Most disappointing players ever..

[Kris P Lettus]

With the Portland Trailblazers waiving Greg Oden the only other players I can think of that were that big of disappointments with Ryan Leaf and Jamarcus Russell..

Oden and Leaf atleast had injuries as partof their failure but Russell just completely fell apart once he got to the pro level..

Am I missing anyone?? What causes these once great collegiate players to fail so miserably once making big money?? Is it just the pressure of the spotlight or was it destine to happen??

Just something I was thinking about while taking a shit and reading the sports page this morning..

[Kris P Lettus]

A few others:

Matt Leinart
Brady Quinn
And until this past season, Alex Smith

[Emperor Smeat]

I thought Leaf's biggest problem was more attitude than him being hurt especially the often played clips of him just yelling at his team mates in San Diego.

Gus Frerotte simply for the fact of his stupidity in getting a concussion by celebrating with a helmet hit to a wall. Never was the same after that incident.

For the Patriots, Lawrence Maroney had the potential of being a great RB for the Patriots and played a similar style with Marion Barber in college. Ended up being a semi-bust because of his unwillingness to "pound" the ball during rushes when the Pats drafted him as that type of RB.

[MoFo]

Tracy McGrady has always been shit everytime I saw him yet the commentators are crowing about how great he is.....

[ClockShot]

Kwame Brown comes to mind.

[Kris P Lettus]

Tracy McGrady has always been shit everytime I saw him yet the commentators are crowing about how great he is.....

T-Mac was good early in his career...

[Anybody Thrilla]

Tracy McGrady doesn't belong anywhere near this conversation.

Kijana Carter does, though.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

DARKOOOOOOOOOO

[Nark Order]

I guess you have to put Alex Smith on this list, although the saga still continues.

[weather vane]

Patrick Stefan

[Hanso Amore]

Cade McNown

Akili Smith

Tim Couch

Courtney Brown

Drew Henson

[Hanso Amore]

Michael Olawakandi

David Carr

[Hanso Amore]

Shit, basically any QB drafted between 1999 and 2003

[Hanso Amore]

Joey Harrington

[Hanso Amore]

David Klingler

[Hanso Amore]

Charles Rogers - Was supposed to revolutionize the WR position.

[Hanso Amore]

Heath Schuler

[CSL]

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and obligatory Len Bias reference

[Hanso Amore]

Rick Mirer

[Hanso Amore]

Wow...in 1992 the Colts had the top two picks in the draft ended up with Steve Emtman, a Huge Bust, and Quentin Coryatt, a smaller bust.

[Hanso Amore]

I just went to wikipedia and read through every draft in the last 25 years. Crazy how much things have changed in regards to the draft.

[LoDownM]

Patrick Stefan

[Shisen Kopf]

Joey Harrington

Let me add to that Charles Rodgers, Roy Williams and Mike Williams. Fucking Matt Millen!

[Gertner]

Patrick Stefan

Stefan never passed the eye test with me from the beginning.

Huge busts for me Eric Fichaud and Jamie Storr. Especially Jamie Storr.

[Gertner]

Bryan Fogarty has got to be the biggest disappointment of all time. He broke all of Bobby Orr's numbers in junior, got carried away with drugs and alcohol and died way too soon.

[XCaliber]

I'd have to say Alexandre Daigle the dude had all the skill but lacked the passion to play at the NHL level.

[Krimzon7]

Every cincinatti Bengal draft pick from the 90's

[Skippord]

not as much of a national disappointment as some of these other ones and I didn't know enough about hockey at the time to actually judge if he was a disappointment, but Wojtek Wolski

really thought he would be a superstar when I was younger

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

The definitive answer: Len Bias :(

[El Fangel]

Rick Dipietro

[El Fangel]

Greg Joly
Trevor Kidd
Brian Lawton

[El Fangel]

Svitov
Krahn
Faloon
Brendl

[Juan]

Kwame Brown comes to mind.

Yeah

[Gertner]

Greg Joly
Trevor Kidd
Brian Lawton

Trevor kidd and Pat Falloon the Balloon were out of shape lard asses.

[XCaliber]

Gilbert Brule is a more recent player that comes to mind he was drafted 6th overall in 2005 and still hasn't lived up to his potential.

[LoDownM]

Rick Dipietro

If he could manage to not have a season ending injury every time someone breaths on him, he'd probably be good.

[itsmeJD]

Todd Van Poppel? Kwame Brown was definitely a Bum, but anyone who knew him from Southeast Ga coulda told you that. He was always pretty damn lazy.

[Nicky Fives]

Alexander Daigle is the first to come to mind.....

[Gertner]

Jason Bonsignore: former Oilers draft pick had the tools to become Mario Lemieux and just never put it together.

Oilers had a ton of shitty first round picks in the 90's come to think of it. Kinda like Columbus in the 2000's

[Triple Naitch]

Definitely Darko.

[Charleserion]

I thought the biggest problem was that Leaf attitude hurt him in particular often playedclips of him just screaming to his teammates in San Diego.

Gus Frerotte for the simple act of his stupidity to a concussion to get by celebratingwith a helmet beaten against a wall. Was never the same after this incident.
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[Skippord]

I thought Leaf's biggest problem was more attitude than him being hurt especially the often played clips of him just yelling at his team mates in San Diego.

Gus Frerotte simply for the fact of his stupidity in getting a concussion by celebrating with a helmet hit to a wall. Never was the same after that incident.


I thought the biggest problem was that Leaf attitude hurt him in particular often playedclips of him just screaming to his teammates in San Diego.

Gus Frerotte for the simple act of his stupidity to a concussion to get by celebratingwith a helmet beaten against a wall. Was never the same after this incident.
what the fuck?

[Shisen Kopf]

Alexander Svitov pretty muched sucked after being over hyped. Stefan sucked big time.

[Team Sheep]

Gavin Henson after his most recent escapade.

[Gertner]

Nikolai Zherdev was a massive disappointment as has Nikita Filatov

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Todd Van Poppel?

ahahahaha have not heard that name in years! Classic.

Al Leiter never really lived up to his potential, same with Shawn Green. Few good seasons, but then faded into mediocrity.

[adamndest]

Mickey McDermott for certain. A flash in the pan to say the least!

[Keith]

The second overall pick by the Chicago Bulls in the 2002 NBA Draft, Jay Williams.

Played a season, crashed his motorcycle, and it was all over.

[JimmyMess]

Doug Wickenheiser

[YOUR Hero]

wickenheiser turned into a great defensive player. He adapted. Sure he wasn't the huge offensive player everyone expeted, but hee had a long career.

Name that comes to mind for me is; Brian Bosworth. He was so hyped and bally-hooed, plus he was arrogant and believed his own hype.