Bradman, the greatest sportsperson ever?

[sledger]

I love it when threads end up like this.

 

[Ruckus]

No it doesn't Ruckus. Just to clarify I'm not referring the difference between 1930 where I haven't seen and 2013, I'm more talking about when Warne started his career which I actually saw all his career.

Batsman definitely have a wider range of shots these days and fielders dive more, but the ability to bat in Test match Cricket has not improved in that time frame.

oh yeah fair enough, misunderstood what you were saying. I agree.

 

[the big bambino]

yep because ishant sharma is a great of his time like Lillee was.

Hey! Its not my argument its yours. Improved stds and all that. Lillee is just club std fare now.

 

[Ruckus]

Hey! Its not my argument its yours. Improved stds and all that. Lillee is just club std fare now.

um i was the one arguing standards haven't improved that significantly since his time..

 

[the big bambino]

But the video footages of that time tell a completely different story.

They don't tell any story. They are just film.

 

[the big bambino]

um i was the one arguing standards haven't improved that significantly since his time..

Well true. You contradicted yourself. My apologies.

 

[NUFAN]

Someone should run a best sportsperson of all time battle. I feel as though its been done before, but ages ago.

 

[sledger]

I never knew Lillee had an STD.

 

[the big bambino]

It'd be amazing if he missed out.

 

[Furball]

ok then, so would early Warne transported to the present do roughly as well as he did when he debuted?

I don't know and I don't care because it's completely and utterly irrelevant.

Things like David Boon's drinking record on the flight to England won't be beaten because this is a much more professional era where players are much more aware of the effects of what they put in their bodies.

Diet and preparation bave improve massively in all sports in the last 10-20 years, you're kidding yourself on if you think cricket hasn't evolved slightly in that period. The advent of the ****ing helmet makes the game now a much different game to when Lillee debuted, never mind all the other physical, technical and mental advances that have been made. Technology evolves and life evolves with it, you're having a laugh if you think we've stood still for 40 years in any walk of life.

 

[Ruckus]

This is roughly what I think the development of a sport (in terms of standards) over time would look like:

I.e. big changes as the game transition between amateur to semi-pro to pro, then smaller changes thereafter. Think standards could well plummet after a peak as well. Could be entering into a period like that in test cricket now really, who knows.

 

[Ruckus]

I don't know and I don't care because it's completely and utterly irrelevant.

Things like David Boon's drinking record on the flight to England won't be beaten because this is a much more professional era where players are much more aware of the effects of what they put in their bodies.

Diet and preparation bave improve massively in all sports in the last 10-20 years, you're kidding yourself on if you think cricket hasn't evolved slightly in that period. The advent of the ****ing helmet makes the game now a much different game to when Lillee debuted, never mind all the other physical, technical and mental advances that have been made. Technology evolves and life evolves with it, you're having a laugh if you think we've stood still for 40 years in any walk of life.

Na this is just a massive over-exaggeration of points i've made, so frankly I don't care for responding to it.

 

[sledger]

This is roughly what I think the development of a sport (in terms of standards) over time would look like:

Would probably helpful if you told us why you thought that tbh.

 

[Jono]

would be helpful if you didn't put the image of Dennis Lillee with herpes in my head you ****

 

[Furball]

Na this is just a massive over-exaggeration of points i've made, so frankly I don't care for responding to it.

Good.

 

[NUFAN]

I don't know and I don't care because it's completely and utterly irrelevant.

Things like David Boon's drinking record on the flight to England won't be beaten because this is a much more professional era where players are much more aware of the effects of what they put in their bodies.

Diet and preparation bave improve massively in all sports in the last 10-20 years, you're kidding yourself on if you think cricket hasn't evolved slightly in that period. The advent of the ****ing helmet makes the game now a much different game to when Lillee debuted, never mind all the other physical, technical and mental advances that have been made. Technology evolves and life evolves with it, you're having a laugh if you think we've stood still for 40 years in any walk of life.

How many runs do you make with a better diet? Do batting helmets give batsman special super ability? What mental advances have occurred to make batsman play less get out of shots?

I know ground fielding has improved and bowlers bat better these days due to professionalism, but the basic fundamentals, nope.

 

[sledger]

would be helpful if you didn't put the image of Dennis Lillee with herpes in my head you ****

would be helpful if you didn't put the image of me putting Dennis Lillee with herpes in other parts of your body tbh

 

[the big bambino]

Na this is just a massive over-exaggeration of points i've made, so frankly I don't care for responding to it.

Actually its a pretty good pwning. Love the graph btw. Is it your tendency to leap straight into exaggeration and then leave yourself with no room to move?

 

[Ruckus]

How many runs do you make with a better diet? Do batting helmets give batsman special super ability? What mental advances have occurred to make batsman play less get out of shots?

I know ground fielding has improved and bowlers bat better these days due to professionalism, but the basic fundamentals, nope.

yep, you get it.

 

[Ruckus]

Actually its a pretty good pwning. Love the graph btw. Is it your tendency to leap straight into exaggeration and then leave yourself with no room to move?

I don't care for 'pwning's frankly. I'll leave that business up to the internet wankers.