Biggest busts ever, NFL / MLB / NBA

[Ulysses]

Inspired by the David Carr thread. I think this might be fun and interesting. I'm thinking guys who were hyped as being the next-big-thing. Lebron James is an example of the type of guy who would qualify, except for the fact that he rules.

So, who are your picks for NFL, MLB, NBA?

[Jingleheimer]

Herschel Walker/Ken Griffey Jr/Shawn Kemp

[imported_anacardo]

Herschel Walker a bust?! Get the hell outta here. He wasn't anything like he was in college, but you can hardly call him a bust.

I have a pretty broad historical perspective on the NFL, and it's still hard to argue with Ryan Leaf.

[Punker]

There are a number of good candidates from recent history. In the NFL, there are so many who rival Leaf, who actually managed to play a few acceptable games. Tony Mandarich. Aundray Bruce. Steve Emtman. KiJana Carter. Andre Ware.


In basketball, Sam Bowie. Pervis Ellison.

In baseball, Todd Van Poppel maybe? Baseball picks don't get quite the hype that other major sports do IMO.

In hockey, Alexander Daigle. On a personal note, the select of Jason Bonsignore by the Oilers is still bemoaned in Edmonton and always will be.

[imported_anacardo]

Emtman and Carter both got hurt. Bruce was chosen as sort of a stab in the dark in a very poor draft year. Mandarich definitely deserves some props - the rest of the top five in that class were Troy Aikman, Barry Sanders, Derrick Thomas and Deion Sanders. Ware's just another spread QB that got exposed - Detmer, Klinger, Couch, etc.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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Herschel Walker a bust?! Get the hell outta here. He wasn't anything like he was in college, but you can hardly call him a bust.

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You should talk to a Vikings fan and see what he thinks about this.

[Soul Daddy]

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Herschel Walker a bust?! Get the hell outta here. He wasn't anything like he was in college, but you can hardly call him a bust.

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You should talk to a Vikings fan and see what he thinks about this.

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He could have been as good as he was in college and that trade wouldn't have been worth it. Dopes.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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Herschel Walker a bust?! Get the hell outta here. He wasn't anything like he was in college, but you can hardly call him a bust.

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You should talk to a Vikings fan and see what he thinks about this.

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He could have been as good as he was in college and that trade wouldn't have been worth it. Dopes.

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Well yeah, but still...

[JayLear]

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Herschel Walker a bust?! Get the hell outta here. He wasn't anything like he was in college, but you can hardly call him a bust.

[/ QUOTE ] Herschel Walker wasn't even the most wrong he listed. How do you list Griffey Jr. as a bust?

[brettbrettr]

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Herschel Walker wasn't even the most wrong he listed. How do you list Griffey Jr. as a bust?

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I think he was joking, no?