Most Overrated Athletes?

Anti-Cena

Who would be on your overrated athletes list? For me, the guy who I think is very overrated, is Sidney Crosby. I mean, the guy is amazing and all, but I get so pissed off everytime someone says he's going to be the next Wayne Gretzky. Crosby is NOT on pace for any of Gretzky's records, and probably won't reach any of them. And that's a lot coming from a guy who was born in his hometown.

Blitzkrieg

Administrator

Well.. I'm a Penguins fan and while I agree that there will probably never be another Gretzsky, it's pretty harsh to label Sid the Kid as overrated. Didn't he win the Hart Trophy at 19?

I think the most overrated players are those who come from big markets because they receive a shitload of attention from the media and aren't really anything special at their positions. Two off the top of my head would be Curt Schilling of the Red Sox and Jeremy Shockey of the Giants. Neither of their teams really need them to succeed, they both run their mouths way too much, in Schilling's case he's way past his prime.. a shell of his former self and with Shockey, you can't drop that many balls and be the best tight end in the league but the media treats him as such.

Suntan Superman

WC's Resident Samoan

Cal Ripken, Jr, without "the streak" there's nothing overly gaudy there.

Simon

Founder/Admin

Totally agree about Shockey. Dude thinks he is Mr. New York, yet Eli Manning is on a huge role since Shockey went out.

Jayman

Super Moderator

Agreed about Cal Jr. All he did was show up to work everyday, big deal.

I have about 4 years going without a sickday, and I don't get the winters off. So can I get honored for that, please?

Yes, you can call on the whole "injury" thing, but he just got lucky he never had anything overly bad that happened to him between April and October.

Brett Favre's streak is more noteworthy I think, just because of the sheer physicality of the sport he plays.