Long Jump GOAT [split]

[eldrick]

he wins all the OGs and WCs till he's 30 (which I think he IS capable of), he WILL be the GOAT, WR or no WR

have to disagree taf

he does need the WR to be the GOAT, even if he wins 6 or 7 globals

even the King with 4 succesive golds coudn't be LJ GOAT because he never had the WR in his career ( but we may have to blame lonewolf's colleague for that :evil: )

[bad hammy]

even the King with 4 succesive golds coudn't be LJ GOAT because he never had the WR in his career

That is so wrong. Carl was definitely the LJ GOAT. Was while he was competing and still is.

[tafnut]

even the King with 4 succesive golds coudn't be LJ GOAT because he never had the WR in his career

That is so wrong. Carl was definitely the LJ GOAT. Was while he was competing and still is.

Going with StinkiHam here. Who is more GOATish than CL? Not Powell, not Boston, not Jesse, certainly not Beamon!

[Jon]

even the King with 4 succesive golds coudn't be LJ GOAT because he never had the WR in his career

That is so wrong. Carl was definitely the LJ GOAT. Was while he was competing and still is.

Going with StinkiHam here. Who is more GOATish than CL? Not Powell, not Boston, not Jesse, certainly not Beamon!

If CL isn't the long jump GOAT, then I don't know who is. I'd even rank Pedroso ahead of Powell, Boston, Beamon and Jesse - but even then, none would come close to Carl.

Likewise, Maria Mutola is arguably the GOAT of the w800 - and she's two seconds away from the WR!

[eldrick]

even the King with 4 succesive golds coudn't be LJ GOAT because he never had the WR in his career

That is so wrong. Carl was definitely the LJ GOAT. Was while he was competing and still is.

Going with StinkiHam here. Who is more GOATish than CL? Not Powell, not Boston, not Jesse, certainly not Beamon!

if MJ had won gold in atlanta with 19.67, woud he still be the GOAT ?

[bad hammy]

I'd even rank Pedroso ahead of Powell, Boston, Beamon and Jesse - but even then, none would come close to Carl.

From a historical perspective both Boston and Jesse had their day in the GOAT sun. Beamon (particulalry) and Powell never get a whiff of GOATdom . . .

[bad hammy]

even the King with 4 succesive golds coudn't be LJ GOAT because he never had the WR in his career

That is so wrong. Carl was definitely the LJ GOAT. Was while he was competing and still is.

Going with StinkiHam here. Who is more GOATish than CL? Not Powell, not Boston, not Jesse, certainly not Beamon!

if MJ had won gold in atlanta with 19.67, woud he still be the GOAT ?

How do you go about defending your statement about the LJ GOAT by bringing up another event???

[26mi235]

My vote is for CL as teh GOAT. He probably did jump a WR. The best meet EVER was his (and he did not even win!).

[eldrick]

[quote=bad hammy]

even the King with 4 succesive golds coudn't be LJ GOAT because he never had the WR in his career

That is so wrong. Carl was definitely the LJ GOAT. Was while he was competing and still is.

Going with StinkiHam here. Who is more GOATish than CL? Not Powell, not Boston, not Jesse, certainly not Beamon!

if MJ had won gold in atlanta with 19.67, woud he still be the GOAT ?

How do you go about defending your statement about the LJ GOAT by bringing up another event???[/quote:2odi1byj]

i coud state that best he ever jumped upto '91 was 8.79, which put him behind :

bob 8.90
emmiyan 8.86

when he jumped his 8.87pb, it ended up putting him behind :

mike 8.95
bob 8.90

he still never was better than 3rd all-time performancer in his career

like i said, wr is the pre-requistness of capra aegagrus'NESS

[bad hammy]

like i said, wr is the pre-requistness of capra aegagrus'NESS

And that is where you are dead wrong, with too many examples to list . . .

[eldrick]

no one is stopping you...

[pherekydes]

bob 8.90
emmiyan 8.86

People are talking about the best ever in an event, not a flukey, one-off jump.

[George P.]

You LJ fanatics should go start your own thread. :evil:

[knockout]

Great great run by JW!!!!

My take on the LJ GOAT, take away the altitude jumps and level the playing field ;-)

[jazzcyclist]

like i said, wr is the pre-requistness of capra aegagrus'NESS

So Eldrick, who do you believe is the GOAT in the long jump, Bob Beamon or Mike Powell?