Can you name an athlete that is a bigger disappointment than......................

[bigschweeler]

John Daly...... dude hasw won $511K this year already and is ranked in the top 50.......hardly a career ended.

Plus he plays golf for a living!!! Hardly a disappointing life IMO.

 

[Juice Moose]

Ryan Leaf , Nuff Said!!

 

[The Whole F/N Show]

Penny Hardaway was supposed to be so good and he never did shit.

 

[Rockafella Skank]

Ahh..good topic

I could probably reel off more once I dust more of the cobwebs off:

Careers thrown away:

Darryl Strawberry, Tyson, Dwight Gooden, Donnie Moore (not a great player sad story), Len Bias, "Blue Moon" Odom, Denny McClain. Steve Howe

Tarnished Careers/ Reputations:

Jack Clark (bankruptcy and odd sense of humor), Dexter Manley (drugs and illiteracy), Jim Brown (wife beating), O.J., Pete Rose, L.T., James Worthy (solicitation), Dennis Rodman (numerous), Steve Carlton (conspiracy theorist), Mantle and Kerry Collins (alcoholism), Shawn Kemp (illegimate kids record) , Bobby Bonds


Promising careers cut short due to injury, death.:

Bo Jackson (hip), Earl Campbell (knee), Ted Kluszewski (bar fight), Tony Conigliaro (beanball), J.R. Richard (stroke), Hank Gathers (more a tragic event), Thurman Munson (plane crash), Lyman Bostock (shot), Reggie Lewis (heart)

Started great, and faaaaaded:

Will Clark, Don Mattingly, Eric Davis and Dave Parker (to a certain extent), Ruben Sierra , Mike Rozier, Jose Canseco, Fred Lynn (Mr DL), will I add Ken Griffey Jr. to the list in the future???????

One Year Wonders:

Scott Mitchell, Jerome Walton, Joe Charboneau, Billy Sims

Over-hyped 'busts'":

Brian Taylor, Todd Van Poppel, Ben McDonald, David Clyde, too many QBs to mention, Tony Mandarich, the "Boz", Sam Bowie, Pervis Ellison, Ralph Sampson, any Tiger prospect mentioned by Sparky Anderson (anybody remember Torey Lovullo the next "Mantle"?), Eric Anthony, Shawn Abner, Walter Berry, most Penn St/Notre Dame QB's,



Darryl Stawberry is the biggest disappointment of all-he would have hit 600+ home runs in his career and even more in this 'live ball'-small park era if still around......

Add Payne Stewart to tragedies, Keith Hernandez to tarnished, Damon Bailey to over-hyped busts and Lawrence Phillips to thrown away. Great list, though.