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Most disappointing players ever..
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.. |
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Matt Leinart Brady Quinn And until this past season, Alex Smith |
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. |
Tracy McGrady has always been shit everytime I saw him yet the commentators are crowing about how great he is.....
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Kwame Brown comes to mind.
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Tracy McGrady doesn't belong anywhere near this conversation.
Kijana Carter does, though. |
DARKOOOOOOOOOO
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I guess you have to put Alex Smith on this list, although the saga still continues.
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Patrick Stefan
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Cade McNown
Akili Smith Tim Couch Courtney Brown Drew Henson |
Michael Olawakandi
David Carr |
Shit, basically any QB drafted between 1999 and 2003
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Joey Harrington
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David Klingler
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Charles Rogers - Was supposed to revolutionize the WR position.
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Heath Schuler
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Rick Mirer
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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.
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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.
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Huge busts for me Eric Fichaud and Jamie Storr. Especially Jamie Storr. |
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.
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I'd have to say Alexandre Daigle the dude had all the skill but lacked the passion to play at the NHL level.
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Every cincinatti Bengal draft pick from the 90's
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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 |
The definitive answer: Len Bias :(
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Rick Dipietro
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Greg Joly
Trevor Kidd Brian Lawton |
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Krahn Faloon Brendl |
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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.
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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.
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Alexander Daigle is the first to come to mind.....
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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 |
Definitely Darko.
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