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ETBlogs Sports: 10 arguments for my Top 10 icons

  • Colin · 9 months ago
    1. Bill Russell
    2. Ted Williams
    3. Larry Bird
    4. Bobby Orr
    5. Roger Clemens
    6. Tom Brady
    7. Red Auerbach
    8. Carl Yastrzemski
    9. Doug Flutie
    10. Bill Belichick
  • Bill Burt · 9 months ago
    Colin
    A few observations from where I sit:
    Red way, way too low.
    Clemens too many issues and never won the Big One.
    No Rocky Marciano? Maybe I had him too high at No. 7, but ...
    Brady needs a little more juice to be that high.
    Belichick may be right at No. 10, but that win over Rams was all him.
    Flutie is interesting call. I labored over Hagler, Pedro and Bourque, who is the second best Bruin ever.
    Overall, it appears I either over-rate "building and coaching" a team (Red, Belichick) or you under-rate it.
    I like your spunk, though.
  • dave tenney · 1 week ago
    Curt Schilling? Ok, not long on longevity but no Boston athlete is more synonymous with guts and determination than Schilling.

    Bill Rodgers? Winner! John Havilcek ( sp? ). Big Winner. Johnny Most: Icon. Robert Kraft: Demi-Icon. ( maybe after the Pats win this year he should be upgraded)

    Both Schilling, Rodgers, Havilchek--and even Dave Roberts--trump Williams based on the fact that they all grasped the brass ring, Williams did not.

    Marciano was a great choice!