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**DurryVony** · 02-12-2008, 04:40 AM

Actually, reading your comment again, I take back my disagreement As you say, he was a great player, but might not be greater than others you mention, like Lendl or Connors.

Yeah, I was thinking more in terms of the definition of overrated, which is being praised or honored out of proportion to what one has actually accomplished.

To me, McEnroe is on the second-to-third tier of the all-time greats, but he gets talked about like he was a first-tier great. Hence, overrated. I think much of the reason he is overrated is due to his personality and media presence, which tends to obscure what he actually did accomplish.

02-12-2008, 04:40 AM	#7
DurryVony Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 595 Senior Member	Actually, reading your comment again, I take back my disagreement As you say, he was a great player, but might not be greater than others you mention, like Lendl or Connors. Yeah, I was thinking more in terms of the definition of overrated, which is being praised or honored out of proportion to what one has actually accomplished. To me, McEnroe is on the second-to-third tier of the all-time greats, but he gets talked about like he was a first-tier great. Hence, overrated. I think much of the reason he is overrated is due to his personality and media presence, which tends to obscure what he actually did accomplish.
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