TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 They’ll never be another Tom Brady. You can make the argument he is the greatest athlete of all time across any sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whineminster Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 2 hours ago, PhineasC said: So... are you guys happy for Brady or pissed that he is headed back to the SB? I am new here so I honestly don't know the feelings on this. I'm pissed... That the Patriots let him go. Should have given the man a 2 year deal, who cares if he was bad the second year! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STILL N OF PIKE Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 14 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said: They’ll never be another Tom Brady. You can make the argument he is the greatest athlete of all time across any sport. Greatest (Winner Player) could be a argument , he’s not that athletic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 14 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said: They’ll never be another Tom Brady. You can make the argument he is the greatest athlete of all time across any sport. I think Michael Phelps may hold that title. He was a literal freak of nature who did it all by himself too. Brady had teammates and a legendary coach. Swimming gets far less coverage than the NFL so in terms of recognition and star power it's Brady, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STILL N OF PIKE Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, Whineminster said: I'm pissed... That the Patriots let him go. Should have given the man a 2 year deal, who cares if he was bad the second year! Brady didn’t want to play on a team without weapons At age 40 plus ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 1 minute ago, STILL N OF PIKE said: Greatest (Winner Player) could be a argument , he’s not that athletic Yeah obviously there are more gifted physical athletes... but he is the best ever in terms of winning and excelling at his or her craft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Just now, STILL N OF PIKE said: Greatest (Winner Player) could be a argument , he’s not that athletic Yea lol. Dude couldn’t play any other sport but he is the greatest QB of all time...and I’m not a fan of his at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 6 minutes ago, PhineasC said: I think Michael Phelps may hold that title. He was a literal freak of nature who did it all by himself too. Brady had teammates and a legendary coach. Swimming gets far less coverage than the NFL so in terms of recognition and star power it's Brady, of course. As a former swimmer who raced (and got his ass kicked by) Phelps as an age grouper, I heartily endorse this message. People who don't follow swimming cannot truly fathom what a freak of nature he was. From making the Sydney team at barely fifteen to his unmatched versatility (at one point he held world records in the 100/200 fly, 200/400 IM and 200 free, was within hundredths of the world records in the 100/200 backstroke and 100 free, and was American record holder in the 400m free), to his superhuman ability to recover quickly between races, he was a talent for the ages. Even when he slacked off for a few years before the London Olympics, he still managed to be the most decorated athlete of the games. I wish we could have seen what he was truly capable of. He always swam so many races that many of his world records were set while he was exhausted. I bet if he had been fresh many of his records could last decades. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 @ORH_wxmanlooks like you missed out on a sweet Maldives deal. https://apple.news/AZ9YxpsplTri0lxjds18IIw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice1972 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 3 hours ago, PhineasC said: I think Michael Phelps may hold that title. He was a literal freak of nature who did it all by himself too. Brady had teammates and a legendary coach. Swimming gets far less coverage than the NFL so in terms of recognition and star power it's Brady, of course. With how this season has turned out in TB....this is definitely debateable.......Belly-ache should be paying Tom at this point...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STILL N OF PIKE Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Amazing is all you can say about a group of 2m users in Reddit community (Wall Street bets) I joined this weekend They are leveraging and buying particular stocks on margin and sending their price to the moon. GME was first target . Some made millions on Friday options and they sent this from 65 at close Friday to 125 high in this morning trading (before falling back to 95. GME was 18$ January 12 . They are hitting ticker symbols BB, And to lesser extent AMC , PLTR and Jay’s favorite CCIV Something has to give here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 9 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said: Amazing is all you can say about a group of 2m users in Reddit community (Wall Street bets) I joined this weekend They are leveraging and buying particular stocks on margin and sending their price to the moon. GME was first target . Some made millions on Friday options and they sent this from 65 at close Friday to 125 high in this morning trading (before falling back to 95. GME was 18$ January 12 . They are hitting ticker symbols BB, And to lesser extent AMC , PLTR and Jay’s favorite CCIV Something has to give here This kind of manipulation is like a modern version of the 1920s stock pools that guys like Joe Kennedy used to pump and dump themselves to riches. At some point the SEC will catch on, but the markets have become a farce. Manipulation and speculative mania are the orders of the day for the time being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STILL N OF PIKE Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 15 minutes ago, Hoth said: This kind of manipulation is like a modern version of the 1920s stock pools that guys like Joe Kennedy used to pump and dump themselves to riches. At some point the SEC will catch on, but the markets have become a farce. Manipulation and speculative mania are the orders of the day for the time being. In a normal market setting this may have been taken care of by now , but the market is a giant casino . It’s almost like authorities don’t want to upset retail and shake the confidence of the money tree . When is the last time retail traders beat professionals in annual returns . It began with Dave Portnoy in April and the madness has grown. Penny stocks (stocks traded In OTC markets ) increased 300% in December (from November) and wait till January data is out . Premarket AMC , GME and BB are all up 30-50% from this group that is coordinating capital and buying on margin . Much easier to move stocks in the lower volume environment of premarket trading , so will be interesting to see volume of each in first half hour after 930 open (compared to their normal volume ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 10 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said: In a normal market setting this may have been taken care of by now , but the market is a giant casino . It’s almost like authorities don’t want to upset retail and shake the confidence of the money tree . When is the last time retail traders beat professionals in annual returns . It began with Dave Portnoy in April and the madness has grown. Penny stocks (stocks traded In OTC markets ) increased 300% in December (from November) and wait till January data is out . Premarket AMC , GME and BB are all up 30-50% from this group that is coordinating capital and buying on margin . Much easier to move stocks in the lower volume environment of premarket trading , so will be interesting to see volume of each in first half hour after 930 open (compared to their normal volume ) Yeah, it's rapidly getting out of control. The daily volume of options contracts is just insane now, which of course forces stocks up via dealer gamma hedging. You wonder what the ultimate endgame is and whether another October '87 style day could come along under the right conditions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 10 hours ago, STILL N OF PIKE said: Greatest (Winner Player) could be a argument , he’s not that athletic Lebron might be the greatest professional athlete I’ve watched. I’m happy for Brady though, he felt like he had more to do and he’s doing it. The TB management and fan base must be ecstatic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 42 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said: In a normal market setting this may have been taken care of by now , but the market is a giant casino . It’s almost like authorities don’t want to upset retail and shake the confidence of the money tree . When is the last time retail traders beat professionals in annual returns . It began with Dave Portnoy in April and the madness has grown. Penny stocks (stocks traded In OTC markets ) increased 300% in December (from November) and wait till January data is out . Premarket AMC , GME and BB are all up 30-50% from this group that is coordinating capital and buying on margin . Much easier to move stocks in the lower volume environment of premarket trading , so will be interesting to see volume of each in first half hour after 930 open (compared to their normal volume ) I would also add that I can see how markets like this can drag in even the best managers for fear of missing out. I remember hearing Stan Druckenmiller talk about how he had gotten out of the markets in '99 due to the extreme valuations, only to go crazy watching stocks continue to march higher while he was on the sidelines. He couldn't take it anymore in early 2000, reversed course and piled into tech a few weeks before the market topped. He knew he was being stupid, but couldn't help himself and lost billions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 45 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said: Premarket AMC , GME and BB are all up 30-50% from this group that is coordinating capital and buying on margin . Much easier to move stocks in the lower volume environment of premarket trading , so will be interesting to see volume of each in first half hour after 930 open (compared to their normal volume ) BB and GME were being pumped hard in the reddit forums yesterday. It’s so ridiculous. They get pumped, jump up in the pre-market and then all the Robinhood fanboys play leveraged bets at 9:30am open only to watch the whales pull out 5 minutes later and leave the suckers bag holding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STILL N OF PIKE Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 59 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said: BB and GME were being pumped hard in the reddit forums yesterday. It’s so ridiculous. They get pumped, jump up in the pre-market and then all the Robinhood fanboys play leveraged bets at 9:30am open only to watch the whales pull out 5 minutes later and leave the suckers bag holding. At some point the biggies will pull back but I don’t believe it will be today . AMC is being pushed very hard . These are millionaire makers in options . We would need a very resistant strain to put an end or lid to this market madness soon , black swans are the only acceptable way to take this market down , a huge fall can’t be seen as a organic systematic issue or confidence goes poof and stability follows . That frankly is a matter of national / or global security now and has been for a bit . But a swan , allows The political capital for more fed support , more treasury support , maintains confidence in system and continues to fast track the fourth industrial revolution. That Is the greased up path of least resistance that occurred last year ..and there is tons more money in extending this sort of thing by playing up theoretic scenarios , much more than risking a return to normal and a slowdown of the futuristic economic transition that IS occurring right now . Not saying another swan is coming , but either way these are rare times and the market is wild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 21 hours ago, PhineasC said: I don’t know if my olfactory system is broken or something, but I can’t smell them. People swear they stink. I have never smelled a thing with them. Even when crushed. Have you crushed one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 11 hours ago, STILL N OF PIKE said: Brady didn’t want to play on a team without weapons At age 40 plus ... Tampa had F-16 receivers and the Pats had Fokker D-7s. I think Michael Phelps may hold that title. He was a literal freak of nature who did it all by himself too. Brady had teammates and a legendary coach. Swimming gets far less coverage than the NFL so in terms of recognition and star power it's Brady, of course. Most dominant athlete I've seen - not just winning but totally outclassing - is Katie Ladecki. Her margins in the 400 and 800 free remind me of Secretariat at the Belmont. The Olympics don't have the 1500 but if they did Ladecki might lap the field. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STILL N OF PIKE Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Can’t wait for Super Bowl. KC had 17K fans , GB similar and now TB has home field advantage for a SB When was last time that happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 11 minutes ago, tamarack said: Tampa had F-16 receivers and the Pats had Fokker D-7s. I think Michael Phelps may hold that title. He was a literal freak of nature who did it all by himself too. Brady had teammates and a legendary coach. Swimming gets far less coverage than the NFL so in terms of recognition and star power it's Brady, of course. Most dominant athlete I've seen - not just winning but totally outclassing - is Katie Ladecki. Her margins in the 400 and 800 free remind me of Secretariat at the Belmont. The Olympics don't have the 1500 but if they did Ladecki might lap the field. Ledecky could legitimately make the top heat in the men's 1500m at Olympic trials. She routinely beats up on some of our best male distance talent in practice, throwing down times from a push that would've won Olympic gold a decade ago. She doesn't have the versatility of Phelps, but she is extremely special in her own right. Also, I believe they've added the women's 1500m and men's 800m to the Olympic lineup, so you may see her lap some folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 7 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said: Can’t wait for Super Bowl. KC had 17K fans , GB similar and now TB has home field advantage for a SB When was last time that happened Never. This is the first time any SB team has played in its own home park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, tamarack said: Never. This is the first time any SB team has played in its own home park. Of course it happened for Tom terrific! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbydoppler Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 The team vs. individual sport factor in an interesting one. Individual eliminates a big variable(the team) in that debate. Is it the persons talents across a broad spectrum, or their respective sport only? Obviously Bo Jackson comes to mind on a broad spectrum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Throwback 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoob40 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 47 minutes ago, tamarack said: Never. This is the first time any SB team has played in its own home park. The Rams played the Steelers in the Rose Bowl. All things considered that is more of an advantage than the Bucs are going to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 13 minutes ago, scoob40 said: The Rams played the Steelers in the Rose Bowl. All things considered that is more of an advantage than the Bucs are going to have. That wasn't their home stadium at the time though. Home market, but the 1979 Rams called the LA Col. their stadium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 17 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said: That wasn't their home stadium at the time though. Home market, but the 1979 Rams called the LA Col. their stadium The Super Bowl is so corporate that there are hardly any fans in attendance even during a normal year. It's usually people who like to be at an "event". I'm not sure home field is all that much of an advantage for it. I guess we will find out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoob40 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 16 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said: That wasn't their home stadium at the time though. Home market, but the 1979 Rams called the LA Col. their stadium True but there were 90,000+ fans in attendance probably close to 60,000 of which were Rams fans. in Tampa where will be 22,500 that will probably be a roughly even split. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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