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Mal Meninga  Joined: 9/25/2005 Posts: 1,538 Location: Australia  
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Reckon I can get quite a bit of interesting feedback on this. Who dou think are some of the biggest waste of talents. Any sport I'll start with a couple. Andrew symonds Nathan ablett Didak Attack 
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Mal Meninga Joined: 9/25/2005 Posts: 1,538 Location: Australia
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I forgot to add what do they do and why... Andrew symonds aussie cricketer, pretty much had a massive drinking problem. Nathan ablett Aussie rules football star. His brother is one of the best players of the league and arguable one of the all time greats. Nathan is said to be easily on par with him. Basically he hated the media attention and didn't have the motivation or dedication to play professionally. Didak Attack
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Barack Obama  Joined: 9/20/2005 Posts: 16,516
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Symonds isn't a great example. He averaged about 40 with the bat in both forms of the game and has a couple of World Cup victories under his belt. I'm not sure he could have done much more. In the long form of the game, he was too aggressive to ever become a prolific run scorer.
Ablett seems like a waste of talent but was he really that good anyway?
Richard Dumas - a guy you have probably never heard of - is one of the biggest wastes of talent I can think of. He was a brilliant small forward for the Phoenix Suns, with a finishing, fast break ability not seen since Dr J. Unfortunately he was a coke-head and got kicked out of the league.
JR Rider - another NBA player; this guy was a rare type, basically a power guard with extreme athleticism. There is really no-one else like him. Rider was also an asshole, who was bounced around and kicked out of the league, despite being capable of putting up excellent numbers.
Mike Tyson - true he is considered one of the greats but I still consider him a waste of talent because he could have been even better... The wheels came off after that loss to Buster in 1990. Four years in his prime was wasted in the slammer. He was never really the same after that. In the fights against Holyfield, he was already past his prime. He looked slow and lacked his typical explosiveness. He bit Holyfield's ear out of frustration, and so came the circus years, the tribal face tattoo and so on, before he eventually retired in shame.
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Arnold Palmer Joined: 12/14/2006 Posts: 14,308 Location: perth
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the list of aboriginal or indiginous footy playesr is so long its not funny a lot of them coudlnt handle the city life/alcos/druggies i could go on all day  dont hate the player hate the game
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Barack Obama  Joined: 9/24/2005 Posts: 15,003 Location: Australia
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Jay Williams - he was a really good basketballer with a great college career, top 3 draft pick for the Bulls that had a motorbike accident that wrecked his NBA career.
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Arnold Palmer Joined: 12/14/2006 Posts: 14,308 Location: perth
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if your talking cricket luke pomersbach could of been anything gone from playing for aus one do to drink driving police avading bender taking bum that is my though as to why SOS has slipped so bad in form cause he and pomers werent going on huge benders anymore dont hate the player hate the game
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Alex Murphy  Joined: 11/4/2006 Posts: 4,203 Location: Dubbo NSW
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Another cricketer ... Mark Cosgrove - if he could have controlled his weight better ... I know that can be hard ... but he had talent! ^^^^^^^**************************^^^^^^^
Kochie, KT, Ken, KO ... getting it right! #weareportadelaide
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Phil Taylor  Joined: 5/26/2006 Posts: 2,598 Location: Perth WA
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Quote:Richard Dumas - a guy you have probably never heard of - is one of the biggest wastes of talent I can think of. He was a brilliant small forward for the Phoenix Suns, with a finishing, fast break ability not seen since Dr J. Unfortunately he was a coke-head and got kicked out of the league.
JR Rider - another NBA player; this guy was a rare type, basically a power guard with extreme athleticism. There is really no-one else like him. Rider was also an asshole, who was bounced around and kicked out of the league, despite being capable of putting up excellent numbers. I collected trading cards of these guys! LOL.  Jimmy Jackson was another guy who fell short due to injury.
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Eric Heiden  Joined: 9/24/2005 Posts: 2,902 Location: Hawaii
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Cold Dog wrote:Symonds isn't a great example. He averaged about 40 with the bat in both forms of the game and has a couple of World Cup victories under his belt. I'm not sure he could have done much more. In the long form of the game, he was too aggressive to ever become a prolific run scorer.
Ablett seems like a waste of talent but was he really that good anyway?
Richard Dumas - a guy you have probably never heard of - is one of the biggest wastes of talent I can think of. He was a brilliant small forward for the Phoenix Suns, with a finishing, fast break ability not seen since Dr J. Unfortunately he was a coke-head and got kicked out of the league.
JR Rider - another NBA player; this guy was a rare type, basically a power guard with extreme athleticism. There is really no-one else like him. Rider was also an asshole, who was bounced around and kicked out of the league, despite being capable of putting up excellent numbers.
Mike Tyson - true he is considered one of the greats but I still consider him a waste of talent because he could have been even better... The wheels came off after that loss to Buster in 1990. Four years in his prime was wasted in the slammer. He was never really the same after that. In the fights against Holyfield, he was already past his prime. He looked slow and lacked his typical explosiveness. He bit Holyfield's ear out of frustration, and so came the circus years, the tribal face tattoo and so on, before he eventually retired in shame. Agreed on Dumas for sure, I watched that dude play and he was damn good. JR Rider was a head case, exactly what you implied. Fucker couldn't keep it straight. Mike Tyson, yeah he's a headcase. Unfortunately for him, after Cus D'Amato died his life spiraled down. I think Tyson was in some kind of reform school before D'Amato took him under his wing, adopted him, and began training him in his mid teen years. Though he continued to win fights, his life outside of the ring had started to get out of control. D'Amato was a true father figure to him and kind of guided him along and kept the bad influences away. Truly could have been better...
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Gareth Edwards  Joined: 11/1/2005 Posts: 4,998
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i'd say anyone who plays cricket is wasting whatever talent they might have.... 
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Arnold Palmer Joined: 12/14/2006 Posts: 14,308 Location: perth
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dajones wrote:i'd say anyone who plays cricket is wasting whatever talent they might have.... google david warner dont hate the player hate the game
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