Random Philadelphia Sports Musings Thread

[ice grillin you]

i never know where to put philly sports posts that pertain to more than one team...so here it is

kinda spurred on by the DC young guns i posted last night if you had to pick a mount rushmore of philadelphia sports...but one from each franchise....what would it look like...talkin all time...not your favorite...maybe not even the best...but just who would be on the mountainside as the guy who represents the team the best and/or most associated with the franchise

sixers -
phillies -
flyers -
eagles -

and now your personal favorite athlete from each franchise both current and all time...philly heads who just like the eagles post your birds picks

sixers -current/alltime
phillies -
flyers -
eagles -

[PhillyPhreak54]

All-Time

Sixers - Dr J
Flyers - Bobby Clarke (toothless smile on the sculpture)
Phillies - Mike Schmidt
Eagles - Reggie White


The first three were no brainers IMO but I struggled with the Eagles one. They don't have the best winning history nor a real iconic player except for Reggie.

Personal

Sixers - Iguodala / Dr J
Flyers - Giroux / Hextall
Phillies - Jimmy / Kruk
Eagles - Shady / Duce

[MDS]

sixers- AI (fair for all elders to go J)*
flyers- clarkey
phillies- schmidt for now, jimmy if this group wins another title
eagles- chuck bednarik

personal
sixers - lou / AI
flyers - john leclair / the rooskie goalie because he was funny in 24/7
phillies - jimmy/jimmy
eagles - pimp/ dawk

*if were talkin philly hoops the answer has to be wilt. purely sixers its AI.

[Eagles_Legendz]

sixers: AI
eagles: Reggie
flyers: Clarke
phillies: schmidt tho carlton is pretty close

personal
sixers: j'rue/AI
flyers: briere/probably lindros if it's just watching someone play
phillies: halladay or rollins for both
eagles: shady/westbrook

[Geowhizzer]

Mt. Rushmore:
Sixers - Julius Erving
Phillies - Mike Schmidt
Flyers - Bobby Clarke
Eagles - Reggie White

Current Favorites
Sixers - Lou Williams
Phillies - Jimmy Rollins
Flyers - Wayne Simmonds
Eagles - LeSean McCoy

All-Time Favorites
Sixers - Julius Erving
Phillies - Mike Schmidt
Flyers - Rod Brind'Amour
Eagles - Keith Byars

[ice grillin you]

halladay is your all time favorite phillie legendz??

[Sgt PSN]

Sixers - Dr J
Phillies - Schmidt
Flyers - (meh) Clarke
Eagles - Benarik

Sixers - Sweet Lou/Barkley
Phillies - Rollins/Schmidt
Flyers - n/a
Eagles - Shady/Randall

[ice grillin you]

Mt. Rushmore:
Sixers - wilt
Phillies - schmidt - i really wanna put richie ashburn but he doesnt carry the same weight outside of philly that schmidt does
Flyers - clarkie
Eagles - brian dawkins - as j said the eagles is tough...cant argue with reggie but i have a hard time putting a guy who played half his career outside of philadelphia and won a title with another team

Current Favorites
Sixers - jeru
Phillies - jimmy
Flyers - simmonds
Eagles - pimp

All-Time Favorites
Sixers - moses
Phillies - jimmy
Flyers - tocchet
Eagles - wes

[Eagles_Legendz]

halladay is your all time favorite phillie legendz??

depends on how you're judging it.  if it's what they contributed over their career it would be rollins...if it's watching one person play at any point in their career then I enjoy watching Halladay pitch probably more than any other phillies player.  not old enough to remember watching anyone from the 80s teams, so it's pretty much by default someone from this squad, and if you're just weighing at their best who you enjoy watching the most, it would be Halladay, obv not if you're judging the entire career.

[ice grillin you]

i dont even consider halladay a phillie....hes still a blue jay to me

[SunMo]

Mt. Rushmore

Sixers - Wilt, best player of all time can't not be the Sixers rep even if he played for Warriors and Lakers
Phillies - Schmidt, again best of all time comes into play because he's the best 3b ever
Eagles - Bednarik, i thought about reggie here, but havas makes a point about being elsewhere more than philly.  bednarik is representative of the last championship and everybody knows the pic of him and gifford
Flyers - Clarkie, no explanation needed

Current Favorites:

Eagles - pimp, although there aren't many likeable players on this team.  nobody on defense except maybe cole and he's as vanilla as they come
Flyers - Giroux, loved him in juniors and glad to see him blow up
Phillies - Hamels, 08 NLCS, WS MVP, brought the city a title.  always remember the shot of him bearing down during game 5 part 1 in the rain
Sixers - Jeru although ET might creep up there if he keeps playing well. 


All Time Favories

Sixers - Barkley with AI a close 2nd
Phillies - Dutch Dalton, loved that 93 team and he was the leader, played catcher as i grew up because of him
Eagles - Dawkins, this was my toughest choice, i considered Randall and Reggie but Dawkins was the best defensive player they had in my formidable years of watching the team
Flyers - Hextall, loved the brawls, the crazy saves and the intensity

[Eagles_Legendz]

i dont even consider halladay a phillie....hes still a blue jay to me

yeah I dunno, I just sort of went by how I enjoy watching the most.  Rollins has been my favorite Phillie for years but I love watching Halladay pitch. 

With the Flyers I like Briere because dude always mans up in the playoffs.

This Eagles team is ridiculously unlikeable.  With every other team I was picking between players I like whereas with the Eagles it was hard just to come up with a few, but shady is pretty far and away my favorite.

[rjs246]

Rushmore:
Sixers: Julius
Phillies: Schmidt
Eagles: Bednarik
Flyers: Parent

Favorites:
Sixers: Charles
Phillies: Dutch
Eagles: Randall
Flyers: Hextall

[SunMo]

Rushmore:
Sixers: Julius
Phillies: Schmidt
Eagles: Bednarik
Flyers: Parent

Favorites:
Sixers: Charles
Phillies: Dutch
Eagles: Randall
Flyers: Hextall

did we just become best friends?

wanna go do karate in the garage?

[ice grillin you]

i dont even consider halladay a phillie....hes still a blue jay to me

yeah I dunno, I just sort of went by how I enjoy watching the most.  Rollins has been my favorite Phillie for years but I love watching Halladay pitch. 

yeah i mean i like anyone who helps my teams win...but i just dont feel a kinship towards halladay or lee like i do a jimmy choke or grit who grew up in the organization and are "real" phillies imo....if what heidi says about loving philly and wanting to stay is true and he resigns long term then ill put him in that group as well...despite his feathered hair