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Originally Posted by Rich Iwaszko
It has always amazed me that most great athletes don't know when to quit. Tom Brady like
the Kronk should have called it quits. They can't stand leaving at the top, unlike Michel Jordan who was forced into retirement when they traded all the other team players. The did him a very very big favor. But, he fell into the ego trap and thought he could play baseball, wrong.
Now that they have defensive lineman who are 6 ft 5 inches 325 pounds and run the 40 as fast as backs, it is only a matter of time before they introduce themselves to Tom in not so nice a way. It will be sad to see him get injured before the season is out. BUT, it will be his own fault.
Boxers are notorious for this also. While they may be great athletes their brains are in short supply. It will be truly sad to see such a great player get his head handed to him. If he were smart he would get out now. It is better to be a live goat than a crippled one. Please save yourself Tom, we really don't want to see it happen.
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Not sure where those "statistics" come from re MJ, but Michael Jordan had some of his best basketball years with the Bulls AFTER his baseball stint:
"Jordan won his first NBA title with the Bulls in 1991, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a three-peat. Jordan abruptly retired from basketball before the 1993–94 NBA season to play Minor League Baseball but returned to the Bulls in March 1995 and led them to three more championships in 1996, 1997, and 1998, as well as a then-record 72 regular season wins in the 1995–96 NBA season."
Also not sure of "all the other team players" forcing Jordan into retirement. It was his ego that led him to baseball. Fortunately he saw the writing on the wall and returned to the Bulls 2 years later for some of his best basketball years. It should also be noted that Jordan and Pippen formed the backbone of the bulls pre-baseball stint. Pippen was still there when Jordan returned BUT the team also added people like Dennis Rodman, Steve Kerr, Tony Kukoc, and Luc Longley, giving the Bulls even more horses around Jordan than during his pre-baseball stint (as witnessed by the fact that the Bulls own two of the top three all-time won-lost records, 72-10 in 1996 and 69-13 in 1997.
In my opinion the Bulls, as good as they were before Jordan's baseball stint, were probably the best of all time during the years AFTER he returned to basketball.