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Athletes that wasted talent because they didn’t care
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:39 am
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:39 am
Who are the poster children for this? I’m not talking about guys who died, went to prison, etc. I’m talking about athletes that just didn’t seem like they had the passion to get to the elite level. Joe Barry Carroll had the nickname “Joe Barely Cares”, and Jay Cutler always struck me as this type of player. Who do you all have?
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Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:39 am to TexasTiger08
Jamarcus Russell seems like a safe bet for this thread.
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:39 am to TexasTiger08
Nick Kyrgios
eta: obligatory 33 > 08
eta: obligatory 33 > 08
This post was edited on 1/31/23 at 11:40 am
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:43 am to TexasTiger33
Also, Hayensworth could be great when he tried. Then he got paid:
This post was edited on 1/31/23 at 11:46 am
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:44 am to TexasTiger08
Ricky Williams has to make the list
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:45 am to TexasTiger08
JaWalrus
Manziel
Manziel
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:46 am to TexasTiger08
Kwame Brown?
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:46 am to TexasTiger08
Eddie Lacy
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:48 am to TexasTiger08
Ryan leaf
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:49 am to TexasTiger08
quote:
Jay Cutler
While the whole not seeming to care became basically it's own sort of meme for him, he actually had a much longer and probably even more successful career than one would have ever thought, if you think about it.
I mean, he spent basically a decade as a starting NFL QB coming out of freaking Vanderbilt.
Absent the meme/schitck deal, one could argue he vastly overachieved in his career.
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:50 am to lsudave1
quote:
Eddie Lacy
Has more 1100 yard rushing seasons than 4net
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:50 am to TexasTiger08
Matt Jones
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:50 am to TexasTiger08
Todd Marinovich
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:52 am to TexasTiger08
Josh Gordon
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:53 am to Y.A. Tittle
Jay Cutler had as much arm talent as anyone in the league for years. He was not the gym rat type that maximized his potential coming out of lowly Vanderbilt. He was as talented as anyone.
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:53 am to Y.A. Tittle
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I mean, he spent basically a decade as a starting NFL QB coming out of freaking Vanderbilt.
You are right, no doubt, but these are the guys I find most intriguing. Lots have listed straight up busts. Cutler wasn’t a bust, neither was Ricky Williams, but the common thought is that they could have even been better.
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:55 am to TexasTiger08
we're watching it unfold before our eyes with ben simmons
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:55 am to MetArl15
quote:
Jay Cutler had as much arm talent as anyone in the league for years. He was not the gym rat type that maximized his potential coming out of lowly Vanderbilt. He was as talented as anyone.
Yeah the first time I saw him play for Vandy it was like holy shite, this guy's arm is beyond elite.
Michael Vick is one. After he got out of prison, he did an interview with Mora Jr where he said all the DVDs he was supposed to take home for film study just piled up in his car.
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:55 am to TexasTiger08
Josh Gordon
Jamarcus
Jamarcus
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:56 am to MetArl15
quote:
Jay Cutler had as much arm talent as anyone in the league for years. He was not the gym rat type that maximized his potential coming out of lowly Vanderbilt. He was as talented as anyone.
And he was a really good starting QB for over a decade on mostly mediocre teams.
I don't know how that's "wasted talent."
That's nothing less than a lot of other players who are considered in posterity as really good NFL quarterbacks, if you're not blinded by the meme.
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