Be honest, who was the player you thought was a 'can`t miss' and turned out to be a lemon?

Journeyman · Mar 2, 2004

And who was the player you saw that you thought was a future star?

I heard this question on the radio today and there were alot of good answers, it was kind of ammusing....

The Orioles had a guy back in the mid 80`s Mike Young , he looked like and even had the same stance as Eddie Murray, he hit like 28 homers in `85 or`86 (not sure) I just KNEW he was the next big thing lol...Well that was the end of him....Mike Young went on to never come close to 28 again....

I thought Stephen Davis when he was very young at Auburn was a can`t miss player, and he wasn`t highly touted as a top back when he came out...Even Spurrier casted him off lol....He is still proving people wrong..

TheFunkMonkey · Mar 2, 2004

Gerald Glass (Ole Miss) had several 30+ scoring games during his rookie year with the Twolves. I bought some of his rookie cards. Then he vanished.

Dante · Mar 2, 2004

Korella stewart

TheFunkMonkey · Mar 2, 2004

Just did a Google search for Glass. During his junior year @ Ole Miss, he averaged:

28 ppg
8.5 rpg
3 spg

Not a bad season, huh?

Fishhead · Mar 2, 2004

ACIE EARL

JackDee · Mar 2, 2004

the real question is, was there a player you thought would flop and went on to kick ass?

Journeyman · Mar 2, 2004

I couldn`t believe he was coming out early as he was a very average offensive player in college...and needless to say the NBA didn`t think much of him either....I think the NBA is where you`ll find the most flops...who was the guy from Kentucky a few years ago, he declared himsel eligible than changed his mind and transferred to USC ,lol..he was another one who thought he had game...

Remember Harold Minor lol?

DavidMatthews · Mar 2, 2004

Marinovich and Mirer

SportSavant · Mar 2, 2004

ever heard of Alexandre Daigle (Ottawa Senators)

BillDozer · Mar 2, 2004

ralph sampson, Danny Manning

Railbird · Mar 2, 2004

Notah Begay III

PatPatriot · Mar 2, 2004

To a smaller degree Drew Bledsoe...but is very good from the neck down.
There is a bunch every year in the NFL.

JMoney · Mar 2, 2004

Eric Davis comes to mind first. He looked like he was gonna be one of the greatest players ever his first few years with the Reds. Then he just kept going down hill.

WildBill · Mar 2, 2004

Who could ever forget Tony Mandarich. People were calling the Cowboys fools for drafting Aikman first, that Mandarich was the best OL to come out since Anthony Munoz or John Hannah. Aikman wins 3 Super Bowls, Mandarich falls flat in a couple of years.

Kodiak7 · Mar 2, 2004

FOOTBALL:
ANDRE WARE QB
MANDARICH OL (drafted before Barry Sanders)

HOOPS:
RALPH SAMPSON

BASEBALL:
TAYLOR (lefty pitcher drafted #1 by yanks early 90's)

vinividivinci · Mar 2, 2004

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by J Money:
Eric Davis comes to mind first. He looked like he was gonna be one of the greatest players ever his first few years with the Reds. Then he just kept going down hill.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Snow and firecrackers have been proven to be a disastrous combination for a couple of players when looking at the long term.

VVV

blueedwards · Mar 2, 2004

kevin maas
shawon dunston
jason bere

Journeyman · Mar 2, 2004

Like my 'ValueJet' stock...

I loaded up on Kevin Maas and Mike Greenwell baseball cards, and just like my ValueJet stock well you know the rest....

JohnnyDeMarco · Mar 2, 2004

Drew Henson-baseball
Heath Shuler-football
Alec Kessler-basketball
Danny Ferry-basketball
Jon Koncak-basketball

WildBill · Mar 2, 2004

Come on guys, some of these players had at least mediocre careers. What about guys like Brien Taylor? Dunston, Bere, Davis...those guys had some good years between them.