tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27628668.post116492852432081463..comments2016-03-01T21:34:31.414-08:00Comments on I Dislike Your Favorite Team: Big Name Sportsjack Reconsiders Art Monk's Hall of Fame BidAndrew Wicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18159657912317375124noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27628668.post-1165253314207350742006-12-04T09:28:00.000-08:002006-12-04T09:28:00.000-08:00Brett Favre is a first ballet HOF, no question.I d...Brett Favre is a first ballet HOF, no question.<BR/><BR/>I don't think you can discount favoritism or personal bias in HOF balleting or MVP voting. Michael Irvin may be suffering from disfavor for being a crackhead, despite having some very good numbers. Also, the definition is vague at best. Is it the most valuable player to their team, as some might argue? Who could have ever been more Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27628668.post-1165169221401107752006-12-03T10:07:00.000-08:002006-12-03T10:07:00.000-08:00Art Monk's status as borderline is a fairly object...Art Monk's status as borderline is a fairly objective fact: he has been Hall of Fame eligible for six years and is still without a urine-colored jacket. <BR/><BR/>Favre will be in the Hall of Fame his first year of eligibility. No question (p.s. Players don't get "popular" because they are good looking or their dad has a lot of money. Kurt Warner is an anomoly because of he meteoric rise and Barnyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06584178436694104960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27628668.post-1165139572717983642006-12-03T01:52:00.000-08:002006-12-03T01:52:00.000-08:00Righteousness to Phil. He's right about the MVP a...Righteousness to Phil. He's right about the MVP award.<BR/><BR/>If someone were to argue something cogent versus Art Monk, I would love to debate it. The fact is, there is no logical argument against Art Monk being recognized as one of the greatest of all time.<BR/><BR/>Maybe he didn't do enough chicken dances.<BR/><BR/>I love football, and I love pro football as the highest manifestation of Badcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092819870638268367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27628668.post-1165070597591097212006-12-02T06:43:00.000-08:002006-12-02T06:43:00.000-08:00You're welcome, Barnyard.It is true, my hatred for...You're welcome, Barnyard.<BR/><BR/>It is true, my hatred for Brett Favre is singular. I blogged about it after the Bears handed him his first career shut out. It can be read here. <BR/><BR/>http://godsownsuburb.blogspot.com/2006/09/brett-favre-cant-hurt-you-anymore.html<BR/><BR/>I'm flattered you would used my families varying degrees of dislike to answer the question of a players Hall of FameAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27628668.post-1165045833809845952006-12-01T23:50:00.000-08:002006-12-01T23:50:00.000-08:00When we're talking about Art Monk we're talking ab...When we're talking about Art Monk we're talking about a very good player who is a borderline hall of famer. Recall that I support his status on the "in" side of the line and do not want to steal his tacos. <BR/><BR/>When we are talking about Brett Favre the argument begins and ends at the number "three." As in the league's first and only three time MVP.<BR/><BR/>When you conflate the two it Barnyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06584178436694104960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27628668.post-1164957992125416722006-11-30T23:26:00.000-08:002006-11-30T23:26:00.000-08:00So ... averaging nearly 80 catches and over 1,000 ...So ... averaging nearly 80 catches and over 1,000 yards through ten years isn't impressive?<BR/><BR/>Football is a team sport, and it is Monk's contribution to his team over his entire career that make him worthy of the Hall. Statistics are a skeletal version of what a player means to his team. On 3rd and 12, Monk <B>always</B> made the tough catch. No jump shot, no throat-slash, no chicken Badcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092819870638268367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27628668.post-1164939244965657482006-11-30T18:14:00.000-08:002006-11-30T18:14:00.000-08:00I have no interest in keeping Art Monk out of the ...I have no interest in keeping Art Monk out of the yellow jacket club; he's got good numbers and everyone seems to know his name. <BR/><BR/>Although one has to wonder if his upper echelon numbers demonstrate durability or excellence. Even if you give him the benefit of the doubt and throw out two crap years to begin his career and two crap years to end it, his yearly averages break down like Barnyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06584178436694104960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27628668.post-1164929559505214562006-11-30T15:32:00.000-08:002006-11-30T15:32:00.000-08:00I'm glad to see him coming around, but a selfprocl...I'm glad to see him coming around, but a selfproclaimed "football expert" shouldn't have known all those things before. He sucks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com