Agree with you Mike! 100%! Bo was amazing! Him and Prime are amazing. I find myself holding MJordan to a standard that is untouchable myself. (He’s best in my eyes at basketball) but I can’t deny James being better all around. Again- Jordan is best at what he did- James can play 1-5 at the highest level. Jordan couldn’t play 5. Anyways- it devalues athlete and progression of up and coming athletes to say Bo was that good or anyone for that matter. To throw around numbers like 9.6 or 9.7 (100m dash) or to make it up bothers me. I wish people would back their facts up with either- a site that shows hard documented numbers rather then opinions. Or 2. Say, “I have read or have been told Bo ran 9.6.” To have records and stories that aren’t correctly documented- that bothers me. I can tell you my best 40 was 4.5. If I would’ve ran it 2 months later before I hung up the cleats- it would’ve been 4.012 that would’ve put me ahead of Bo. Ask my mom- she’ll tell you. Lol. Kidding. It makes people like me and you to gag when we hear bull without hard facts and it makes me think Bo is a phony. He’s not! He’s one of the best athletes ever (one of the best for sure).
To end my rant- if I hear how he was so amazing at football or baseball again- I’m going to puke. Yes he played half seasons (not full seasons before injuries because he was a two sport athlete and seasons collided- yes - that is amazing!) but Payton, Sanders, Campbell, LT, AP, Brown, Smith- those guys are the best running backs of all time. Even if they couldn’t hit a ball. Babe Ruth, Barry bonds, blah blah blah- those guys are the best baseball players. Look at their careers.
Jim Thorp was a guy... If you wanna go there- he’s the best athlete ever to play multiple pro sports, win metals. Not Bo. Thorp won medals. Jim Brown was a hall of fame football and lacrosse Player... I hear Thorp (like I hear about Bo) was an amazing basketball player too. I can go on and on. If Bo was next to me, I wouldn’t be writing this. He would beat my ass. But he’s not and I get to call this white elephant out in sports myths.
Cheers! Bo is awesome but didn’t run bolt times. Enough making things up and enjoy what’s available for debate rather then grandpas old stories about life before cars, electricity, and women.