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C3PD2 t1_j971vww wrote

Fair enough. For me, 14 titles in 17 years and 112-3 is the definition of dominance. The French Open is also a major - it's most certainly not just "a single open" - all the best players are playing each year.

To put it in golf terms; if Justin Thomas won the next 12 straight PGA Championships he would still have a lower win rate than Nadal at the French Open. To be that much better than all your peers - when your peers are both the other best players in history - is absurd.

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TheGeesGees t1_j96xus1 wrote

He was involved in a car crash that almost killed him two years ago now. This is his first PGA Tour event since then. They essentially had to re-build his entire right leg it was so badly damaged. So it’s pretty impressive that he’s even able to walk let alone be competitive in a tournament with the best players in the world.

Before this accident he had a lot of other issues involving his back and “marital issues” that really impacted his career and longevity.

Basically it’s just a miracle the guy can still play golf.

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StrngBrew t1_j96w9cq wrote

I wouldn’t bet on any kind of long term future in Washington for any of those coaches. Rivera probably would have been fired after this past season if there was anyone actually running the franchise.

Once it gets sold, I’d expect new management to come in and clear house from top to bottom.

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StrngBrew t1_j96vowe wrote

He’s had 12 head coaching interviews. Including for multiple teams who have went on to hire minority coaches

I would agree that early on it looked bad on the league, but at this point Occam’s razor would say that Bienemy is just terrible in interviews and probably hasn’t been able to illustrate a coherent plan for how to run a team.

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Pirateshippingit t1_j96vjqd wrote

I mean there’s never gonna be another tiger. That’s not debatable. Golf as a sport tho has been doing fine tho. A lot of growth over the last decade or so specially during Covid and after a lot of people who never stepped on a course before got into the game because there wasn’t much else to do. The PGA might need to find another face, although they do have Rory but the actual sport of golfing isn’t suffering

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