Quote:
Originally Posted by z28jd
I'm not going to comment on the list itself, but I will use McCarthy as an example. He was one of the first players voted in. Who are we to say that was a mistake instead of the benchmark? It reminds me of current voters changing the MVP award from almost always going to the best player on the best team to just the best player regardless of the team, then saying old voters got it wrong.
|
But if McCarthy is the standard, there have been literally THOUSANDS of players better than him in the history of the game.
I don't agree with "revisionist history" either, but I also don't believe in exacerbating mistakes for the sake of historical consistency.