Wacky Mac?

[Kieran]

You have to love the bloke, he's a torrent of incoherence and brutally formed ideas, but he generates ink and chatter. Here he is in today's Telegraph, showing how he'd transform the game. If you don't want to read how he'd change the sport, I'll give a brief bullet-point summary below:

• No warm up
• No lets on serve
• Separate changing rooms like players can big-up on hate before the fight…er, “match.”
• No linesmen, players call the line
• More trash talk
• Tiebreaks at 3-3 in the fifth (like soccer!)


Bizarrely, he thinks that if there was a three week break after Paris in his day, he'd have prepared better for Paris. Dunno if that scans right, chronologically, but there you have it. I must declare: I like Mac, I think his enthusiasm and yap is great, even if he talks a load of old pony a lot of the time...

 

[Kirijax]

It's almost like he's throwing crap at the wall just to see how much of it will stick. He's definitely entertaining but he's not the guy to listen to if you want good analysis of a match.

 

[Front242]

He took steroids for 6 years that were deemed too strong for horses so it's probably destroyed his head and shows "roid rage" is indeed no myth given how bad his temper was. I just laugh at the dumb stuff he comes up with. Every day of the week someone else has "the greatest forehand of all time".

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/mcenroe-i-was-given-steroids-but-did-not-know-572791.html

 

[Tennis Miller]

Other great ideas from JMac:

1. No more sets or games. Just total points decides winner. First one to 20.[This will speed up tournaments so that commentators do not have to work such long hours.]
2. Revise all past match results per above
3. Alternatively, whoever has more forehand winners is the better player, so that person wins1
4. If a person's draw is a "cakewalk", and/or is filled with clowns, jokers, yokels, losers, gutless morons or pathetic excuses for professional players, cancel the tournament and just give that person the trophy
5. Place remotes inside each ball and give each player a controller to change the flight of the ball in mid-shot
6. Raise the net
7. Lower the net
8. Remove the net
9. Make the whole court the service box
10. Make women play in high heels
11. Make the men play in high heels
12. No more matches on CLAY!!!!

 

[Kirijax]

Other great ideas from JMac:

1. No more sets or games. Just total points decides winner. First one to 20.[This will speed up tournaments so that commentators do not have to work such long hours.]
2. Revise all past match results per above
3. Alternatively, whoever has more forehand winners is the better player, so that person wins1
4. If a person's draw is a "cakewalk", and/or is filled with clowns, jokers, yokels, losers, gutless morons or pathetic excuses for professional players, cancel the tournament and just give that person the trophy
5. Place remotes inside each ball and give each player a controller to change the flight of the ball in mid-shot
6. Raise the net
7. Lower the net
8. Remove the net
9. Make the whole court the service box
10. Make women play in high heels
11. Make the men play in high heels
12. No more matches on CLAY!!!!

^:laydownlaughing

 

[Kieran]

:snicker

By the way, #3 on your list was originally our friend Cali's idea...

 

[Tennis Miller]

:snicker

By the way, #3 on your list was originally our friend Cali's idea...

Thank you for noticing. The callback was intentional! I believe #4 should be popular on this board as well.

By the way, I have one more:

13. All major titles should have an asterisk, and extensive footnotes, explaining why the winner actually should not have won, was lucky to win, what injuries or obstacles their opponents had to deal with, who really should have won, and a complete listing of all "What if..." and "coulda, shoulda, woulda" scenarios.

Actually, come to think of it, that last one aleady exists. It's called "The Tennis Frontier Forum"!

Cheers
TM

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

hmm. McEnroe used to play the wct tour in spring in the 80s I think, and didn't much play European clay, but I could be wrong..so that's mr McEnroe talking bollux about his f.o chances..

in 1984 I'm pretty sure he and lendl played the forest hills clay summut or other? (wct) in new york..the same week as some big clay tourney was happening in Europe.prior to fo 1984.

players call the lines ??????????..surely mr McEnroe is jesting a little bit. he cannot be serious. ras: couldn't help myself).

 

[the AntiPusher]

You have to love the bloke, he's a torrent of incoherence and brutally formed ideas, but he generates ink and chatter. Here he is in today's Telegraph, showing how he'd transform the game. If you don't want to read how he'd change the sport, I'll give a brief bullet-point summary below:

• No warm up
• No lets on serve
• Separate changing rooms like players can big-up on hate before the fight…er, “match.”
• No linesmen, players call the line
• More trash talk
• Tiebreaks at 3-3 in the fifth (like soccer!)


Bizarrely, he thinks that if there was a three week break after Paris in his day, he'd have prepared better for Paris. Dunno if that scans right, chronologically, but there you have it. I must declare: I like Mac, I think his enthusiasm and yap is great, even if he talks a load of old pony a lot of the time...

well,he actually topped himself today.
1. Stan has the greatest bh Ever( even Roger loving Patrick said, let's see you said Pete has the greatest serve, Roger thegreatest fh, Serena the greatest serve , you have the greatest volley)
2. He said Rafa should not play RG again because Novak broke his will in the 3rd set and Rafael should concentrate on the other majors,( even the other Chris asked him if he was sure about that one, did he want to take it back.
3.,Roger has the easier path with his draw.

 

[brokenshoelace]

You have to love the bloke, he's a torrent of incoherence and brutally formed ideas, but he generates ink and chatter. Here he is in today's Telegraph, showing how he'd transform the game. If you don't want to read how he'd change the sport, I'll give a brief bullet-point summary below:

• No warm up
• No lets on serve
• Separate changing rooms like players can big-up on hate before the fight…er, “match.”
• No linesmen, players call the line
• More trash talk
• Tiebreaks at 3-3 in the fifth (like soccer!)


Bizarrely, he thinks that if there was a three week break after Paris in his day, he'd have prepared better for Paris. Dunno if that scans right, chronologically, but there you have it. I must declare: I like Mac, I think his enthusiasm and yap is great, even if he talks a load of old pony a lot of the time...

well,he actually topped himself today.
1. Stan has the greatest bh Ever( even Roger loving Patrick said, let's see you said Pete has the greatest serve, Roger thegreatest fh, Serena the greatest serve , you have the greatest volley)
2. He said Rafa should not play RG again because Novak broke his will in the 3rd set and Rafael should concentrate on the other majors,( even the other Chris asked him if he was sure about that one, did he want to take it back.
3.,Roger has the easier path with his draw.

AP, keep that in mind every time you reference Mac as an expert and/or good commentator. Mac was a terrific player. He's pretty terrible at most other things.