| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
pegpig
Joined: 10 May 2005
|
 Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:58 pm Post subject: |
 |
|
| hermes.trismegistus wrote: |
| pegpig wrote: |
| You're even putting this in the same mix as Rooney? Are you kidding me? Rooney's was totally accidentally done, while Z's was 100% intentional. Someone's obviously a French fan. |
No, I'm not a French fan. Uncritical inferences make you look... well, uncritical.
Rooney didn't accidentally push a player. He accidentally stepped on a guy's nuts. He was ejected for the push, not the step.
Both players had violent inappropriate outbursts. One has a history of such childishness and volatility. One has a history of composure - albeit, like Spinoza noted, with sporadic quality, like mosbunall athletes.
Namaste. |
You know, I never did know what Rooney got kicked out for.
I like that 'one has a history of composure and the other a history of childishness' part. Yeah, ZZ's never seen his share of red cards.
And, you're comparing a push to a headbutt? I tell you what. You give me a push and I'll give u a headbutt. We'll see who's wondering what the *beep* hit them. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
|
| Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:18 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| I'm not sure it was the biggest "meltdown" in sports history. Perhaps it was the dumbest act committed on a huge stage in sports history. I think the Houston Oilers giving up 35-3 lead in the playoffs and losing to the Bills was more of a "meltdown." Chris Webber calling a timeout when his team didn't have any left in the NCAA finals was quite a meltdown. And finally, what about Jana Novotna's famous meltdown at Wimbledon in 1993 when ahe blew a 4-1 lead in the final set to Graf and cried on Duchess of Kent's shoulder during the trophy presentation? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
|
| Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:20 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| I look at a meltdown as something that adversly affects the entire sport, like the '92 (or '93) baseball strike. I can't count how many people stop watching and never went back to it. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
pegpig
Joined: 10 May 2005
|
| Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:27 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| laogaiguk wrote: |
| I look at a meltdown as something that adversly affects the entire sport, like the '92 (or '93) baseball strike. I can't count how many people stop watching and never went back to it. |
I don't know if you would refer to a baseball strike as a meltdown. On the other hand people have meltdowns all the time. I've had meltdowns before and hardly anyone was affected. There were no press conferences and life went on. Just my opinion (obviously). |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
|
| Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:07 pm Post subject: |
|
|
For me this was the biggest meltdown in sports history......
French golfer, Jean Van De Velde, in the 1999 British open. He needs only to make a 6 on the last hole. What does he do? Goes for the birdie!!!
Needing to make only a 6 on the par-4 18th hole at Carnoustie Golf Links to secure the British Open on Sunday, Van de Velde squandered the championship in excruciating fashion, clanging one shot off the bleachers, dumping another into the water, chunking yet one more into a bunker before finally making a triple-bogey 7.
http://espn.go.com/golfonline/british99/features/00001948.html |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
khyber
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Compunction Junction
|
| Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 10:03 pm Post subject: |
|
|
AAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
That golf story (eamo) is fantastic. I mean, it's golf so it's not the biggest upset in SPORTS history but...still funny.
Zidane: Not a smart move: But a nipple twist? If he was italian, he would have fallen on the ground grabbing his head!
Not a meltdown though..the team still played well (I hear). Up until the butt, how was zidane playing? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Location: the eye
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 1:43 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Junior wrote: |
| SPINOZA wrote: |
Maradona was an all-time great. He singlehandedly won the World Cup . |
Thats true, he won it with one hand.
 |
(see bold)
Smartarse! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 1:59 am Post subject: |
|
|
Meltdown?????????????
France lost 5-3 on penalty kicks, so even if he'd scored they'd have lost.
He scored what proved to be the tying goal to even get France into extra time.
He scored the winner the game before.
He set up the winner with a sweet pass the game before.
He got the Golden Ball for the tourney.
This thread is absurd. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
crescent
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: yes.
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 2:38 am Post subject: |
|
|
| VanIslander wrote: |
Meltdown?????????????
France lost 5-3 on penalty kicks, so even if he'd scored they'd have lost.
He scored what proved to be the tying goal to even get France into extra time.
He scored the winner the game before.
He set up the winner with a sweet pass the game before.
He got the Golden Ball for the tourney.
This thread is absurd. |
Actually, what's more absurd is that you don't quite know the meaning of 'meltdown'. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
JeJuJitsu
Joined: 11 Sep 2005
Location: McDonald's
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 4:57 am Post subject: |
|
|
WTF are you guys talking about, Materrazi is a diver:
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 5:02 am Post subject: |
|
|
Less than a month removed and no one has mentioned the Dallas Mavericks yet?
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
JeJuJitsu
Joined: 11 Sep 2005
Location: McDonald's
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 5:03 am Post subject: |
|
|
...and Zizou took the worst of it...
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
JeJuJitsu
Joined: 11 Sep 2005
Location: McDonald's
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 5:04 am Post subject: |
|
|
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
JeJuJitsu
Joined: 11 Sep 2005
Location: McDonald's
|
| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 5:12 am Post subject: |
|
|
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
