Poor Fed. I'm surprised Sampras is quick to annoint Nadal. I thought him and Federer had been pretty buddy-buddy. Figured he'd be more non-commital. Not surprised that Agassi rates Nadal more than Federer though. Other recent interviews with him suggested as much.
Next thing you know, Anna Wintour, Gavin Rossdale and all of Fed's celebrity flunkies who thought they were hanging the the GOAT, will be jumping ship to Nadal.
At this rate it'll take a miracle or a career ending injury from Nadal, for Fed not to be bumped down on the GOAT rankings list. Too many reputable names are jumping ship for Nadal.
What's sadder is that people expect the talking heads and journalists to remain on track. This happens with every generation. If you read some of Laver's comments over the years, you'd see he anointed Johnny Mac, the most talented he had ever seen, Borg, Sampras, Federer,...
If people believe Fed will go down as goat when his career ends, they may be sorely disappointed. The GOAT bestowment is no more than a dangling carrot to seduce those who are gullible enough to believe it.
Although I am surprised Sampras said it, because he has been very vocal in the past that he felt Roger was the best, but he's also been very careful to not put Nadal out of the picture.
Agassi, he flip flops all the time anyway, so...
But wait until Johnny Mac does a role reversal, it's going to be lights out then. Everyone will follow him.
They always do.
