Will this forum be less polarized once Fedal are gone?

[Gorecki]

Originally Posted by winstonplum

Countdown until my post is deleted because it hits back at the "Fed fans" who run roughshod over these boards spewing their bile about Nadal . . . 10 . . . 9 . . . 8 . . . 7 . . . (Fed-loving mod hits delete and . . . gone.)

still counting.... (your failure...)

[PhrygianDominant]

Originally Posted by Paul Murphy

Nadal's physical intensity is as good as I've ever seen in any sport.

true, when talking about nadal, it's hard to get away from the word intense. I think, however, his physical intensity comes from his mental intensity, his never back down approach. The Bull metaphor is a bit tired, I always thought he charged around more like a stallion anyway, not so much a bull, but the bull metaphor does kind of nail the heels dug in, horns lowerd, hold your ground psychology he has, which he totally physicalizes in his posture and the way he moves around the court. It's so dominant and willfull. I'm jealous.

[Limpinhitter]

Originally Posted by ollinger

Polarization is the nature of man, the competing tendencies of his social cooperative instinct and his aggressive selfish instinct. These tendencies explain, for example, our two competing political parties.
Tennis fans have tended to polarize for decades along similar lines, be it with the aggressive boistrous McEnroe (or Connors) versus the reserved quiet Borg, or the taciturn Sampras versus the gregarious amiable Agassi. Several years ago fans polarized towards either the dapper amiable Federer or the hulkish bull-in-a-china-shop Nadal. I think things are actually less polarized now than they've been in prior decades now that people have discovered that Nadal (and Djokovic, and Murray) are all pleasant fellows who seem to all get along reasonably well.

I call it the primitive, vestigial, genetic, survival instinct for tribalism. It explains a lot more than competing political parties and is a human trait that is regularly exploited by poltical demagogues and capitalist propagandists. It explains perhaps a majority of human behavior, including, but not limited to, racism, nationalism, regionalism, religious sectarianism, fraternalism, sports fanaticism, school loyalty, and innumerable other ways that humans contrive to manufacture the opportunity to express tribal loyalty.

[Limpinhitter]

Originally Posted by mandy01

After Fedal are gone? Former Pro Player Section. Watch it.

No problem. They will be correctly assessed with the benefit of historical perspective and hindsight, and then awarded their true and proper historical value, somewhere below and beneath "The Rocket."

[Limpinhitter]

Originally Posted by Paul Murphy

Nadal's physical intensity is as good as I've ever seen in any sport.

Having had the privilege of seeing Michael Jordan and Walter Payton play live, the only tennis player I've seen live whose intensity matches theirs was Rod Laver. I've also seen Nadal live. He is not at that level.

[beast of mallorca]

Originally Posted by Limpinhitter

Having had the privilege of seeing Michael Jordan and Walter Payton play live, the only tennis player I've seen live whose intensity matches theirs was Rod Laver. I've also seen Nadal live. He is not at that level.

He's on a higher level. We know that already

[VOLLEY KING]

Originally Posted by beast of mallorca

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He's on a higher level. We know that already

LOL!!!!

Owned!

[VOLLEY KING]

Fedal by the way is gone ....it's now djokal.

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[Mick]

Maybe one Fedal could be replaced by Britman vs the Djoker but Britman needs to step up big time