Posted: Friday, September 23, 2011, 11:36 AM | 13 comments |
 

Video: Philly's most polarizing athlete
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Video: Who has been the city's most polarizing athlete in the last 20 years? Marcus Hayes of the Daily News and Bob Ford of the Inquirer discuss.
Posted by Philly.com Staff @ 11:36 AM  Permalink | 13 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:14 PM, 09/23/2011
    No contest, #7 is the one.
    — Kioto
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:37 PM, 09/23/2011
    Not even close. Miss D. McNabb...overrated, overhyped, and def. overpaid. And he dogged it half the time... especially after he GOT PAID!!!
    — kdoc69
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:23 PM, 09/23/2011
    AI for sure. "Practice? We're talking practice." Arrogant thug! 100% selfish!!!! The team meant nothing other than to serve him.
    — 4thand10
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:23 PM, 09/23/2011
    AI for sure. "Practice? We're talking practice." Arrogant thug! 100% selfish!!!! The team meant nothing other than to serve him.
    — 4thand10
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:23 PM, 09/23/2011
    AI for sure. "Practice? We're talking practice." Arrogant thug! 100% selfish!!!! The team meant nothing other than to serve him.
    — 4thand10
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:31 PM, 09/23/2011
    Vick all the way... I will take AI and his "practice" quote any day of the week. Vick is a thug, a criminal and not worthy of the praise he receives. I have disliked him for years, prior to the dog fighting...his bro is no better either...guess it all does start in the home.
    — sydneyismyalias
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:37 PM, 09/23/2011
    I vote McNabb also. Even today, after leaving Philly and traded to two (2) NFL teams, Donnie Mac remains controversial on all boards and forums. You wanna see hundreds of pro and con posts? Mention McNabb either pro OR con. Iverson draws no such response and Vick only from a minority of faux dog lovers who have an agenda far removed from just loving dogs.
    — essell
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:46 PM, 09/23/2011
    McNabb and Vick are only polarizing to you morons because they're black.
    — Phillyexp
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:59 PM, 09/23/2011
    @ Phillyexp-- your post doesn't deserve a response.
    — phillyjim7
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:51 PM, 09/23/2011
    — Phillyexp If you said Eric Lindros, would you like it said, you are just saying it cuz he is White??? No, he was an ahole and a baby
    like MaGoo (McNabb) who needed mommy and daddy constantly pulling
    out the "race card." What will they do now whe he sucks in Minny???
    — mikey48
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:00 PM, 09/23/2011
    McNabb is a good guy. He should have never been a polarizing figure because he did the best he could. He has a nice family and he has always played hard. He was never a great passer but he was a very good quarterback who just injured too much. Vick and AI are different. Both are ex-convicts and both have associated with real bad people. AI was impossible to coach and his cheating on his wife, his lack of concern for his body, and his thug personna rubbed many people the wrong way. Although AI was one of the greatest athletes in the world, he could have been even better if he had taken care of his body and practiced his shooting. All of his statistics were because of natural ability and he wasted a lot of his potential. Vick, also a supremely gifted athlete should be given another chance. So far, he has done all the right things and hopefully, he'll survive the season in one piece.
    — Drumgoole
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:52 AM, 09/24/2011
    Allen Iverson was the worst.Unprofessional,spoiled,. and imature until this day.McNabb not far behind but more professional.Both were not the serious natured types it takes to be leaders of a championship team like Bobby and Chuck of Flyer and Eagle fame.
    — Andrew Grier
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:57 PM, 09/24/2011
    Gotta be AI even though I loved watching him play. For the Philadelphia region, it's Vick because of the dog thing. I think he's done the right thing since he's been back from prison. I've always been willing to hold judgement on him. AI in my opinion was a different story even though he was not charged because people didn't press charges.
    — xing


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About Bob Ford
Bob Ford has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 1981, and is still trying to figure it all out. A former beat writer covering the Phillies and the 76ers, Ford became a general sports columnist for the Inquirer in 2003, following in and occasionally falling in the deep footsteps of Bill Lyon, Frank Dolson and many distinguished others. He comes to the Philly.com blogosphere after award-winning success as designer/editor of the fabulous Pen & Pencil Club softball blog. Likes: Palestra, inside-the-park home runs, sunny days. Dislikes: phony people, cloudy days, rewrites.
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