January 02, 2022

SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle:

A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.

posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 4 comments

And the world found out that AB is a lefty

posted by NoMich at 07:00 PM on January 02, 2022

Sometimes a team needs a guy on the edge of madness to win a title.

The Bucs won last year with Antonio Brown, the 2001 Patriots won with Bryan Cox, and John Thompson's Georgetown Hoyas won their only title of the Patrick Ewing era with Michael Graham on the roster.

And then there's fucking Romanowski, who won four Super Bowls with two different teams, much to the annoyance of many people. He was beyond the edge and into Donner Party territory.

posted by beaverboard at 08:47 PM on January 02, 2022

Sometimes a team needs a guy on the edge of madness to win a title.
Edge of madness or willing to push team in odd, unexpected directions, which often looks like madness?
Some reason my mind when to the Chicago Bulls, where Rodman definitely filled that roll from 96-98. You could almost say Jordan filled that roll in the 91-93 championships. Not to the extreme of those listed above, but someone who did things the rest of the team did not always agree with. (Last Dance added some great insight into this.)

posted by prof at 12:05 PM on January 03, 2022

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