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Athletes After Retirement, Your Favorites

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For me, being a great athlete is one thing. But, the real key is. Do I like you? How do I know I really like you? Well, duh. What kind of personality do you have in real life. And, how do you get a sense for someone's behavior in real life? Check in with them after retirement.

For me, of the guys I liked from the first time I ever I saw them until today, top of that list is Bill Walton. He was someone I followed closely when I was 9 and he was a Bruin. I totally dug his hippie gig when he played as a Trail Blazer, which was about the time I first encountered bongs in Jr High. Later, as I grew up and put away childish things, I loved seeing him get reborn as a Celtic. And, finally, and without a doubt, the BW I've come to know today, years after his retirement is an absolute ****ing hoot.
 
Bill Walton is senile as **** these days.
 
Eddie McCaffrey, w/out question.
Kareem Abdul Jabbar.
Andre Aggasi
Doug Flutie

And that's just off the top of my head. Gotta be hundred's more.
 
calamity said:
For me, being a great athlete is one thing. But, the real key is. Do I like you? How do I know I really like you? Well, duh. What kind of personality do you have in real life. And, how do you get a sense for someone's behavior in real life? Check in with them after retirement.

For me, of the guys I liked from the first time I ever I saw them until today, top of that list is Bill Walton. He was someone I followed closely when I was 9 and he was a Bruin. I totally dug his hippie gig when he played as a Trail Blazer, which was about the time I first encountered bongs in Jr High. Later, as I grew up and put away childish things, I loved seeing him get reborn as a Celtic. And, finally, and without a doubt, the BW I've come to know today, years after his retirement is an absolute ****ing hoot.
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Don Meredith, he was great as a commentator after he retired
 
Barkley and Shaq are a gas doing the NBA coverage.
 
Kobie said:
Barkley and Shaq are a gas doing the NBA coverage.
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I caught some Reggie Miller during the NCAA's. I never liked him as a player, but he's very likable as a commentator. I hope he does well.
 
calamity said:
For me, being a great athlete is one thing. But, the real key is. Do I like you? How do I know I really like you? Well, duh. What kind of personality do you have in real life. And, how do you get a sense for someone's behavior in real life? Check in with them after retirement.

For me, of the guys I liked from the first time I ever I saw them until today, top of that list is Bill Walton. He was someone I followed closely when I was 9 and he was a Bruin. I totally dug his hippie gig when he played as a Trail Blazer, which was about the time I first encountered bongs in Jr High. Later, as I grew up and put away childish things, I loved seeing him get reborn as a Celtic. And, finally, and without a doubt, the BW I've come to know today, years after his retirement is an absolute ****ing hoot.
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I alternate between loving and hating the Pac-12 games Walton calls, depending on whether I'm in the mood to hear whatever hilarious thing pops into his head, or whether I'd prefer the announcers actually talk about the game.
 
Tanngrisnir said:
Eddie McCaffrey, w/out question.
Kareem Abdul Jabbar.
Andre Aggasi
Doug Flutie

And that's just off the top of my head. Gotta be hundred's more.
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Jackie Stewart was great back in the day. Probably the best Indy 500 commentator ever. I never saw him race though. Way before my time.
 
Anagram said:
I alternate between loving and hating the Pac-12 games Walton calls, depending on whether I'm in the mood to hear whatever hilarious thing pops into his head, or whether I'd prefer the announcers actually talk about the game.
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I saw a game with him and Dickie V a few months ago. I had no idea what the hell they were talking about or why. But, the game sucked. So, they made it worth hanging in there until the end.
 
I don't have a whole lot of knowledge of athletes, but I do like Shaq. He is also a good role model for young professional athletes on how to manage their new found wealth.
 
calamity said:
Jackie Stewart was great back in the day. Probably the best Indy 500 commentator ever. I never saw him race though. Way before my time.
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True, and he's WAY before my time, although I remember his race commentary as a kid, but I was speaking strictly in terms of charitable/good work after they retired.

I forgot Mario Lemieux.
Derek Jeter.

I could go on....
 
Tanngrisnir said:
Eddie McCaffrey, w/out question.
Kareem Abdul Jabbar.
Andre Aggasi
Doug Flutie

And that's just off the top of my head. Gotta be hundred's more.
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Doug Flutie?
He was probably the best quarterback in the CFL in my lifetime, where the position requires different skills from the NFL, but I'm surprised to see an American put him on such a list.
There's one or two others, American players who shone in the Canadian game but were just capable journeymen down south. Ever hear of Mervyn Fernandez? He was one- he was made for the Canadian field but was just average in the NFL.
 
calamity said:
Jackie Stewart was great back in the day. Probably the best Indy 500 commentator ever. I never saw him race though. Way before my time.
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"It's a grrreat, grrreat day for motorcar racing!"
 
Jackie started his good works while still racing. Post war cars were suddenly twice as fast as before, but the pre war race tracks hadn't changed. He was instrumental in forcing safety changes at a time when the odds of a driver surviving a career were 1 in 3! The drivers committee struck at the Nurburgring, and refused to race.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFXpmAEyCBA
 
Grand Mal said:
Doug Flutie?
He was probably the best quarterback in the CFL in my lifetime, where the position requires different skills from the NFL, but I'm surprised to see an American put him on such a list.
There's one or two others, American players who shone in the Canadian game but were just capable journeymen down south. Ever hear of Mervyn Fernandez? He was one- he was made for the Canadian field but was just average in the NFL.
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Don't forget Warren Moon

Great QB in Canada and did great in Houston
 
Yogi Berra - Did some great commercials and was a fixture for every significant Yankees event
Terry Bradshaw - The guy is so full of energy it's not funny...but he is
Bill Walton - You've got to be on acid to fully appreciate the guy but he's genius....when you can understand him
 
Lord Tammerlain said:
Don't forget Warren Moon

Great QB in Canada and did great in Houston
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Yeah, that's right. He was good in both leagues.
We here, for awhile, got the benefit of some pretty good quarterbacks because they were black and didn't get much consideration for the position in the NFL. A good quarterback for the BC Lions, Roy Dewalt, was drafted by Cleveland to play running back but came north to play QB instead. There were a couple others.
 
Andy Seminick
 
Grand Mal said:
Doug Flutie?
He was probably the best quarterback in the CFL in my lifetime, where the position requires different skills from the NFL, but I'm surprised to see an American put him on such a list.
There's one or two others, American players who shone in the Canadian game but were just capable journeymen down south. Ever hear of Mervyn Fernandez? He was one- he was made for the Canadian field but was just average in the NFL.
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LOL! I always wondered what happened to Mervyn. He was a Raider in his best years, so as a CA boy, and NFL fanatic at one point, I knew his work well.
 
Tanngrisnir said:
LOL! I always wondered what happened to Mervyn. He was a Raider in his best years, so as a CA boy, and NFL fanatic at one point, I knew his work well.
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He was in the CFL before the NFL, played for the BC Lions. He made the most of the wider field up here, and the deeper end zone and he played with a good long-ball QB, Roy Dewalt. I saw him once going deep into the end zone with the defender right on him, watching his face. The pass comes, Merv jumps reaching high with his right arm and the defender goes high with both arms- Merv reaches down with his left, trapping the ball against his hip and controlling it for the TD. An exciting player.
 
Hey. No one mentioned Bruce Jenner. What's up with that?

Has to be the Kardashian jinx. Look what it did to OJ.
 
Bobby Orr has been a great ambassador for hockey in his retirement, and he is as humble now as he was in his heydays.

Shaq seems like a fun guy.
 
RetiredUSN said:
Bobby Orr has been a great ambassador for hockey in his retirement, and he is as humble now as he was in his heydays.

Shaq seems like a fun guy.
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I absolutely loved Bobby Orr. Even though he played for Boston, a traditional rival to my Hawks, Bobby was my favorite hockey player growing up. Much of that has to do with my own style of play back then: I played defense, and I also liked to score, usually with a hard wrist shot from just outside the face off circle, I modeled my game around his style. Of course, I could never skate like him. But I sure tired.
 
calamity said:
I absolutely loved Bobby Orr. Even though he played for Boston, a traditional rival to my Hawks, Bobby was my favorite hockey player growing up. Much of that has to do with my own style of play back then: I played defense, and I also liked to score, usually with a hard wrist shot from just outside the face off circle, I modeled my game around his style. Of course, I could never skate like him. But I sure tired.
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Met him a few times in Boston when I was a kid.......... Bucyk, Cashman, and Hodge as well. Orr signed a buddy's Northland Pro-Lam hockey stick, and he still has it today.

Derek Sanderson flipped his cigarette at us and called us "Effing punks" while we were giving him some real smack talk one afternoon before a Maple Leafs game. Man, he could be a real douche.
 
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