Nadalites – Rafa Nadal Talk

[El Dude]

Rather than do yet another round of pointless tit-for-tat (I've deleted my past attempt), I've coined a new term (based on Godwin's Law):

Moxie's Law: "As a discussion with Moxie about Nadal grows longer, the probability that she wildly misinterprets something as an attack on Nadal approaches 1."

 

[Moxie]

I said its not a knock on Rafa because I (rightfully, unfortunately) predicted you would--yet again--completely misinterpret my words to the negative and go into the defensive. I get it, you adore Rafa and love arguing on the internet, but all I can say is--again--I wasn't knocking Rafa. Your response is based on misinterpreting what i said as a dig - which is familiar territory for us (do we really have to do this again?).

I said absolutely nothing negative about him in that post, nor implied that he wasn't great off clay. That is just your misinterpretation at work. I'm not saying he's Sergi Bruguera but yes, he specialized on clay, which is why the bulk of his accomplishments came on clay. He's less "equilateral" and more "scalene" than Roger and Novak, but the triangle is no less impressive.

I don't think I'm misinterpreting you. You say that that Roger and Novak are more "generalists," and that's not actually true. Well, the one who has adapted best to all surfaces is Novak, but it did help that his biggest competition was getting older and wearier when he still had time on his legs. Try to cop for a second to your own tilt on things, instead of just laying it on others. You did call Rafa a "clay specialist," and I think that notion got retired years ago, by people paying attention.

 

[El Dude]

Moxie, see my revised post.

 

[El Dude]

Moxie, obviously he's not just a clay specialist - but he does specialize on clay, which is why the bulk of his accomplishments are on clay. He was great off clay, too. Again, scalene vs. equilaterial. It is a spectrum with Rafa being more specialized than Roger, both of whom were more specialized than Novak.

 

[Moxie]

Moxie, obviously he's not just a clay specialist - but he does specialize on clay, which is why the bulk of his accomplishments are on clay. He was great off clay, too. Again, scalene vs. equilaterial. It is a spectrum with Rafa being more specialized than Roger, both of whom were more specialized than Novak.

See, you have to walk it back a bit. You don't have to be insulting to admit you got it a bit wrong. With your "Moxie's Law." This IS a fan thread, after all, and I'm going to hold your feet to the fire on your words. I'll stand by for your apology on being so rude to me.