Here's the thing... (Roger Federer)

[BringBackSV]

Roger is one of the greats, just not the greatest.

 

[KineticChain]

Roger is one of the greats, just not the greatest.

Let me tell you a true story:




Does a GOAT exist?

The UTSA certified pro challenged his students with this question. Can a GOAT rule the entire ATP? A student bravely replied, "Yes, he can!"

"A GOAT can rule the entire ATP? The coach asked.

"Yes sir", the student replied.

The coach answered, "If the GOAT can rule it all, then the GOAT created a rivalry since rivalries exist, and according to the principal that our works define who we are then there is no GOAT". The student became quiet before such an answer. The coach was quite pleased with himself and boasted to the students that he had proven once more that the GOAT was a myth.

Another student raised his hand and said, "Can I ask you a question coach?"

"Of course", replied the coach.

The student stood up and asked, "coach, does cold exist?"

"What kind of question is this? Of course it exists. Have you never been cold?" The students snickered at the young man's question.

The young man replied, "In fact sir, cold does not exist. According to the laws of physics, what we consider cold is in reality the absence of heat. Every body or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-460 degrees F) is the total absence of heat; all matter becomes inert and incapable of reaction at that temperature. Cold does not exist. We have created this word to describe how we feel if we have no heat."

The student continued, "coach, does darkness exist?"

The coach responded, "Of course it does."

The student replied, "Once again you are wrong sir, darkness does not exist either. Darkness is in reality the absence of light. Light we can study, but not darkness. In fact we can use Newton's prism to break white light into many colors and study the various wavelengths of each color. You cannot measure darkness. A simple ray of light can break into a world of darkness and illuminate it. How can you know how dark a certain space is? You measure the amount of light present. Isn't this correct? Darkness is a term used by man to describe what happens when there is no light present."

Finally the young man asked the coach, "Sir, do rivalries exist?"

Now uncertain, the coach responded, "Of course as I have already said. We see it every day. It is in the daily example of ATP match ups. It is in the multitude of Futures, Challengers, and ATP tournaments everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but rivalries."

To this the student replied, "Rivalries do not exist sir, or at least do not exist unto themselves. Rivalries are simply the absence of a GOAT. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of a GOAT. The GOAT did not create rivalries. Rivalries are not like faith, or love that exist just as does light and heat. Rivalries are the result of what happens when the ATP does not have a GOAT. It's like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light."

The coach sat down.

The young man's name — Roger Federer.

 

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[SoBad]

Another old man with a Wilson racquet and slice backhand.

 

[KineticChain]

perfect time to revive this thread, it seems just as relevant to today as it did last year. thank you captain zorro

 

[FarFed]

Using set theory, a bit of science:

Let RF be the candidate "R. Federer". Let GC be the set of GOAT candidates. Note, GOAT itself is a singleton set which by definition can only contain one member. By popular admission, RF is a member of GOAT, but he is also a member of GC (along with others like Jimmy Connors or Stefan Edberg). So other players like Edberg (ED) can be a member of GC, but never a member of GOAT (because GOAT is a singleton set). Therefore, ED shares membership in GC with RF and other players, but not the set GOAT.

Problem solved: because RF can share his candidacy with others, there is no dispute. If tomorrow, ED is the new GOAT, RF will need to be removed from the set GOAT, and ED will be added to it. RF and ED still share membership in GC however.

 

[SoBad]

No-Olympic <> GOAT conversation

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[Capulin Zurdo]

perfect time to revive this thread, it seems just as relevant to today as it did last year. thank you captain zorro

I actually considered using Zorro for my username, good catch.

 

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[Sentinel]

Federer is so yesterday's news. We should be talking up Kyrgios or Jack Sock.

Posted in 2014. Its 2017 ... but still. ...

 

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