in all other forums there is a thread called : Person of the year, so y not here!!!
pls everyone vote for the Sports-personality of the Year 2001! you can give 3 choices, number one will get 10 points, number 2 gets 6 and number3 gets 3 points!!!
OK, so start voting!!!
here is mine:
**3: Steve Waugh (the remarkble run of Australia, in which they won 15 (I think) consecutive tests was largely due to his batting and captaincy)
2: David Beckham (after hitting rock-bottom in WC '98, he has turned himself into a real superstar this year; throughout the year he has been improving himself considerably)
1: Michael Schumacher (winning his 4th title and getting the most GP-victories of all time)
Fa bi ayye aalaa-i rabbikumaa tukazzibaan
*Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? *
Only Global sportsmen/women should be nominated. I dont think David Beckham or Steve Waugh or other football players (except Figo or Zidane)qualify here. Only Andre Agassi & Schumacher from above list fit that bill here. My nominees would be :-
Leyton Hewitt/Venus Williams
Michael Jordan
Michael Schumacher
[This message has been edited by Asif_k (edited December 19, 2001).]
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Originally posted by ehsan: Asif_k why do you think that Waugh and Beckham don't qualify. Reasons please.
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Waugh, Simply because he comes from a sport which is not Global and is played only in 12 countries.
Beckham is one of the best but is still to show us the result. I will consider him for it in the year takes England to World Cup or Olympic Football finals/Semifinals.
[quote] Steve Waugh for the admirable way he has led Australia.
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His real test of leadership was in India, where he failed to Impress both with the bat and his captaincy. Australia has been winning before him also, Team was built by Allan Border and then Mark Taylor. Steve didn't build this team. I think anyone can win (in Australia) with the kind of players he has and nothing great about his captaincy.
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*Beckham, simply because he is a very fine footballer and has had a wonderful year.
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Once Again, Beckham is one of the Best..But I will wait untill I see him taking England into Olympic/World Cup Final. To me Zidane is still the best player, he has proved it not once but twice.
[QUOTE] Aggasi for trying very hard during the year.
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I have no questions about Agassi, he is da best. Still I think this year Hewitt played better than him and won US open, ATP no. 1 and led Australia to Davis cup final.One thing goes against Agassi is he doesn't want himself to be associated with US Davis cup Team.
[This message has been edited by Asif_k (edited December 19, 2001).]
Although not a big fan of the guy but schumacher gets it in my books.
for players in team sports, you can gauge them by individual performance, one person can not carry an entire team on his shoulder, one great player can provide leadership and the extra ooomph but for every great player in a team sport where the team was successful, he was supported by lesser known but still very capable players.
standings so far (for ppl who didn't number their choices, I have chosen their first mentioned person as their number one)
Michael Schumacher 10 + 3 + 10 = 23
Steve Waugh 3 + 10 = 13
David Beckham 6 + 6 = 12
Kobe Bryant 10 = 10
Waqar 10 = 10
Montoya 6 = 6
Sohail Abbas 6 = 6
(Heywitt and williams were both named as number one so I've split the points, but pls only name one person)
*Heywitt 5 = 5
V.Wlliams 5 = 5
Saviola 3 = 3
Agassi 3 = 3
Jordan 3 = 3
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Originally posted by Fraudz:
**Although not a big fan of the guy but schumacher gets it in my books.
for players in team sports, you can gauge them by individual performance, one person can not carry an entire team on his shoulder, one great player can provide leadership and the extra ooomph but for every great player in a team sport where the team was successful, he was supported by lesser known but still very capable players. **
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actually the same holds for "individual sporters",furthermore it holds for every sports-person nowadays: for example Schumi wouldn't have become world champion hadn't his whole team Ferrari provided the basis from which he could perform.
I agree, but it is even more true for team sports. You have people in the backgrounds helping with training, coaching, equipment etc etc. But once the game starts..a tennis or a squash player has to rely less on team mebers than lets say a football, rugby or even a cricket player. There are tons of examples of great players with mediocre teams.