What’s up with McEnroe?

[Musterrific]

Something about him seems off when he does the on court interviews - shaky voice, nervous swaying, fumbling over words, hunched a bit, looking mostly left and right down at the court instead of making eye contact with the player he’s talking to...

Very strange behaviour...

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

 

[GuyForget]

he's back on the coke ..

 

[yokied]

You've never seen Mac in action I take it? That's who he is.

It seems like he's a bit slower and more chemically impaired than usual, but nothing to worry about. Probably just feeling all that legends action a bit more these days, and god knows what that entails all told.

 

[Deleted member 733170]

He could be ill, give the guy a beak.

 

[clayqueen]

You're are obviously not old enough to remember McEnroe as an active player. He's always been like this. In the Borg v McEnroe film they actually featured these mannerisms and in interviews way back then he never made eye to eye contact with the interviewer.

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

You're are obviously not old enough to remember McEnroe as an active player He's always been like this. In the Borg v McEnroe film they actually featured these mannerisms and in interviews way back then he never made eye to eye contact with the interviewer.

huh

 

[KINGROGER]

This made me howl.

 

[BrokenForehand]

he seems less prepared when doing those interviews comparing to Courier

 

[daggerman]

What's strange is that while his post-match interviews have been pretty distractingly bad, his match commentary has been quite solid. Coherent at the very least. Maybe it's something about speaking in front of a full stadium.

 

[terribleIVAN]

He's from New York.

 

[OldschoolKIaus]

He's from New York.

 

[mbm0912]

the senile old geezer holding signs of protest in Australia?

 

[joe sch]

Mac seems more subdoed these days.
Avoiding controversial topics and still excellent commentary.
Too bad that today does not really accept open free speech.
Wish he could unleash his version of Ricky Gervais opening at the 2020 Golden Globes
Amazing the level of tennis he is still capable of playing!

 

[sureshs]

the senile old geezer holding signs of protest in Australia?

That was the only good thing he has done in his entire life, and it compensates for his cheating tactics on the court all these years.

 

[JoshuaPim]

That was the only good thing he has done in his entire life, and it compensates for his cheating tactics on the court all these years.

LOL, go easy on the fundamentalism there.

 

[Mr.Lob]

Social anxiety? ADHD? Asperger 's? Like others have said, Mac has always been like that.

 

[a10best]

practicing for a role on a cop drama show as a suspect.

 

[terribleIVAN]

the senile old geezer holding signs of protest in Australia?

Mac has gone full retardd.

Never go full retardd.


“There’s only one thing longer than a list of Margaret Court’s tennis achievements: it’s her list of offensive and homophobic statements,” McEnroe said on Eurosport.

He added: “Serena, do me a favour, get two more Grand Slams this year and get to 25 so we can leave Margaret Court and her offensive views in the past, where they both belong. Thank you.”

McEnroe continued: “The air quality in Melbourne is not the only nightmare that Tennis Australia is having. Margaret Court is another one.

“This year marks the 50th anniversary of Margaret Court’s Grand Slam and Tennis Australia is facing a dilemma. What do they do with their crazy aunt?”

John McEnroe urges Serena Williams to surpass 'crazy aunt' Margaret Court's major record - Tennis365

John McEnroe has laid into Margaret Court, saying the Australian and her long list of offensive and homophobic comments deserve to be left in the past.

www.tennis365.com

 

[R_Federer]

You've never seen Mac in action I take it? That's who he is.

It seems like he's a bit slower and more chemically impaired than usual, but nothing to worry about. Probably just feeling all that legends action a bit more these days, and god knows what that entails all told.

You've never heard of cocaine?

 

[mbm0912]

Mac has gone full retardd.

Never go full retardd.


“There’s only one thing longer than a list of Margaret Court’s tennis achievements: it’s her list of offensive and homophobic statements,” McEnroe said on Eurosport.

He added: “Serena, do me a favour, get two more Grand Slams this year and get to 25 so we can leave Margaret Court and her offensive views in the past, where they both belong. Thank you.”

McEnroe continued: “The air quality in Melbourne is not the only nightmare that Tennis Australia is having. Margaret Court is another one.

“This year marks the 50th anniversary of Margaret Court’s Grand Slam and Tennis Australia is facing a dilemma. What do they do with their crazy aunt?”

John McEnroe urges Serena Williams to surpass 'crazy aunt' Margaret Court's major record - Tennis365

John McEnroe has laid into Margaret Court, saying the Australian and her long list of offensive and homophobic comments deserve to be left in the past.

www.tennis365.com

He is a moron seeking relevance.

 

[Musterrific]

He is a moron seeking relevance.

Or he's a compassionate, principled man taking a public stance on a moral issue that affects a lot of people negatively.

 

[terribleIVAN]

Or he's a compassionate, principled man taking a public stance on a moral issue that affects a lot of people negatively.

Was he principled back in the eighties when he was doing drugs to get an unfair advantage over adversaries ?

 

[mbm0912]

Or he's a compassionate, principled man taking a public stance on a moral issue that affects a lot of people negatively.

yep...sounds like jmac to a T

 

[RelentlessAttack]

He seemed drunk on a couple of occasions

 

[SeeItHitIt]

The whole banner thing was weird. Of course, Martina told him it said ‘Borg sucks’ on the front....

 

[TheGhostOfAgassi]

He is getting old. Yet try to dress as a hipster.

 

[Musterrific]

Was he principled back in the eighties when he was doing drugs to get an unfair advantage over adversaries ?

Which drugs was he taking and what advantage did they give him on the court?

 

[Musterrific]

yep...sounds like jmac to a T

People are complex. Mac isn't just an 80's cartoon tennis villain.

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

You've never heard of cocaine?

I hadn’t til I met @Red Rick

 

[Mark-Touch]

he seems less prepared when doing those interviews comparing to Courier

Right Courier has all his traps and tricks and embarrassing lines well rehearsed before he opens his mic.

 

[BeatlesFan]

he's back on the coke ..

I thought the same thing, truly. He's also extremely skinny. Obviously he's been skinny since 1982 (was a little fatter before then), but he looks like he's about 145 pounds now. His commentary has been stumbling, confused and slurring. Somethin's up in Mactown, that's for sure.

 

[BeatlesFan]

You're are obviously not old enough to remember McEnroe as an active player. He's always been like this. In the Borg v McEnroe film they actually featured these mannerisms and in interviews way back then he never made eye to eye contact with the interviewer.

Well, I am old enough to remember and have seen Mac play live dozens of times, both in the 80's and on the Legends tour. He is NOT the same as he's always been in the past, he's clearly declined or on something. Or he's going through something with Patty or one of his kids, several of whom have had severe drug issues (heroin), been arrested, etc. You're referencing an actor in a ridiculously fictionalized (and lousy) film, not the actual Johnny Mac.

 

[mbm0912]

I thought the same thing, truly. He's also extremely skinny. Obviously he's been skinny since 1982 (was a little fatter before then), but he looks like he's about 145 pounds now. His commentary has been stumbling, confused and slurring. Somethin's up in Mactown, that's for sure.

none of which coke would cause. The opposite actually.