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Shaq and Allen Iverson headline the list of Finalists for the Basketball HOF
Feb 12, 2016
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It is All Star Game Weekend and as is customary, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame has announced their Finalists for the 2016 Class, which as expected includes two major names who re now eligible following the decrease by one year of the waiting time following retirement.
Here are the Basketball Hall of Fame Finalists for this year:
Charles “Lefty” Driesell (Coach): The only coach in NCAA history to take four programs to 100 wins and the only coach to be Conference Coach of the Year in four different conferences. He has a record of 786 and 394 and is already a member of the College Basketball Hall of Fame.
Darrell Garretson (Referee): A veteran of 27 years as an official in the NBA, refereeing 1,798 Regular Season Games and 269 NBA Playoff Games.
Robert Hughes (Coach): A high school basketball in Texas for 47 years with 35 district championships and five state championships. His overall record is 1,333 and 247.
Allen Iverson (Player): A former MVP and three time First Team All Pro, who carried the Philadelphia 76ers to an NBA Final. He is also a four time Scoring Champion and three time Steals Champion.
Tom Izzo (Coach): A former NCAA Coach of the Year, Izzo took Michigan State to the NCAA Title in 2000 and seven Final Fours.
Kevin Johnson (Player): A four time Second Team All-Star and three time All Star, Johnson is primarily responsible for keeping the Sacramento Kings in California’s capital.
John McLendon (Coach): The first head coach to win three consecutive NAIA Championships when he did so with Tennessee State. He is a African-American pioneer in coaching.
Shaquille O’Neal (Player): A four time NBA Champion, O’Neal is a fifteen time All Star and former NBA MVP.
Bo Ryan (Coach): A four time NCAA Division III Champion (Wisconsin-Platteville) and has taken the University of Wisconsin to two Final Fours.
Eddie Sutton (Coach): A four time National Coach of the Year and is the first Head Coach to take four teams to the NCAA Tournament.
Leta Andrews, Muffet McGraw, Sheryl Swoopes and the Wayland Baptist University Team are the women’s Finalists.
This year’s Basketball Hall of Fame Class will be announced at this year’s Final Four in April.
Here are the Basketball Hall of Fame Finalists for this year:
Charles “Lefty” Driesell (Coach): The only coach in NCAA history to take four programs to 100 wins and the only coach to be Conference Coach of the Year in four different conferences. He has a record of 786 and 394 and is already a member of the College Basketball Hall of Fame.
Darrell Garretson (Referee): A veteran of 27 years as an official in the NBA, refereeing 1,798 Regular Season Games and 269 NBA Playoff Games.
Robert Hughes (Coach): A high school basketball in Texas for 47 years with 35 district championships and five state championships. His overall record is 1,333 and 247.
Allen Iverson (Player): A former MVP and three time First Team All Pro, who carried the Philadelphia 76ers to an NBA Final. He is also a four time Scoring Champion and three time Steals Champion.
Tom Izzo (Coach): A former NCAA Coach of the Year, Izzo took Michigan State to the NCAA Title in 2000 and seven Final Fours.
Kevin Johnson (Player): A four time Second Team All-Star and three time All Star, Johnson is primarily responsible for keeping the Sacramento Kings in California’s capital.
John McLendon (Coach): The first head coach to win three consecutive NAIA Championships when he did so with Tennessee State. He is a African-American pioneer in coaching.
Shaquille O’Neal (Player): A four time NBA Champion, O’Neal is a fifteen time All Star and former NBA MVP.
Bo Ryan (Coach): A four time NCAA Division III Champion (Wisconsin-Platteville) and has taken the University of Wisconsin to two Final Fours.
Eddie Sutton (Coach): A four time National Coach of the Year and is the first Head Coach to take four teams to the NCAA Tournament.
Leta Andrews, Muffet McGraw, Sheryl Swoopes and the Wayland Baptist University Team are the women’s Finalists.
This year’s Basketball Hall of Fame Class will be announced at this year’s Final Four in April.
A PFHOF Voter States character kept Terrell Owens out of the HOF this year.
Feb 12, 2016
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We mentioned yesterday that Skip Bayless told Terrell Owens that the main reason he didn’t get chosen for the Pro Football Hall of Fame was because he was viewed as a disruption to his respective teams.
Now we know that was definitely the case.
On the Dan Patrick Show, Gary Myers, a Pro Football Hall of Fame voter who writes for the New York Daily News spoke about the in room discussions on Terrell Owens. This was part of the exchange that Myers had with guest host, Ross Tucker:
“I’ll take you inside the room on this, and it was the second longest discussion we had in the room other that Eddie DeBartolo. The bottom line on T.O. is he was so disruptive. Now with L.T., you don’t count the off-the-field stuff. That’s a mandate from the Hall of Fame. It’s only what you’ve done on the field. The argument that was made in the room, and I agree with this, is what T.O. did in the locker room is part of –”
“That counts? Why don’t you just evaluate what’s inside the white lines?
“Because I think that the locker room is an extension of that.”
“But how do you really know what happened in the locker room?”
“But he tore teams apart.”
“But how do you really know that?”
“He’s a Hall of Fame player that five teams couldn’t wait to get rid of. So what does that tell you about how disruptive he was?”
Hmmmm…
Myers would go on to say that Owens would probably get inducted eventually, which raises the question as to how in the future he is now not disruptive enough to be snubbed from Canton.
During his exchange with Bayless, Terrell Owens stated that the process was flawed insinuating that it was not balanced as only writers make the decisions as to who is Hall of Fame worthy and who is not.
So there you have it. T.O. has a reputation that he can not shake despite having unquestionable, even by the writers, Hall of Fame statistics.
Something tells us that we haven’t heard the last of this one.
Now we know that was definitely the case.
On the Dan Patrick Show, Gary Myers, a Pro Football Hall of Fame voter who writes for the New York Daily News spoke about the in room discussions on Terrell Owens. This was part of the exchange that Myers had with guest host, Ross Tucker:
“I’ll take you inside the room on this, and it was the second longest discussion we had in the room other that Eddie DeBartolo. The bottom line on T.O. is he was so disruptive. Now with L.T., you don’t count the off-the-field stuff. That’s a mandate from the Hall of Fame. It’s only what you’ve done on the field. The argument that was made in the room, and I agree with this, is what T.O. did in the locker room is part of –”
“That counts? Why don’t you just evaluate what’s inside the white lines?
“Because I think that the locker room is an extension of that.”
“But how do you really know what happened in the locker room?”
“But he tore teams apart.”
“But how do you really know that?”
“He’s a Hall of Fame player that five teams couldn’t wait to get rid of. So what does that tell you about how disruptive he was?”
Hmmmm…
Myers would go on to say that Owens would probably get inducted eventually, which raises the question as to how in the future he is now not disruptive enough to be snubbed from Canton.
During his exchange with Bayless, Terrell Owens stated that the process was flawed insinuating that it was not balanced as only writers make the decisions as to who is Hall of Fame worthy and who is not.
So there you have it. T.O. has a reputation that he can not shake despite having unquestionable, even by the writers, Hall of Fame statistics.
Something tells us that we haven’t heard the last of this one.
Our Baseball List has been revised!
Feb 11, 2016
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Over the last forty-five days, both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Baseball Hall of Fame announced their latest classes. Recently, we here at Notinhalloffame.com put together our latest list of the 500 plus Rock and Roll acts worthy of consideration for the vote that will take place in December of 2016. Our Notinhalloffame.com baseball list is naturally next.
The 2016 vote saw Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza selected for Cooperstown, both of who were in our top five. Obviously, they will be taken out of our Baseball 100, but there will be three new eligible former baseball players who will join them.
Let’s take a look at our new Notinhalloffame.com Baseball Top Ten.
The 2016 vote saw Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza selected for Cooperstown, both of who were in our top five. Obviously, they will be taken out of our Baseball 100, but there will be three new eligible former baseball players who will join them.
Let’s take a look at our new Notinhalloffame.com Baseball Top Ten.
Lynn Swann questions Calvin Johnson's HOF resume
Feb 11, 2016
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This must be the say for Wide Receivers to talk about the Hall of Fame.
Lynn Swann, the Hall of Famer who was a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers dynasty that won four Super Bowls and retired at the height of his career at the age of 30 and would join the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2001.
Calvin Johnson is expected to retire at the same age, but when asked if “Megatron” was a Hall of Famer, the former Pittsburgh Steeler implied in a piece with the Detroit News that Johnson should not join that elite club.
“I would think that it would be difficult for Calvin Johnson at this point to be considered a Hall of Famer. Calvin Johnson has an extreme amount of talent and ability, but when you start to look at his team, the success of his team and did he lift that team; he made them a little bit better, but at the end of the day, I’m not quite sure.
Hard to say he’s going to be in the Hall of Fame when his team hasn’t gotten to a Super Bowl, and they don’t get a chance to get into the playoffs…and that’s for a lot of guys across the board. If he had broken every passing record, like Danny Fouts, who didn’t win the Super Bowl, then yeah, I think there’s going to be consideration.”
Following this, Lynn Swann was criticized and rightly so. In Pittsburgh, he was surrounded by a dream team, where as Calvin Johnson has not exactly been blessed with the most talented group of teammates. Detroit did not make a lot of noise in the past decade, but how much worse would they have been without him?
Stat wise, it has been argued that Swann, who has half of the yards that Johnson has, should keep his mouth shut on the matter. While that was in fact a different era and the passing game has exploded since then, Swann still was never in the top five in receiving yards during his career.
Swann’s argument about playoff success is also questionable as the Pro Football Hall of Fame is full of players who do not have Super Bowl rings or NFL Championships who have a spot in Canton. Swann’s induction itself has been criticized as it was openly asked, if he were with a lesser team himself would be enshrined.
Should Calvin Johnson elect not to return to the National Football League, the Hall of Fame clock is set at 2021 for his first year of eligibility. We wonder if Swann will be vocal on that matter again.
Lynn Swann, the Hall of Famer who was a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers dynasty that won four Super Bowls and retired at the height of his career at the age of 30 and would join the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2001.
Calvin Johnson is expected to retire at the same age, but when asked if “Megatron” was a Hall of Famer, the former Pittsburgh Steeler implied in a piece with the Detroit News that Johnson should not join that elite club.
“I would think that it would be difficult for Calvin Johnson at this point to be considered a Hall of Famer. Calvin Johnson has an extreme amount of talent and ability, but when you start to look at his team, the success of his team and did he lift that team; he made them a little bit better, but at the end of the day, I’m not quite sure.
Hard to say he’s going to be in the Hall of Fame when his team hasn’t gotten to a Super Bowl, and they don’t get a chance to get into the playoffs…and that’s for a lot of guys across the board. If he had broken every passing record, like Danny Fouts, who didn’t win the Super Bowl, then yeah, I think there’s going to be consideration.”
Following this, Lynn Swann was criticized and rightly so. In Pittsburgh, he was surrounded by a dream team, where as Calvin Johnson has not exactly been blessed with the most talented group of teammates. Detroit did not make a lot of noise in the past decade, but how much worse would they have been without him?
Stat wise, it has been argued that Swann, who has half of the yards that Johnson has, should keep his mouth shut on the matter. While that was in fact a different era and the passing game has exploded since then, Swann still was never in the top five in receiving yards during his career.
Swann’s argument about playoff success is also questionable as the Pro Football Hall of Fame is full of players who do not have Super Bowl rings or NFL Championships who have a spot in Canton. Swann’s induction itself has been criticized as it was openly asked, if he were with a lesser team himself would be enshrined.
Should Calvin Johnson elect not to return to the National Football League, the Hall of Fame clock is set at 2021 for his first year of eligibility. We wonder if Swann will be vocal on that matter again.