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re: Biggest waste of talent in all of sports?

Posted on 7/15/25 at 8:07 pm to
Posted by DoctorWorm
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Posted on 7/15/25 at 8:07 pm to
Yasiel Puig
Posted by SmackoverHawg
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Posted on 7/15/25 at 8:08 pm to
Daly won two majors
Posted by Dwagfan4lyfe
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Posted on 7/15/25 at 8:11 pm to
Josh Gordon
Posted by SmackoverHawg
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Posted on 7/15/25 at 8:14 pm to
Matt Jones
Posted by brmark70816
Atlanta, GA
Member since Feb 2011
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Posted on 7/15/25 at 8:17 pm to
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JaMarcus Russell


Most physically gifted QB I have ever seen. He is an actual create-a-player from Madden. Perfect height, build, throwing motion and insane arm strength.. he just didn't like football and had a drug problem. Walked away super young and never really tried to give it a 2nd shot..
Posted by Jack Ruby
Member since Apr 2014
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Posted on 7/15/25 at 8:19 pm to
Tiger played Daly a lot in their junior careers and throughout the PGA. They knew each other since Tiger was a kid.

Paraphrasing, bit Tiger basically said if he had Daly's talent, he would have won every tournament he ever played.
Posted by The Pickwick
Member since Jan 2025
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Posted on 7/15/25 at 8:20 pm to
quote:

Biggest waste of talent in all of sports?


Tiger. I understand he was on top of his game for a long time but he left so much on the table.
This post was edited on 7/15/25 at 8:23 pm
Posted by Rhino5
Atlanta
Member since Nov 2014
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Posted on 7/15/25 at 8:23 pm to
Josh Hamilton
Posted by auzach91
Marietta, GA
Member since Jan 2009
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Posted on 7/15/25 at 8:25 pm to
Josh Hamilton
Posted by Schmelly
Member since Jan 2014
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Posted on 7/15/25 at 8:26 pm to
The 2nd 2 weren’t a waste, they just weren’t very good
Posted by ChestRockwell
In the heart of horse country
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Posted on 7/15/25 at 8:26 pm to
Gino Hernandez
Posted by Schmelly
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Posted on 7/15/25 at 8:27 pm to
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Johnny Manziel Maurice Clarett


Jesus, he said waste of TALENT
Posted by mattz1122
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Posted on 7/15/25 at 8:28 pm to
JaMarcus just didn’t seem to like playing football.


Doc Gooden
Posted by Schmelly
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Posted on 7/15/25 at 8:29 pm to
quote:

Most physically gifted QB I have ever seen. He is an actual create-a-player from Madden. Perfect height, build, throwing motion and insane arm strength.. he just didn't like football and had a drug problem. Walked away super young and never really tried to give it a 2nd shot..


He couldn’t read. Russell didn’t have the brain talent to play QB in the NFL
Posted by Cleathecat
Houston
Member since Feb 2021
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Posted on 7/15/25 at 8:41 pm to
Mike Trout was actually my first thought. They say he's Mickey Mantle but I'll never know, he's played in about 7 games that really matter.
Posted by slapnuts74
Nuttsville
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Posted on 7/15/25 at 8:42 pm to
Cecil Collins
Posted by Schmelly
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Posted on 7/15/25 at 8:47 pm to
As much as he accomplished, I’ll still say MIKE TYSON. Plenty of what ifs
Posted by Clark14
Earth
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Posted on 7/15/25 at 8:48 pm to
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As much as he accomplished, I’ll still say MIKE TYSON. Plenty of what ifs


I was just coming to post this.
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
46425 posts
Posted on 7/15/25 at 8:58 pm to
Steve Busby.
Threw two no-hitters, but arm injuries wrecked his career.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
108766 posts
Posted on 7/15/25 at 9:02 pm to
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don’t know about this one, if he had been a cookie cutter golfer like all the ones we have today nobody probably ever heard of him.
People would have heard of him because he would be top 5 in all time wins

His power and hand eye coordination was absolutely elite and way ahead of its time

He also had a stupid good short game. He had all the makings to be on the Mount Rushmore of golf

He wasted a pure god given talent
This post was edited on 7/15/25 at 9:04 pm
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