What would this board be like if Nadal (or Federer) didn't exist?

[zam88]

If Nadal hadn't been born and Federer had like 23 slams and 3 CYGS's.... or if Federer hadn't been born and Nadal had 15 GS's (we'll give him 2006 and 7 Wimbledon)

Without Nadal, Federer would be such a ridiculous GOAT candidate that there would be no debate.. it would be over.

Without Federer, Nadal would have most likely gotten his 15th Slam after the 2013 US Open to pass Pete, he would definitely have a TON more weeks at #1 and probably would have at least 1-2 WTF's... He wouldn't be AS definitive of a GOAT candidate as Federer would be without Nadal, but for all intents and purposes he would either already be there, or would be approaching that level very soon.


Would this board even exist? 90% of the threads are about one or the other or how they match up.

People enjoy debate in sports... it keeps it fresh and interesting.... if Nadal hadn't existed and Federer assaulted the tennis record book... where would we be?


Would it be a situation like with Steffi Graf where she holds almost all the meaningful records in the sport, yet somehow still isn't brought up in the GOAT conversation as much as Serena or even Navratilova?

Would tennis even be as popular? When one guy wins everything, is there even much of a reason to bother watching unless you're a major fanboy of the dominating player? I mean people still enjoyed watching michael jordan when he dominated, so maybe they would.

Anway... I can't imagine there would be much of a reason to post for many of you if one or the other didn't exist.

 

[Mainad]

What would this board be like if NEITHER Nadal nor Federer existed?

Would there still be endless threads arguing over whether this or that player is the GOAT?

I suspect there would!

:wink:

 

[mawashi]

No difference, fanatics will always find someone or something to worship however, stupid.

 

[clayqueen]

If Nadal hadn't been born and Federer had like 23 slams and 3 CYGS's.... or if Federer hadn't been born and Nadal had 15 GS's (we'll give him 2006 and 7 Wimbledon)

Without Nadal, Federer would be such a ridiculous GOAT candidate that there would be no debate.. it would be over.

Without Federer, Nadal would have most likely gotten his 15th Slam after the 2013 US Open to pass Pete, he would definitely have a TON more weeks at #1 and probably would have at least 1-2 WTF's... He wouldn't be AS definitive of a GOAT candidate as Federer would be without Nadal, but for all intents and purposes he would either already be there, or would be approaching that level very soon.


Would this board even exist? 90% of the threads are about one or the other or how they match up.

People enjoy debate in sports... it keeps it fresh and interesting.... if Nadal hadn't existed and Federer assaulted the tennis record book... where would we be?


Would it be a situation like with Steffi Graf where she holds almost all the meaningful records in the sport, yet somehow still isn't brought up in the GOAT conversation as much as Serena or even Navratilova?

Would tennis even be as popular? When one guy wins everything, is there even much of a reason to bother watching unless you're a major fanboy of the dominating player? I mean people still enjoyed watching michael jordan when he dominated, so maybe they would.

Anway... I can't imagine there would be much of a reason to post for many of you if one or the other didn't exist.

If Nadal didn't exist or had taken up football instead, Federer may have had 30 GS and endless weeks at #1. Tennis would have died a natural death as people, including me, were beginning to get bored with the lack of competition. Nadal saved tennis.

Nadal makes Federer's achievements more meaningful.

 

[Bergboy123]

Without them, this board would have like 15 users (LeeD for sure) and most threads would be about random crap like which shock absorbers are the most efficient

 

[Stanimal]

People would just argue over Murray vs Djokovic cause they'd have hella slams by now

 

[zam88]

People would just argue over Murray vs Djokovic cause they'd have hella slams by now

It would be interesting in lieu of Federer what the slam counts would look like.

if you took his 17 and redistributed them who would have them.

Give at least 3-4 to Roddick
Maybe 1-2 more to Lleyton
2 to Nadal
Probably 2-3 to Murray
2-3 to Djoker
1 to Soderling
1 to Safin
Some mug for 2003 Wimbledon
1 to Agassi?

 

[Steve0904]

It would be interesting in lieu of Federer what the slam counts would look like.

if you took his 17 and redistributed them who would have them.

Give at least 3-4 to Roddick
Maybe 1-2 more to Lleyton
2 to Nadal
Probably 2-3 to Murray
2-3 to Djoker
1 to Soderling
1 to Safin
Some mug for 2003 Wimbledon
1 to Agassi?

That "mug" would've been Scud, if it wasn't Roddick. Hence, not really a mug. No more a mug than say, Soderling.

 

[the green god]

Productive.

 

[Flint]

I agree wit the above, if neither Federer or Nadal existed it would all be about Murray Vs Djokovic.

 

[Phoenix1983]

If neither of them existed, there would still be 'best of the era' debates, presumably Roddick vs. Hewitt in the early period and now, Djokovic vs. Murray. Of course none of these guys would be in contention for GOAT though.

If Fed had existed but not Rafa - well, I struggle to imagine how there could be a GOAT debate at all (although undoubtedly some would still try...)

 

[FedererWinsWimbledon2014]

I think a more interesting question would be: What would this board be like if Nadal wasn't good looking?

Then we wouldn't have a bunch of deluded people who think Nadal is the perfect human being, their views are distorted as they are attracted to Nadal. Similar comparisons could be made with Bieber or One Direction.

The Nadal fanbase attack Roger and his fans as they resent the fact he has achieved more than their false God. This leads to conflict.

 

[Vcore89]

My guess is, people will drink more Gatorades than throw more Hatorades!:wink:

 

[Egoista]

it would be 50% of what it is

 

[Legend of Borg]

Then Borg would be the GOAT.

 

[urundai]

About 10 of the active fan boys will not be on this board and we will have 90% less post but 99% better quality posts

 

[Vcore89]

Then Borg would be the GOAT.

Borg is goat w/o them!

About 10 of the active fan boys will not be on this board and we will have 90% less post but 99% better quality posts

Exactly!

 

[clayqueen]

No Rafa on tour, no forum for me, simple as that.

 

[Stanimal]

Wow. You're pathetic then.

 

[urundai]

Wow. You're pathetic then.

Hmm. You haven't seen clayqueen's troll posts and threads yet, I guess:twisted:

 

[Sid_Vicious]

It would be just as hostile and toxic. I sometimes scroll back and read through some of the topics from early 2004. Every other threads was a hate thread. "Federer is boring" "Roddick is an **)C!" "Hewitt is a #($)#" "Safin is a )*#$(". So, I don't believe this forum would be a productive and pleasnt place all the time.