ejgaudette Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 2 minutes ago, Chip Strokes said: the average age of all of the winners in the 2020/21 season is 33.34, and the average age of the top 50 OWGR is even younger, at 31.54. the young talent on tour wins out. young players are better, more athletic, and there are far more of them now than there ever were before. phil winning this week was a complete anomaly. it shouldn't have happened. the oldest (regular) competitor on tour won on the longest track in major history. that speaks only to phil's immense all-time talent, his willingness to consistently reinvent his game, and his ability to perform under pressure. there's no reason at all to take that away from phil by trying to diminish how good the younger, more athletic players on tour are. if anything, the tour being as young and as deep as it is only serves to make phil's win even more incredible. On top of this Phil has talked about how hard he worked to focus on fitness in a way he never did early in his early career. I mean just look at the shape he is in now, and those calves, as proof that Phil felt there was no way to stay even remotely relevant without training at least some way like the younger players are. So between a lot of hard work, some luck, and buckets of talent Phil got a big win. GolfSpy_SHARK, Chip Strokes, M. Parsons and 1 other 4 Quote Epic Max LS 9° Ventus Blue 6X (2021 Official Review) | Epic Speed 18° Evenflow Riptide 70g 6.0 816 H1 21° Diamana S+ Blue 70 S | SMS 4-5/SMS Pro 6-PW Steelfiber i95 S (2023 Official Review) Glide 4.0 50°.12°S/54°.14°W/58°.6°T PING Z-Z115 Wedge Flex | SOFT 11S Super Stroke Mid-Slim 2.0 Hoofer Bag | Pro V1 | Right Handed | Tracked by V3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LICC Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 12 hours ago, TBT said: You totally ignore the fact that he is one of the 10 best players EVER! In Phil’s prime if he has his “A” game not many of today’s players are in his league...it say much more about Phil keeping himself physically and mentally capable of playing at that level. If it was just about today’s players being not better than the average player from the 90’s then we would see more guys from the Champions Tour winning on the regular tour. You are using Tiger and Phil to try to make a point but you aren’t accounting for the fact that they are in a league of their own....you can’t compare average tour players against 2 of the greatest of all time. No more than you could say the the average players in 1986 were no better physical shape than Jack when he won the 86 Masters. Again that was the Greatest off all time turning back the clock for a brief time to win a major. Nope. The Champions Tour has nothing to do with it. People's skills and athleticism diminish with age. If today's young players were so superior to those of the 1990s, today's older Tiger and Phil would have no chance to compete with them. Yet a diminished older Tiger and Phil are out there beating today's players in majors. This blows out of the water the nonsense idea that Tiger and Phil didn't face as tough competition in their primes as players today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncwoz Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 35 minutes ago, Chip Strokes said: phil winning this week was a complete anomaly. it shouldn't have happened. the oldest (regular) competitor on tour won on the longest track in major history. Not to mention this kind of a course layout that is super demanding off the tee has to be about the worst potential track for Phil's game coming into the PGA...just makes it that much more unbelievable that he put together such an incredible week. Even when Tiger won the Masters against the odds, you couldn't deny the course sets up well for him and he's probably forgotten more about Augusta than many of the young bucks even know. Phil winning this week is crazy, baffling, and absolutely awesome! GolfSpy_SHARK, dlygrisse and Chip Strokes 3 Quote Right Handed Driver: 9° Speedzone (HZRDUS Smoke Green 70g X-Stiff shaft) 2 Hybrid: 18° Exotics EXS Pro (Evenflow Black 6.5) (2020 MGS Official Review here) 3/Driving Iron: 18° UiHi Iron (MMT Utility TX 105g shaft) Irons: 4-GW T100 irons (Nippon Modus 120 X-Stiff shafts) (2021 MGS Official Review here) Wedges: 54° & 58° TSW Forged (Dynamic Gold S300) Putter: ER2B (2019 MGS Official Review here) Ball: MAXFLI Tour X Bag: Hoofer Lite WITB thread here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LICC Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 35 minutes ago, Chip Strokes said: the average age of all of the winners in the 2020/21 season is 33.34, and the average age of the top 50 OWGR is even younger, at 31.54. the young talent on tour wins out. young players are better, more athletic, and there are far more of them now than there ever were before. phil winning this week was a complete anomaly. it shouldn't have happened. the oldest (regular) competitor on tour won on the longest track in major history. that speaks only to phil's immense all-time talent, his willingness to consistently reinvent his game, and his ability to perform under pressure. there's no reason at all to take that away from phil by trying to diminish how good the younger, more athletic players on tour are. if anything, the tour being as young and as deep as it is only serves to make phil's win even more incredible. @LICCi've waffled on my opinion of you since you've started posting, but now i have to officially consider you a troll. i think you'd argue with yourself just to listen to your own self-aggrandizing opinions (and we've actually seen that in the screen shots posted in this thread where you called for Phil's meltdown and then praised his win, only then to cheapen it by saying the talent on tour isn't all that good). Save your sanctimony. I predicted Phil would fall apart but hoped I would be wrong and wanted him to win. After he won, I joked around by saying I believed in him all along. That was sarcastic humor. I don't diminish today's players at all. I defend the players of years ago from the nonsense argument that they weren't as good as today's young players. The players from years ago and the players today are all equally outstanding. Saying that today's young players are not athletically superior to those from the 1990s is not diminishing them, it is just not falsely glorifying them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Strokes Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 3 minutes ago, LICC said: Save your sanctimony. I predicted Phil would fall apart but hoped I would be wrong and wanted him to win. After he won, I joked around by saying I believed in him all along. That was sarcastic humor. I don't diminish today's players at all. I defend the players of years ago from the nonsense argument that they weren't as good as today's young players. The players from years ago and the players today are all equally outstanding. Saying that today's young players are not athletically superior to those from the 1990s is not diminishing them, it is just not falsely glorifying them. athletes of today, across all sports, are athletically superior to athletes of 20, 30+ years ago. that's an undebatable fact. golf isn't immune to that. there's been a monumental shift in how professional athletes train, prepare, and take care of themselves. almost every player on tour travels with a trainer, physical therapist, or some kind of body work specialist. they receive treatment pre and post-rounds. most have gyms in their homes so they can train in their off time. GolfSpy_SHARK and cnosil 2 Quote SIM2 8º | KuroKage XD 70TX SIM 3W 14º | Fujikura Atmos Black Tour Spec 9TX SIM2 5W 18º | Fujikura Ventus Black 10X U500 2i | Fujikura Ventus HB Black 10TX T100 4-PW | Dynamic Gold X7 SM6 52* SM8 56* SM8 60* | Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 DW | BGT Stability Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfspy_CG2 Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 6 minutes ago, Chip Strokes said: athletes of today, across all sports, are athletically superior to athletes of 20, 30+ years ago. that's an undebatable fact. golf isn't immune to that. there's been a monumental shift in how professional athletes train, prepare, and take care of themselves. almost every player on tour travels with a trainer, physical therapist, or some kind of body work specialist. they receive treatment pre and post-rounds. most have gyms in their homes so they can train in their off time. There was an argument on my local Sports Radio station about 5 years ago, on whether Pete Maravich could be as effective today as he was in the 60's and 70s. The guy who was arguing that he could be, totally didn't take into account that he was far faster and more athletic than the guys he played against in the 70's, but he would struggle to play against 6'8' guards of today who were just as fast as he was. Not saying he couldn't compete at all in today's NBA, but someone like Russell Westbrook would wear him out the whole game. GolfSpy_SHARK and RickyBobby_PR 2 Quote G430 Max 10K TSiR1 15.0 Aldlia Ascent 60g TSR2 18.0 PX Aldila Ascent 6og TSi1 20 Aldila Ascent Shafts R T350 5-GW SteelFiber I80 SM10 48F/54M and58K S159 48S/52S/56W/60B Select 5.5 Flowback 35" ProV1 Play number 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shankster Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 2 hours ago, StrokerAce said: pretty impressive that he won on the longest course in championship history using a soft golf ball. so, is soft really slow? It’s just a V1x with a paintjob... right? GolfSpy_SHARK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LICC Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 15 minutes ago, Chip Strokes said: athletes of today, across all sports, are athletically superior to athletes of 20, 30+ years ago. that's an undebatable fact. golf isn't immune to that. there's been a monumental shift in how professional athletes train, prepare, and take care of themselves. almost every player on tour travels with a trainer, physical therapist, or some kind of body work specialist. they receive treatment pre and post-rounds. most have gyms in their homes so they can train in their off time. They may be in better shape or more fit, but they are in no way athletically superior. Human evolution does not create superior athletic beings in 30 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy_SHARK Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Chip Strokes said: the average age of all of the winners in the 2020/21 season is 33.34, and the average age of the top 50 OWGR is even younger, at 31.54. the young talent on tour wins out. young players are better, more athletic, and there are far more of them now than there ever were before. phil winning this week was a complete anomaly. it shouldn't have happened. the oldest (regular) competitor on tour won on the longest track in major history. that speaks only to phil's immense all-time talent, his willingness to consistently reinvent his game, and his ability to perform under pressure. there's no reason at all to take that away from phil by trying to diminish how good the younger, more athletic players on tour are. if anything, the tour being as young and as deep as it is only serves to make phil's win even more incredible. @LICCi've waffled on my opinion of you since you've started posting, but now i have to officially consider you a troll. i think you'd argue with yourself just to listen to your own self-aggrandizing opinions (and we've actually seen that in the screen shots posted in this thread where you called for Phil's meltdown and then praised his win, only then to cheapen it by saying the talent on tour isn't all that good). Well said that is all M. Parsons and Golfspy_CG2 2 Quote Check out my reviews: G710 Irons Official Review I MC Shaft & V Series Putter Official Review 2022 Forged Tec's Official Review I Nitron Push Cart Official Review WITB: Weapons of grass destruction (link to WITB) Traverse is filled with all this shiny metal and tracked by RadSpeed 8* - MotoreX F1 6X SIM 3W - Project X HZRDUS Green U505 Driving Iron 17* - Project X HZRDUS Black SpeedZone 4H - Project X HZRDUS Black 2022 King Forged Tec's 4-PW - KBS $ Tape 130 48 (SM8), 52 & 60 (SM7) - Nippon Modus 125 S ER2VI PROV1X #19 Are you a veteran? Check out the Veterans Golf Association (VGA) Thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LICC Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 10 minutes ago, Golfspy_CG2 said: There was an argument on my local Sports Radio station about 5 years ago, on whether Pete Maravich could be as effective today as he was in the 60's and 70s. The guy who was arguing that he could be, totally didn't take into account that he was far faster and more athletic than the guys he played against in the 70's, but he would struggle to play against 6'8' guards of today who were just as fast as he was. Not saying he couldn't compete at all in today's NBA, but someone like Russell Westbrook would wear him out the whole game. Russell Westbrook would wear out Maravich, but Walt Frazier and Oscar Robertson and Nate Archibald, etc didn't? Hmm, I'm not with you on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shankster Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 On 5/22/2021 at 10:16 PM, Shankster said: It would be Better than Most. See... it was, in fact, Better than Most. (most = every golfer in history over 50) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poprocksncoke Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Happy for Phil, really enjoyed watching him win this week! Crashtestdummy 1 Quote SLDR 10.5 Oban HB R11s Rip Phenom Ft. Worth Black Irons 588 RTX Rotex 2.0 54 CG10 58 EV 5.3 Duo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBS Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 14 hours ago, Mtbryant01 said: I’ll leave this here. Will update my experience (it was incredible) in my thread at some point in the next couple days. IMG_1491.MOV 62.93 MB · 5 downloads I was there with @Mtbryant01 - It was an incredible experience. Still on a high! Crashtestdummy, Mtbryant01, M. Parsons and 2 others 4 1 Quote M6 12* Oban Kiyoshi Purple 65g stiff TS2 16.5* HL Oban Kiyoshi Purple 75g stiff G410 Hybrid 19* Tour stiff i210 KBS tour stiff 4-GW 54* RTX Zipcore 58* glide 3.0 TP Black Copper Juno 34in Oncore elixr or Snell MTBx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnosil Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 2 hours ago, LICC said: They may be in better shape or more fit, but they are in no way athletically superior. Human evolution does not create superior athletic beings in 30 years. You are correct they are not genetically superior; however, training routines and better understanding of the body and how training can be optimized to improve performance has improved in the last 30 years. The understanding of the skills and mental process to be better athletes has also come a long way since the 90s. Prior to this week Phil was still one of the top 101 golfers in the world. His talent, dedication to improving his fitness, and a lot of luck gave him the opportunity to win that tournament. Phil and Tiger are anomalies like Brady and Brees. Without question, Today’s athletes are better than the athletes from 30 years ago and there are a lot of factors that get included in that like equipment, technology, better understanding of the game and strategy, fitness, etc. All you have to do is look at the athletes from the various decades and you can see vast changes and that they have been built to perform in the specific sport RickyBobby_PR, GolfSpy_SHARK, ole gray and 2 others 3 2 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: TS3 15* w/Project X Hzardous Smoke Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/:Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: Sacks Parente MC 3 Stripe Backup Putters: Milled Collection RSX 2, mFGP2, Futura 5W, TM-180 Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 (edited) 9 minutes ago, cnosil said: Without question, Today’s athletes are better than the athletes from 30 years ago and there are a lot of factors that get included in that like equipment, technology, better understanding of the game and strategy, fitness, etc. All you have to do is look at the athletes from the various decades and you can see vast changes and that they have been built to perform in the specific sport I'm not sure this applies to your post, but I remember The Refrigerator Perry being one of the biggest guys in the NFL during his time, but if you look at the OL, and DTs in the game today, they are all as big or bigger than William Perry was. Edited May 24, 2021 by M. Parsons cnosil, sirchunksalot and GolfSpy_SHARK 3 Quote In my BR-D4 6-way King F9 set to 9*, Tour length Hzrdus Smoke Black 6.0 S-flex, with GolfPride MCC +4 mid-size 3W - 13*, UST Mamiya 65 Gold S-flex, with GolfPride Tour Wrap 2G SIM UDI 2-iron - 18*, Mitsubishi Diamana Thump 100 X-flex, with GolfPride MCC Align ZX5 4-5 & ZX7 6-PW, Modus3 120 Tour S-flex, +1/2", with GolfPride Tour Wrap 2G - SM8 Tour Chrome, 50.08F - 54.10S - 58.12D, DG Wedge Flex, with GolfPride Tour Wrap 2G Custom Fit 35" ER6 Red at 68 degree lie angle and 4 degrees of loft MTB-X NX7 Pro Slope Tracked by #WPS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy_SHARK Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 4 minutes ago, M. Parsons said: I'm not sure this applies to your post, but I remember The Refrigerator Perry being one of the biggest guys in the NFL during his time, but if you look at the OL, and DTs in the game today, they are all as big or bigger than William Perry was. As big AND FASTER! I am sure the strain on the muslces and joints these athletes are putting on their bodies will show its ugly head years down the road but the day to day they do for their recovery will play a big part in that as well. I look at the DK Metcalf 100 he ran a few weeks back. The guy is 3x the size of those guys he raced and only finished a few 100ths behind them......Incredible. M. Parsons, cnosil and sirchunksalot 3 Quote Check out my reviews: G710 Irons Official Review I MC Shaft & V Series Putter Official Review 2022 Forged Tec's Official Review I Nitron Push Cart Official Review WITB: Weapons of grass destruction (link to WITB) Traverse is filled with all this shiny metal and tracked by RadSpeed 8* - MotoreX F1 6X SIM 3W - Project X HZRDUS Green U505 Driving Iron 17* - Project X HZRDUS Black SpeedZone 4H - Project X HZRDUS Black 2022 King Forged Tec's 4-PW - KBS $ Tape 130 48 (SM8), 52 & 60 (SM7) - Nippon Modus 125 S ER2VI PROV1X #19 Are you a veteran? Check out the Veterans Golf Association (VGA) Thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 6 minutes ago, Lacassem said: As big AND FASTER! I am sure the strain on the muslces and joints these athletes are putting on their bodies will show its ugly head years down the road but the day to day they do for their recovery will play a big part in that as well. I look at the DK Metcalf 100 he ran a few weeks back. The guy is 3x the size of those guys he raced and only finished a few 100ths behind them......Incredible. Good point! And I look at Bryson DeChambeau and I wonder how long it'll be before he has a ton of injuries...but he does build his core really well, so he might last longer than I would think. sirchunksalot and GolfSpy_SHARK 2 Quote In my BR-D4 6-way King F9 set to 9*, Tour length Hzrdus Smoke Black 6.0 S-flex, with GolfPride MCC +4 mid-size 3W - 13*, UST Mamiya 65 Gold S-flex, with GolfPride Tour Wrap 2G SIM UDI 2-iron - 18*, Mitsubishi Diamana Thump 100 X-flex, with GolfPride MCC Align ZX5 4-5 & ZX7 6-PW, Modus3 120 Tour S-flex, +1/2", with GolfPride Tour Wrap 2G - SM8 Tour Chrome, 50.08F - 54.10S - 58.12D, DG Wedge Flex, with GolfPride Tour Wrap 2G Custom Fit 35" ER6 Red at 68 degree lie angle and 4 degrees of loft MTB-X NX7 Pro Slope Tracked by #WPS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBT Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 4 hours ago, LICC said: Nope. The Champions Tour has nothing to do with it. People's skills and athleticism diminish with age. If today's young players were so superior to those of the 1990s, today's older Tiger and Phil would have no chance to compete with them. Yet a diminished older Tiger and Phil are out there beating today's players in majors. This blows out of the water the nonsense idea that Tiger and Phil didn't face as tough competition in their primes as players today. Here I found a new avatar for you. I’m done wasting my breath with you, you aren’t worth my time GolfSpy_SHARK and ole gray 1 1 Quote XR Driver Matrix Ozik 8m3 Black Tie Shaft King F7 3W UST Mamiya Chrome Elements 7F4 Shaft King F7 5W UST Mamiya Chrome Elements 7F4 Shaft King F7 4 Hybrid Graphite Designs Tour AD-HY 95 Shaft PXG 0211 DC 5-PW Mitsubishi MMT 80 Shafts RTX ZIPCORE 50*,54*,58* UST Mamiya Recoil 95 Shafts Metal X Milled #7 with SuperStroke 2.0 grip MTB Twitter: @timldotson Instagram: timldotson Facebook: TimDotson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajorDuffer Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 My congratulations to Phil on his historic victory. What I find amusing is all the golf pundits don;t seem to also emphasize how difficult his victory was especially at his age. The Ocean course is a beast and has one of the highest slope of any course. He beat the best in the world on the toughest course at 50 years old. This made his win even more outstanding. His actions during the round (stopping to give a ball to a spectator), acknowledging his fans, and afterwards doing numerous photo shoots etc. shows he is the people's champion versus others who seem to snub their fans. I have followed him at numerous tournaments and his decorum is also excellent and he acknowledges his fans with a lot of his time signing autographs afterwards. It was definitely a win for the ages. ole gray and sirchunksalot 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirchunksalot Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 18 hours ago, Mtbryant01 said: I’ll leave this here. Will update my experience (it was incredible) in my thread at some point in the next couple days. IMG_1491.MOV 62.93 MB · 12 downloads That was an awesome video and thank you for sharing it! I can't imagine what the atmosphere there was like, but I bet you guys were pumped to witness history. I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the whole experience. Mtbryant01 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LICC Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 1 hour ago, cnosil said: You are correct they are not genetically superior; however, training routines and better understanding of the body and how training can be optimized to improve performance has improved in the last 30 years. The understanding of the skills and mental process to be better athletes has also come a long way since the 90s. Prior to this week Phil was still one of the top 101 golfers in the world. His talent, dedication to improving his fitness, and a lot of luck gave him the opportunity to win that tournament. Phil and Tiger are anomalies like Brady and Brees. Without question, Today’s athletes are better than the athletes from 30 years ago and there are a lot of factors that get included in that like equipment, technology, better understanding of the game and strategy, fitness, etc. All you have to do is look at the athletes from the various decades and you can see vast changes and that they have been built to perform in the specific sport That's just not true. The athletes of 30-40 years ago in all sports are still considered among the best ever. There is no superior "mental process" of athletes today. Fitness may or may not be better, it probably is to some degree. Enhanced data analytics has led to different strategies and techniques in various sports. But that in no way has made the athletes themselves more skilled or talented. dlygrisse 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlygrisse Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 4 hours ago, LICC said: Russell Westbrook would wear out Maravich, but Walt Frazier and Oscar Robertson and Nate Archibald, etc didn't? Hmm, I'm not with you on this one. Give Walt Frazier a modern pair of shoes, and let him play the game the way it is allowed to be played today and the differences in their games would shrink a lot. Watch the video below. 1970's NBA players looked less athletic because their shoes were ice skates compared to today, and they weren't allowed to carry the ball or take massive Euro steps like today. Bron-Bron gets to take 5 steps and carry the ball whenever he wants. David Epstein: Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger? | TED Talk LICC 1 Quote Ping G400 Ping G410 3,5,7 JPX 921 Hotmetal Vokey 54, 58M Odyssey #1 black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Strokes Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 1 hour ago, LICC said: That's just not true. The athletes of 30-40 years ago in all sports are still considered among the best ever. There is no superior "mental process" of athletes today. Fitness may or may not be better, it probably is to some degree. Enhanced data analytics has led to different strategies and techniques in various sports. But that in no way has made the athletes themselves more skilled or talented. 30-40 years ago there were only a handful of guys who could throw a baseball 100mph now there are 2-3 on every roster who can cross that threshold. centers in the 80s and 90s were flat footed big men who clogged the lane and rebounded, now they do everything from run fast breaks to shoot 3s. quarterbacks have become dynamic dual threats. linemen run the 40 in the mid-high 4s now. you’re conflating talent and skill with all-time greatness. you can be an absolute dynamo athletically but never achieve greatness (carl crawford, vince young, reggie bush), and you can achieve legendary status being an athletic everyman (babe ruth, tom brady). you’re blind to progress or you’re just trolling here. Kanoito, GolfSpy_SHARK, Crashtestdummy and 4 others 7 Quote SIM2 8º | KuroKage XD 70TX SIM 3W 14º | Fujikura Atmos Black Tour Spec 9TX SIM2 5W 18º | Fujikura Ventus Black 10X U500 2i | Fujikura Ventus HB Black 10TX T100 4-PW | Dynamic Gold X7 SM6 52* SM8 56* SM8 60* | Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 DW | BGT Stability Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LICC Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 (edited) 54 minutes ago, Chip Strokes said: 30-40 years ago there were only a handful of guys who could throw a baseball 100mph now there are 2-3 on every roster who can cross that threshold. centers in the 80s and 90s were flat footed big men who clogged the lane and rebounded, now they do everything from run fast breaks to shoot 3s. quarterbacks have become dynamic dual threats. linemen run the 40 in the mid-high 4s now. you’re conflating talent and skill with all-time greatness. you can be an absolute dynamo athletically but never achieve greatness (carl crawford, vince young, reggie bush), and you can achieve legendary status being an athletic everyman (babe ruth, tom brady). you’re blind to progress or you’re just trolling here. Or you just think you know a lot more than you really do. Hakeem Olajuwan. Shaquille O'Neal. Patrick Ewing. David Robinson. Alonzo Mourning. Not a clogger among them. NFL rule changes have made teams change strategies in offense. That is why we see more teams with more mobile running QBs. Not because QBs are more athletic. And the same immobile QB from 20 years ago is still outperforming and winning championships. To say Brady has average athletic ability is ridiculous. He has NFL-level above average arm strength, incredible throwing accuracy, and amazing field vision. Fastball readings are higher due to a combination of different radar guns and, again, changes in the way the game is managed. Starting pitchers don't throw deep into games anymore, so more specialized pitchers who only have to face a few batters can throw harder. The increases in fastball speeds have been mostly all due to bullpen pitchers. And golfers today hit it farther because of equipment changes, not from superior talent. Tiger and Phil's competition in the 1990s was just as talented as the field of golfers today. Edited May 24, 2021 by LICC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfSpy_SHARK Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 9 minutes ago, LICC said: Or you just think you know a lot more than you really do. Hakeem Olajuwan. Shaquille O'Neal. Patrick Ewing. David Robinson. Alonzo Mourning. Not a clogger among them. NFL rule changes have made teams change strategies in offense. That is why we see more teams with more mobile running QBs. Not because QBs are more athletic. And the same immobile QB from 20 years ago is still outperforming and winning championships. To say Brady has average athletic ability is ridiculous. He has NFL-level above average arm strength, incredible throwing accuracy, and amazing field vision. Fastball readings are higher due to a combination of different radar guns and, again, changes in the way the game is managed. Starting pitchers don't throw deep into games anymore, so more specialized pitchers who only have to face a few batters can throw harder. The increases in fastball speeds have been mostly all due to bullpen pitchers. And golfers today hit it farther because of equipment changes, not from superior talent. Tiger and Phil's competition in the 1990s was just as talented as the field of golfers today. You just put Shaq into the conversation of big men today....your argument is null and void. That man couldn’t hit a 3 for his life. He parked his butt in the paint, rebounded and defended. He got fed the ball in the paint that’s it. that doesn’t take away from his talent then but he is no where near what the top big Men are today I only need to respond to that point alone because the rest is the same jargon Golfspy_CG2 1 Quote Check out my reviews: G710 Irons Official Review I MC Shaft & V Series Putter Official Review 2022 Forged Tec's Official Review I Nitron Push Cart Official Review WITB: Weapons of grass destruction (link to WITB) Traverse is filled with all this shiny metal and tracked by RadSpeed 8* - MotoreX F1 6X SIM 3W - Project X HZRDUS Green U505 Driving Iron 17* - Project X HZRDUS Black SpeedZone 4H - Project X HZRDUS Black 2022 King Forged Tec's 4-PW - KBS $ Tape 130 48 (SM8), 52 & 60 (SM7) - Nippon Modus 125 S ER2VI PROV1X #19 Are you a veteran? Check out the Veterans Golf Association (VGA) Thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Strokes Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 10 minutes ago, LICC said: Or you just think you know a lot more than you really do. Hakeem Olajuwan. Shaquille O'Neal. Patrick Ewing. David Robinson. Alonzo Mourning. Not a clogger among them. NFL rule changes have made teams change strategies in offense. That is why we see more teams with more mobile running QBs. Not because QBs are more athletic. And the same immobile QB from 20 years ago is still outperforming and winning championships. To say Brady has average athletic ability is ridiculous. He has NFL-level above average arm strength, incredible throwing accuracy, and amazing field vision. Fastball readings are higher due to a combination of different radar guns and, again, changes in the way the game is managed. Starting pitchers don't throw deep into games anymore, so more specialized pitchers who only have to face a few batters can throw harder. The increases in fastball speeds have been mostly all due to bullpen pitchers. And golfers today hit it farther because of equipment changes, not from superior talent. Tiger and Phil's competition in the 1990s was just as talented as the field of golfers today. yes, the 90s was the era of the big man...but like @Lacassem just said, they were largely post players, rebounders, and defensive forces. the big men today are far more dynamic. brady has a phenomenal arm. full stop. beyond that i don’t think the man can walk and chew gum at the same time. have you seen his combine tape? he’s a world class quarterback but an average at best athlete. guys are throwing harder because of radar guns? really? why do i keep doing this to myself? GolfSpy_SHARK, Kanoito and Golfspy_CG2 2 1 Quote SIM2 8º | KuroKage XD 70TX SIM 3W 14º | Fujikura Atmos Black Tour Spec 9TX SIM2 5W 18º | Fujikura Ventus Black 10X U500 2i | Fujikura Ventus HB Black 10TX T100 4-PW | Dynamic Gold X7 SM6 52* SM8 56* SM8 60* | Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 DW | BGT Stability Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LICC Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 7 minutes ago, Lacassem said: You just put Shaq into the conversation of big men today....your argument is null and void. That man couldn’t hit a 3 for his life. He parked his butt in the paint, rebounded and defended. He got fed the ball in the paint that’s it. that doesn’t take away from his talent then but he is no where near what the top big Men are today I only need to respond to that point alone because the rest is the same jargon Oh my goodness you have no idea what you are talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LICC Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 3 minutes ago, Chip Strokes said: yes, the 90s was the era of the big man...but like @Lacassem just said, they were largely post players, rebounders, and defensive forces. the big men today are far more dynamic. brady has a phenomenal arm. full stop. beyond that i don’t think the man can walk and chew gum at the same time. have you seen his combine tape? he’s a world class quarterback but an average at best athlete. guys are throwing harder because of radar guns? really? why do i keep doing this to myself? You obviously never watched basketball in the 1990s. See the video I posted above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Strokes Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 1 minute ago, LICC said: You obviously never watched basketball in the 1990s. See the video I posted above. i watched a lot of ball in the 90s. i was a huge jordan and bulls fan and again, brady is an all time quarterback with average-at-best athleticism Quote SIM2 8º | KuroKage XD 70TX SIM 3W 14º | Fujikura Atmos Black Tour Spec 9TX SIM2 5W 18º | Fujikura Ventus Black 10X U500 2i | Fujikura Ventus HB Black 10TX T100 4-PW | Dynamic Gold X7 SM6 52* SM8 56* SM8 60* | Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 DW | BGT Stability Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LICC Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Just now, Chip Strokes said: i watched a lot of ball in the 90s. i was a huge jordan and bulls fan and again, brady is an all time quarterback with average-at-best athleticism He has good footwork in the pocket, and excellent arm talent. Athleticism is not just running fast. Tim Tebow could do that but isn’t in Brady’s league as a QB. To compare to golf, John Daly couldn’t run for anything but he had excellent athletic skills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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