joffer
Footballguy
Dungeon Master
Footballguy
Tim - I'll take MLB - Greatest Infielder and NBA - greatest forward if you'll have me. Other baseball and basketball categories as well if needed.
Zegras11
Footballguy
Does anyone know excel enough so that all 60 cats could be listed on another tab with the picks for each?
Zegras11
Footballguy
I started sheet 2 with all the cats. I don't know how to refer back to sheet 1 so that the picks can be listed automatically
Zegras11
Footballguy
Mister CIA
Footballguy
Can I get in? (Can I write check?)
Ilov80s
Footballguy
You want to take my spot? This seems maybe more daunting than I first thought and I might enjoy being a judge more or chiming in on picks. If not, nbd, I can do it.
Mr.Pack
Footballguy
Mister CIA
Footballguy
Sure, but first, how about a tag team? If you hit a lull, PM me; or vice versa.
Imagine the Michigan to Mississippi connection! All that separates us is a 400 mile trek through the woods and a 1,000 mile float down a river.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
1.07 
John Wooden - Category 34 - Greatest Men's College Basketball Coach
unprecedented winning credentials, greatest we'll ever see - absolutely remarkable.
we all know the tremendous amount of talent that passed through U.C.L.A. - but Wooden did more than win games and titles ... he shaped the lives of so many of these young men, during some of the most tumultuous times this country has ever seen - they grew to revere and love and honor him long after their days at Pauley Pavilion.
sure, the field wasn't as wide open back when he won 10 outta 12 as it is now, and, yes - the dibs on top talent was more easily procured then, as well - but the "Wizard of Westwood" transcended mere Xs and Os - his "Pyramid of Success" demanded excellence and virtue both on and off the court, and he led by such graceful example.
ps - first player to ever be a three time selection as an All American back in his days at Purdue ... the man could walk the talk.
@Zow - up next.
John Wooden - Category 34 - Greatest Men's College Basketball Coach unprecedented winning credentials, greatest we'll ever see - absolutely remarkable.
we all know the tremendous amount of talent that passed through U.C.L.A. - but Wooden did more than win games and titles ... he shaped the lives of so many of these young men, during some of the most tumultuous times this country has ever seen - they grew to revere and love and honor him long after their days at Pauley Pavilion.
sure, the field wasn't as wide open back when he won 10 outta 12 as it is now, and, yes - the dibs on top talent was more easily procured then, as well - but the "Wizard of Westwood" transcended mere Xs and Os - his "Pyramid of Success" demanded excellence and virtue both on and off the court, and he led by such graceful example.
ps - first player to ever be a three time selection as an All American back in his days at Purdue ... the man could walk the talk.
@Zow - up next.
timschochet
Footballguy
Somehow I was thinking that Wooden would drop to me at 15. Guess not.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Updated spreadsheet with the first 20 rounds so we should be good for a while. I'm not an Excel/Sheets guru so there's probably a better way than I did it (brute force) but didn't take long.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
@timschochet if you don’t mind, I’m sharing my team with @Mister CIA so on the main page maybe add his name next to mine so people can tag us both when we are up. Thank you!
AAABatteries
Footballguy
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Does anybody have an AWS account that they can use? We could get fancy and trigger updates to the Google doc to send a text message to the next drafter. Way overkill but I may be at home the next 14 months and already bored.
Zow
Footballguy
Zow
Footballguy
Sorry, crazy morning with snow and kids. This was also a really tough choice but....
1.8 Muhammad Ali - Greatest Heavyweight
Arguably the greatest pound for pound boxer to live. He’s the best heavyweight ever and fought n the greatest era of heavyweights. The sociopolitical impact he made pushed him a nose ahead of my other considerations.
1.8 Muhammad Ali - Greatest Heavyweight
Arguably the greatest pound for pound boxer to live. He’s the best heavyweight ever and fought n the greatest era of heavyweights. The sociopolitical impact he made pushed him a nose ahead of my other considerations.
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Ilov80s
Footballguy
1.9 Male Track and Field: Jesse Owens
@Mister CIA
Jesse certainly has the athletic achievements to warrant the pick. 4 Gold Medals in 1936 for the 100m, 200m, relay and long jump. His long jump record stood for 50 years. Even before the Olympics, he was a phenom at Ohio State. In Ann Arbor, he recorded the “greatest 45 minutes ever in sports” when he broke 3 world records and tied another in under an hour.
The athletic accomplishments aren’t why we are taking Owens though. Sports can be about so much more than times, records and medals. Nowhere was that more evident than in NAZI Berlin, in front of Hitler. A black man decidedly showing that the idea of a superior race was a lie. Hitler refused to shake his hand as was tradition but then again, so did the President of the US upon his return. Perhaps even today we have much to learn from him.
Jesse Owens transcended sports and left a mark on world history.
Great 12 minute video on Owens and the 36 Summer games
@Mister CIA
Jesse certainly has the athletic achievements to warrant the pick. 4 Gold Medals in 1936 for the 100m, 200m, relay and long jump. His long jump record stood for 50 years. Even before the Olympics, he was a phenom at Ohio State. In Ann Arbor, he recorded the “greatest 45 minutes ever in sports” when he broke 3 world records and tied another in under an hour.
The athletic accomplishments aren’t why we are taking Owens though. Sports can be about so much more than times, records and medals. Nowhere was that more evident than in NAZI Berlin, in front of Hitler. A black man decidedly showing that the idea of a superior race was a lie. Hitler refused to shake his hand as was tradition but then again, so did the President of the US upon his return. Perhaps even today we have much to learn from him.
Jesse Owens transcended sports and left a mark on world history.
Great 12 minute video on Owens and the 36 Summer games
Ilov80s
Footballguy
BobbyLayne
Footballguy