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re: Biggest What If Athlete in Sports History?

Posted on 9/28/22 at 11:21 pm to
Posted by VerlanderBEAST
Member since Dec 2011
18981 posts
Posted on 9/28/22 at 11:21 pm to
Teofilo Stevenson could have been the GOAT HW boxer.

3x OLYMPIC GOLD but never turned pro
Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
41156 posts
Posted on 9/28/22 at 11:22 pm to
What if Cus D'Amato lives another 5-10 years? Does Tyson finish as a top 5 all time heavyweight?
Posted by Tigerpride18
Lakewood Colorado
Member since Sep 2017
29335 posts
Posted on 9/29/22 at 12:42 am to
The best high school player I’ve ever seen wasn’t good in college. Doesn’t really count but it will add to the discussion. Brock Berlin was unbelievable to watch as a high school quarterback.evangel ran that super deep shotgun and he just sat back and threw lasers all game. I just don’t understand how he didn’t pan out
Posted by elprez00
Hammond, LA
Member since Sep 2011
29360 posts
Posted on 9/29/22 at 8:28 am to
If Ryan Perriloux isn’t stupid, LSU never goes thru the later Miles years and Ryan likely goes pro and makes himself a decent bit of money.
Posted by Corso
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2020
10560 posts
Posted on 9/29/22 at 8:52 am to
quote:

Brock Berlin was unbelievable to watch as a high school quarterback.evangel ran that super deep shotgun and he just sat back and threw lasers all game. I just don’t understand how he didn’t pan out


Brock Berlin playing for Larry Coker's lifeless pro style offense had something to do with it. Especially with Dan Werner as OC, he was only slightly better than Jeff Bowden in those early 2000s years
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
94780 posts
Posted on 9/29/22 at 9:20 am to
Evangel’s offense was something they drilled the kids on for years and could execute immaculately by the time they were seniors.

It also was pretty unlike anything run at the next level so I think he didn’t necessarily have the skills developed that he needed to be a regular QB instead of a shotgun superstar.
Posted by Michael T. Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2004
8224 posts
Posted on 9/29/22 at 9:46 am to
Marcus Dupree...
Posted by Hoodie
Donaldsonville, LA
Member since Dec 2019
2986 posts
Posted on 9/29/22 at 10:24 am to
Raiders' quarterback Todd Marinovich.
Posted by GoCrazyAuburn
Member since Feb 2010
34858 posts
Posted on 9/29/22 at 10:27 am to
Has to be up there too. What would his career have looked like if he actually gave a shite?

This post was edited on 9/29/22 at 10:28 am
Posted by FleurDeLonestar
The Dirty HOU
Member since Mar 2011
6158 posts
Posted on 9/29/22 at 10:33 am to
Derrick Rose. Cut down by injuries the year after becoming the youngest MVP ever in the NBA.
Posted by olemc999
At a blackjack table
Member since Oct 2010
13256 posts
Posted on 9/29/22 at 11:31 am to
quote:

Brock Berlin playing for Larry Coker's lifeless pro style offense had something to do with it. Especially with Dan Werner as OC, he was only slightly better than Jeff Bowden in those early 2000s years


I always thought that if Spurrier would not have gone to the NFL that Berlin would of stuck around and waited for his turn after Grossman left. He was a perfect for fit for that Fun N Gun offense.
Posted by SilvergunSuperman
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2022
66 posts
Posted on 9/29/22 at 11:41 am to
Imagine prime Favre with a healthy Sterling Sharpe for a few years.
Posted by Seen
Member since Aug 2022
1127 posts
Posted on 9/29/22 at 11:46 am to
Roymon Malcom was a big name in HS, RB out of Ruston. Went to Auburn iirc and tore his knee up.
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
22132 posts
Posted on 9/29/22 at 11:56 am to
Maybe I missed it, but has no one mentioned Jay Williams yet? I always thought he was gonna be fantastic in the NBA. You could also throw in Bobby Hurley and Ramon Ramos as players whose careers were ended by car accidents. I know Drazen Petrovic has already been mentioned.
Posted by foosball
Member since Nov 2021
1884 posts
Posted on 9/29/22 at 2:12 pm to
Trevone Boykin
Posted by Barstools
Atlanta
Member since Jan 2016
9405 posts
Posted on 9/29/22 at 6:56 pm to
Mike Vick
Posted by redfish99
B.R.
Member since Aug 2007
16408 posts
Posted on 9/29/22 at 6:59 pm to
Tito Horford
Posted by Globetrotter747
Member since Sep 2017
4298 posts
Posted on 9/29/22 at 8:20 pm to
I would like to know how things would have played out with the Cowboys if Jimmy Johnson had stayed a few more years and kept the discipline and had better drafts.
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
202580 posts
Posted on 9/29/22 at 9:07 pm to
Can’t recall his name but he was a beast at WR at Okie st. And then the drugs got him.
Posted by Crimson1st
Birmingham, AL
Member since Nov 2010
20189 posts
Posted on 9/29/22 at 9:52 pm to
Fred Taylor was nasty but always hurt it seemed. Would have enjoyed seeing him play his career all the way out. Same with Shaun Alexander.
This post was edited on 9/29/22 at 9:58 pm
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