Steve_424
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Paul Brown, Jim Brown, Bob Feller, Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens, while great, has nothing to do with Cleveland, does he?
Paul Brown, Jim Brown, Bob Feller, Jesse Owens
Nobody on the Cavs would deserve it. It's an honor reserved for a champion. For a hall of famer. For a long timer, but someone who is worthy of star status.
We'll have to wait a little longer to make our Rushmore... It's premature.
I really don't get why it's premature & why we have to have at least 1 rep from each of the 3 major sports...
It is what it is. If no Cav is deserving, then you just don't include any Cavs..
Then you and the rest of the Cleveland fans are mis-perceiving what a "rushmore" would be. Something that's the ultimate, great. If you only represent the little 20 year part of our history, you're taking away from the rest of it in a big way.
Mount Rushmore didn't get represented by just Washington and Jefferson for their efforts in the Revolutionary War and purchase of the Louisiana Territory (20-30 years). It got represented by Lincoln in the mid/late 1800s and Roosevelt in the early 1900s. It's an actual balance of the ages and personalities.
That's why the 20s-40s represents the Indians (and a possible favorite Bob Feller), the 50s-60s represents the Browns (Jim Brown and Otto Graham), the 70s-90s is like a lost era, but could be seen as saved basketball from Stepien by Gordon Gund, or founded by Nick Mileti, or coached by Bill Fitch, or nothing. 2000s may have LeBron, if he comes back and leads to a championship in this decade.
Anyways, you really do need that sports balance along with that eliteness, or it's not a rushmore...
You're really taking this thing too serious, rab :chuckles:
I'm biased towards baseball and football for numerous reasons, but mostly because my family has worked for the Browns in the Rutigliano years and I had legit baseball aspirations, as do my kids. Anyways, that is why my Rushmore has 2 from each team. Sorry Cavs, you just don't make it.
Watching Manny Ramirez as a rookie, I thought to myself that this kid has thee sweetest, most gracefully powerful swing by a right hander I have ever seen. I still point to his swing to my kids at how much power can come from such an easy swing. Yes, he was, at best, average in the field. Slightly above average arm, slightly below average fielder, and below average speed. Yes, he was a full scale knucklehead, but in a loveable way. In his early years here, he wasn't the Manny of BOS. He was shy, soft spoken, and lacked confidence with the media. But, he was a beast in the batter's box.
The rest of mine are pretty easy, and don't need much explanation....
Bob Feller
Jim Brown
Otto Graham
It's funny that the two given players Brown, Feller are/were mean old men.
Cleveland is his middle name. Horrible.
Let's put Grover Cleveland and Grover Cleveland Alexander up there too.