I never, ever discuss Laver. please find ONE post where I discuss anyone prior to 1983...you won't find it.
again, watching videos is different, you don't know how tennis was back then and I simply cannot explain it to you. I was too young to remember Vietnam War...but I watch a few films and read a couple books, sorry but that does not make me an expert. Its different viewpoint when you actually live through the experience.
again, watching videos is only a part to getting to know a player. I experienced the 80-90's tennis just like you experience today's tennis. If I watch 50 Laver matches I may be able to tell you about his stroke mechanics, but again that is only a part of the entire player.
yes i missed sampras' prime although i saw enough matches from his late years and now relive matches from all the years so that i can discuss his game because i know it well and i appreciate it
also man find better comparation than vietnam war because this is something completely different
so you feel right to call everyone clueless and forbid everyone to state their opinions because of age?
and yes i know what draws looked like and i might not be as informed about some "minor players" who played then or uninformed about sampras' 1st round matches
(still im uninformed about everyones 1st round matches because i start watching slams in the 2nd week (usually))
but i watched most of his slam finals, semis, masters cup matches etc
and u know, this is more than enough to be able to compare his forehand to feds, in fact 20 shots can be enough to see a lot about someones forehand/backhand/serve
also i saw enough to be able to compare his best tennis to feds best tennis
i can watch 2 players i have never seen before and after few matches say who is better in my opinion, is it such a big deal?
im not discussing sampras' dominance or his interviews or things i havent seen
i discuss his game which i definitely know well
i cant talk about my feeling when ivanisevic had BP against sampras the way i can talk about my feelings when ljubicic used to have BP against fed
- it is because i saw just few ivanisevic vs sampras matches live
- most of them i saw relive although i have been following tennis since i was 6 (when i started playing it, quite young age to watch i know)
but game is something completely different what tennis genius like u is supposed to know i guess
so plz rather dont say anything if u have nothing clever to say
PS u mentioned history
well i believe u were not part of napoleons army, but after watching few documentaries about his battles you can definitely say that he was better leader than george bush, right?
and yes i know napoleon was born in 1764 or something like that and we dont know what was the feeling to hear information about wars at THAT TIME but we definitely CAN judge the way he was leading the army
so...