appreciate both
there’re flowers to go around
just leave it at that
In an article about LeBron James, As LeBron James hits 40,000-point threshold, the age-old GOAT debate has shifted by Sam Amick (The Athletic, Mar 2, 2024), Mr. Amick writes:
What’s more, the GOAT construct is tired and flawed in ways that do a disservice to them both. Contrary to popular belief, it’s OK to appreciate Picasso and Da Vinci at the same time and just leave it at that. There are enough flowers to go around.
GOAT meaning Greatest of All Time.
Which I usually translate to “The Greatest of All Time … This Week.”
It is Joe DiMaggio who is credited with saying he played hard … “Because there’s always some fan who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.”
That too me sums up the outlook of a GOAT.
I will pass over that Marylin Monroe left Mr. Dimaggio for University of Michigan Alum, Arthur Miller.
What do I think?
I think a lot of things, especially when talking about the greatest of all time.
But off all the things you could ask, think, require or want, I think Mr. Amick sums it up pretty good when he wrote, “… it’s OK to appreciate Picasso and Da Vinci at the same time and just leave it at that.
There are enough flowers to go around.
Just leave it at that.“
And I will say this.
Think of all the discussions of this topic in any given field and the discussions go on to the end of time because you know why?
I’ll tell you why.
Because there is NO SPONSOR or COMPETITION that is recognized as the accepted last word on the subject.
With no one to say this is that and that is so, the discussions can be endless.
And rightfully so.
There was time in College Football were there was no ‘truly’ recognized body to say which team and which team was not the best in any given season.
The result?
The real result?
The discussions were endless.
This past year, Michigan won, end of story, end of discussion, on to next year.
For me, the National Champion construct is tired and flawed in ways that do a disservice to them both.
There were a lot of good teams last.
There were enough flowers to around.
And the story, the discussions, would have gone on forever.
Just leave it at that.
Would this have been a bad thing?
The paths of glory lead but to the grave anyway.
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