[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Fair enough. I cant say that I agree with you on this but I do get where you are coming from. Though I thought the 6th man analogy was accurate as if he was as talented he would be starting.

I just think that because turf and dirt are so distinctly different that to say a top turf sprinter is not talented enough to compete on dirt is like saying that a horse like GW is not talented enough to compete on the dirt. It wasn't that GW wasnt talented enough, it was he wasn't a dirt horse. There are a thousand Danehill stakes winners and not one of them is on the dirt. It would be hard to fathom that there isn't a horse by Danehill or another top turf sire that would not be a legit turf sprinter. The only reason that there isnt a tradition of top class turf sprinters in this country is that the tracks simply did not write the races. I believe that if you write enough quality stakes you will get a competitive division with talented horses. I have passed on horses at Tattersalles simply because there were no shorter races for them over here and I did not want to be screwed if they did not stretch out. The fact is that the dirt sprint division is been so weak in recent years that you might see some crossover from the turf sprint stakes to the dirt sprint.

So then you think Michael Finley is more talented and important to the Spurs than Manu Ginobili is? There are other examples of players that come off of the bench and are more talented than starters but the best fit for the team is to have them coming off of the bench to maybe be that anchor for the second unit or to give their team a bigger advantage over the other teams bench. Chicago did much better when Ben Gordon was a sixth man instead of a starter. Remember Rickey Pierce in Milwaukee? I believe he made the all-star team coming off of the bench, as Ginobili probably will this season.