On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Medic <hofme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hmm. I guess we're having different discussions then. You want to discuss > the warm fuzzy and good "story" that comes from a last minute goal, I'm > discussing the goal itself. And your comparison to a home run is invalid. A > home run is a home run. There aren't more beautiful home runs. Goals in > football are completely different. There's certainly such a thing as a > beautiful goal vs just a routine one. And this is a case of that. >
Why is the "hand of God" goal one of the most famous goals in history? It's obviously not the most beautiful.....so why is it famous? Hand ball's happen all the time...so what's the big deal? Med......listen.....i realize the goal itself was just a goal. Goals like that happen all the time. They are nice, yes, but not overly impressive to the point of being the greatest goal ever. I know that what i saw yesterday was NOT the greatest goal ever. I get that. And if that is your point, then i concede it. Ok. But i'm telling you that WHEN a goal happens DOES matter. And who it's against...matters. And when it happens.......MATTERS. If that cross and header had happened on a Tuesday afternoon at my old grade school against my 4th grade soccer team....would it have been has difficult to execute as it was against the Brazilian national team in front of the whole world? As a football player yourself....do you really discount that performing in front of millions of people at crunch time is equally as difficult as performing in practice when nobody is watching? My point is simply that performing when everything is on the line...even if it's something that you've done many times before and that happens dozens of times every day across the world....is impressive. Very impressive, and deserving a bit more than "oh....i've seen a header before...big deal." To you, a self admitted luddite. To me it's not a great goal. It's a routine > goal squeaked in at the last minute, just like happens weekly across the > world. Treating like it's the greatest goal of all time is just silly. It's > not even the final, so big deal. > > I'm not sure why you are so emotionally invested in a discussion about a > sport you've said you don't even like, especially because it's a women's > sport. So if you don't care about it, why so hopped up? > I"m passionate about sports, can't help it....that's what makes them great. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:340255 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
