THE ROCKPILE REVIEW - I Can't Help Myself - I Like Tiger

[Figster]

11 hours ago, Gugny said:

I've loved Tiger from day one and never stopped.  He showed he was human on the course and off of it.  All the judgers must have one hell of a time living a perfect life.  Tiger is an amazing athlete and an amazing person who .... like all of us .... made mistakes.  Good people do bad things; even if they're world class athletes.

 

GO TIGER!

I think most of us can relate to this post.  The human, somewhat vulnerable side of Tiger Woods both physically and mentally brings him even closer to our hearts IMO.

 

As we walk the path Eve made for mankind ...

 

 

Thanks OP, Gu for the good posting.

 

 

[Needle]

On 4/15/2019 at 4:26 PM, Joe in Winslow said:

Tiger Woods is among the least likeable athletes of the past thirty years. Excellent golfer, but an epic shitlord.

 

 

Haha this so absurd. Least likeable athlete in the past 30 years? Why because he cheated on his wife or abused pills after numerous surgeries? Or because he wasnt warm and Fuzzy (pun intended) with his co workers?

 

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

4 hours ago, Needle said:

Haha this so absurd. Least likeable athlete in the past 30 years? Why because he cheated on his wife or abused pills after numerous surgeries? Or because he wasnt warm and Fuzzy (pun intended) with his co workers?

 

 

No, because he was the only athlete more pompous than Tom Brady in that timespan.

 

 

[Needle]

21 minutes ago, Joe in Winslow said:

 

No, because he was the only athlete more pompous than Tom Brady in that timespan.

 

 

I guess I don't find either of them to be overly pompous in comparison to other great athletes.

 

Barry Bonds, Deion Sanders, TO, Antonio Brown, Bubba Watson, Michael Irvin, Big Ben, Serena Williams, Floyd Mayweather, Conor Mcgregor, Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan, John MCenroe, Andre Rison, Brett Favre, Randy Moss, Jon Jones, All 90s Bills, Roy Jones, Isiah Thomas, Ochocinco, Manny Ramirez, Alex Rodriguez, Roger Clemens, Bernard Hopkins, Sugar Ray Leonard, Lebron James, Sergio Garcia, Albert Belle, Gary Sheffield, Peyton Manning, John Elway, Dan Marino, Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant, Shaq, Mike Tyson, Riddick Bowe, Lennox Lewis, Phil Mickelson, Sidney Crosby, Eric Lindros, Yasiel Puig, Madison Bumgarner, Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa, Rickey Henderson, Emmitt Smith, Dwight Howard, Kevin Garnett, Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, Gronk, Aaron Rodgers, Jim Brown, Charles Barkley, Desean Jackson, Odell Beckham, Darrelle Revis, Lawrence Taylor, Tito Ortiz, Leveon Bell, Latrell Sprewell, Paul Pierce, etc. etc. etc.

 

This could go all night.

 

I didn't include arguably the most pompous athlete of all time. He also happens to be the most beloved as well.

Muhammed Ali

[BillsPride12]

Make no mistake, Tiger coming back to win the Master's is the best thing that has happened in professional sports in years! 

[row_33]

He only placed it a foot away on the 16th, a real champ would have aced it under that pressure....

 

 

[row_33]

I was only wiping moisture from my eyes for the 18th and when he hugged his son, I didn’t fall to the ground sobbing....

 

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

1 hour ago, row_33 said:

I was only wiping moisture from my eyes for the 18th and when he hugged his son, I didn’t fall to the ground sobbing....

 

 

I don't get it. Who cries over the villain?

[row_33]

It was quite enjoyable watching 4 of his competitors put it in the water at the 12th, in about 30 minutes real time.

 

he sized it up and aimed for the fattest part of the green, good move

 

 

[Shaw66]

Thanks for the interesting comments.  For the record, I wasn't at all trying to minimize his achievement.  It was truly remarkable.  

[row_33]

17 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:

Thanks for the interesting comments.  For the record, I wasn't at all trying to minimize his achievement.  It was truly remarkable.  

 

I didn't doubt you for a second

 

The last 90 minutes of the broadcast was among the top 3 moments of sports for my 50 years of watching.

 

and us old farts need heroes who can come back against allegedly insurmountable odds, of course he is on severe home turf at Augusta 

 

 

[Shaw66]

1 hour ago, row_33 said:

 

I didn't doubt you for a second

 

The last 90 minutes of the broadcast was among the top 3 moments of sports for my 50 years of watching.

 

and us old farts need heroes who can come back against allegedly insurmountable odds, of course he is on severe home turf at Augusta 

 

 

We'll see how much home turf matters in the upcoming majors.   My expectation is that he will compete seriously in at least some of them.   The guy is a great, great golfer, and nothing he does amazes me, including his most recent win.  

[Logic]

@Shaw66, if you haven't read the article at the following link, I highly recommend it. It captures very eloquently the whole "to root for Tiger or not" debate and beautifully puts into words what Sunday's win meant for Tiger the man.

https://www.si.com/golf/2019/04/15/tiger-woods-wins-masters-golf-greatest-comeback-green-jacket?fbclid=IwAR0yMGZxnxXjQYXociS_Vqy3jhPeWihykVAvtpc1toW4xVQW-Ul2t4QkfcM

 

 

"Woods said it at least three times during Masters week, but let’s say it again: He did not expect to be our Tiger Woods again. When he underwent Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion surgery in April 2017, he wasn’t even thinking about golf. He just wanted to be dad to Sam (who is now 11) and Charlie (10). He wanted to live, he says, 'a normal life.'

The surgery worked so well that he started playing again, and he played so well that he started believing again. With his normal life restored, he slipped back into his abnormal life.

He had won this tournament first as a son and now as a father. He had gone from phenom to cyborg to the man he wanted to be. He managed to save the best parts of himself while shedding his least appealing qualities. There is no stat for that."

 

Edited April 17, 2019 by Logic

[row_33]

50 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:

We'll see how much home turf matters in the upcoming majors.   My expectation is that he will compete seriously in at least some of them.   The guy is a great, great golfer, and nothing he does amazes me, including his most recent win.  

 

if he gets another one, Augusta will be unbearable for the other competitors

[BuffaloHokie13]

Football is far and away my favorite sport, with hockey next behind it, but I truly believe the best thing to watch in all of sports is Tiger Woods playing golf well.

[Shaw66]

22 hours ago, Logic said:

@Shaw66, if you haven't read the article at the following link, I highly recommend it. It captures very eloquently the whole "to root for Tiger or not" debate and beautifully puts into words what Sunday's win meant for Tiger the man.

https://www.si.com/golf/2019/04/15/tiger-woods-wins-masters-golf-greatest-comeback-green-jacket?fbclid=IwAR0yMGZxnxXjQYXociS_Vqy3jhPeWihykVAvtpc1toW4xVQW-Ul2t4QkfcM

 

 

"Woods said it at least three times during Masters week, but let’s say it again: He did not expect to be our Tiger Woods again. When he underwent Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion surgery in April 2017, he wasn’t even thinking about golf. He just wanted to be dad to Sam (who is now 11) and Charlie (10). He wanted to live, he says, 'a normal life.'

The surgery worked so well that he started playing again, and he played so well that he started believing again. With his normal life restored, he slipped back into his abnormal life.

He had won this tournament first as a son and now as a father. He had gone from phenom to cyborg to the man he wanted to be. He managed to save the best parts of himself while shedding his least appealing qualities. There is no stat for that."

 

Thanks. That's a really nice piece. 

 

I will tell you, however, that I don't trust all thos feel good stuff.  Tiger is great press, so the press always writes nice stuff about him.  His horrible behavior on the course was well known to the press but never reported.  

 

I would like nothing better than for Tiger to be a new man, because I like my heroes to be good guys.   The press, because it's in their interest, are going to tell us he's a new man.  Whether he is remains to be seen.

 

In the meantime, what he did is what makes us love watching sports.  

[The Senator]

22 hours ago, Logic said:

@Shaw66, if you haven't read the article at the following link, I highly recommend it. It captures very eloquently the whole "to root for Tiger or not" debate and beautifully puts into words what Sunday's win meant for Tiger the man.

https://www.si.com/golf/2019/04/15/tiger-woods-wins-masters-golf-greatest-comeback-green-jacket?fbclid=IwAR0yMGZxnxXjQYXociS_Vqy3jhPeWihykVAvtpc1toW4xVQW-Ul2t4QkfcM

 

 

"Woods said it at least three times during Masters week, but let’s say it again: He did not expect to be our Tiger Woods again. When he underwent Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion surgery in April 2017, he wasn’t even thinking about golf. He just wanted to be dad to Sam (who is now 11) and Charlie (10). He wanted to live, he says, 'a normal life.'

The surgery worked so well that he started playing again, and he played so well that he started believing again. With his normal life restored, he slipped back into his abnormal life.

He had won this tournament first as a son and now as a father. He had gone from phenom to cyborg to the man he wanted to be. He managed to save the best parts of himself while shedding his least appealing qualities. There is no stat for that."

 

 

Eloquently stated!

.

[row_33]

1 hour ago, Shaw66 said:

Thanks. That's a really nice piece. 

 

I will tell you, however, that I don't trust all thos feel good stuff.  Tiger is great press, so the press always writes nice stuff about him.  His horrible behavior on the course was well known to the press but never reported.  

 

I would like nothing better than for Tiger to be a new man, because I like my heroes to be good guys.   The press, because it's in their interest, are going to tell us he's a new man.  Whether he is remains to be seen.

 

In the meantime, what he did is what makes us love watching sports.  

 

they didn't get the mute button pressed on him fast enough 3 times during the final round... 

 

 

[Shaw66]

22 minutes ago, row_33 said:

 

they didn't get the mute button pressed on him fast enough 3 times during the final round... 

 

 

That's funny.  

 

There's a part of me that doesn't like his intensity, which leads to him acting out from time to time.  At the same time, his intensity is what makes who he is.   Not a perfect comparison, but Tiger and Richie Incognito have a bit of the same problem.  

 

And, if you believe the reports, McDermott and Beane have it, too.  There's a couple of tightly wired guys.    I love the story about Beane, who was such a student of basketball that they let him coach the JV team when he was a senior in high school.   In the first two minutes of his first game, he got two technicals and was tossed!   Gotta love a guy who wants it that bad.  Tiger has that.