02-07-2017, 01:54 PM
(02-06-2017, 10:56 PM)CKwi88 Wrote: I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one. I guess in response to your OP, there will always be people who question who is the GOAT.
I just don't think that playing with one coach and staying relatively healthy throughout a career should be considered to Brady's detriment. Yes, passing 40k yards in Montana's era was beastly. Who is to say that passing 60k in this era isn't? Or passing for 50 TDs in a season? Or leading a team to a 16-0 regular season? Or a >2% INT ratio even with all the passing?
There is really no wrong answer here, but I'll chalk it up to nostalgia factor. Kinda like no matter how good the next Mario Kart game is, the SNES one is still the best.
I wasn't saying Brady staying healthy and keeping his HC is a bad thing. I was suggesting that Montana would've won a lot more had he stayed in SF and stayed healthy with the same HC. Heck, a withered Montana led the Chiefs to the AFC title game, so at least we know Montana wasn't a product of system - can't say the same for Brady. But yeah, my point was that Montana was having back surgeries due to brutal hits. Meanwhile, if you sneeze on Brady it's a flag. I just wonder how many rings Joe could've produced if he were afforded such protection.
Btw, the video game analogy is bad. Nostalgia isn't making him look better. The career speaks for itself. That's like saying nostalgia makes people think Jordan is better than Lebron. But to continue with gaming analogies, it's like saying Mario Sunshine was better than Mario 3. Sure, there's nostalgia for Mario 3, but it really is just a better game than it's more recent counterpart.
Some are always victims of the moment. Last year Steph Curry was getting compared to Jordan. Seems ridiculous now. Dude isn't even the leader of his own team anymore. But people are always stuck in the now. Unlike Curry, Brady has earned his way into the discussion, but most just get caught up in the moment and think now is always the best we've seen.
But yeah, agree to disagree. :smirk:
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