Taking a look back at the ten HoF classes from the 90s, which of them was top-to-bottom the best of the best in your opinion?
Red Dog
02-07-06, 01:07 PM
So we have to do the research? You started the thread, so post the classes. :)
edit: nevermind - I see them in the poll now.
kenbuzz
02-07-06, 01:11 PM
So we have to do the research? You started the thread, so post the classes. :)Dude, you have to gimme a minute to post the poll! ;) And gimme another to provide some links!
kenbuzz
02-07-06, 01:11 PM
View Enshrinees by Class: http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/years.jsp
Red Dog
02-07-06, 01:12 PM
I went with '98. 2nd choice would be '93.
cleaver
02-07-06, 01:29 PM
93 by a hair over 99
cdollaz
02-07-06, 01:36 PM
Wow, not many QB's in that decade. We are making up for it in the 00's
cdollaz
02-07-06, 01:39 PM
I went with 99. Second would be 90.
The Cow
02-07-06, 01:48 PM
'90 with a nod to '93
LurkerDan
02-07-06, 01:50 PM
The Jimmy Johnson in 94 threw me for a loop, I couldn't believe he was inducted just after leaving the Cowboys. Then I went to your link and realized it was a different Jimmy Johnson.
I voted 1993, 2 of the great coaches, one of the top 3 RBs ever, a great QB...
twikoff
02-07-06, 02:00 PM
put me down for '93 :up:
namja
02-07-06, 02:12 PM
93 by a hair over 99
That was my initial thought but ... I dunno, they all seem pretty good. And it's kinda hard to vote against 90 with seven guys.
cleaver
02-07-06, 02:22 PM
That was my initial thought but ... I dunno, they all seem pretty good. And it's kinda hard to vote against 90 with seven guys.
I don't know how Griese got in, Franco Harris shied away from contact like Ricky Martin shies away from women, and I don't know who Buchanan or St. Clair are.
Red Dog
02-07-06, 02:27 PM
I don't know how Griese got in, Franco Harris shied away from contact like Ricky Martin shies away from women, and I don't know who Buchanan or St. Clair are.
I eliminated '90 from consideration quickly.
I had a feeling '93 would win this - very big names there, but big names doesn't necessarily mean the best.
I also had a feeling that I wouldn't have much company in voting '98 because there is only one skill position guy there (McDonald) and I doubt anybody who posts in pro football threads here was around to see him play. People tend to gravitate to the skill position players and coaches in these kind of assessments.
twikoff
02-07-06, 02:29 PM
going down that list.. payton was enough to get my vote.. but walsh sealed it for me
noll, fouts, and little just were icing
Lunatikk
02-07-06, 02:34 PM
voted for 99 with 93 getting honorable mention
wildcatlh
02-07-06, 05:25 PM
I eliminated '90 from consideration quickly.
I had a feeling '93 would win this - very big names there, but big names doesn't necessarily mean the best.
I also had a feeling that I wouldn't have much company in voting '98 because there is only one skill position guy there (McDonald) and I doubt anybody who posts in pro football threads here was around to see him play. People tend to gravitate to the skill position players and coaches in these kind of assessments.
I voted '93, but '98 was second for me. Munoz is (probably) the best offensive tackle of all time. If Stephenson's career hadn't been cut short by injury, he could've ended up as the greatest center of all time (and it's a shame it took him so long to get inducted). Singletary is one of the best defensive players ever. But I couldn't argue with a class that included Payton and some of the best coaches ever.
kenbuzz
02-08-06, 09:19 AM
I voted for '93 but I'm admittedly biased -- I was there in 93 for the induction ceremony.... was a personal guest of Larry Little. Got to meet the whole class: Dan Fouts, Chuck Noll, Walter Payton, Bill Walsh, and of course, LL.
Cool story about how I met LL. I was living in Dayton back in '92 when the NFL expanded the WLAF (World League of American Football) into Columbus -- the Ohio Glory. I bought season tickets with a buddy (Greg) and on a whim we decided to follow the team to Barcelona for their first and only trip to Europe. The team sucked, and after going 0-5 to open the season, the Glory's front office was desperate to find anything to put a positive spin on. So they trotted Greg and I out in front of the media.
We not only got to meet the team and LL, but a local TV station sent a reporter and camera crew to Barcelona for a week to film the team, the game, and us. The team gave us unlimited access, including on-field passes, locker room passes, press box passes -- the whole magilla. After the game (which Ohio lost 20-10), we were in the press box when Coach Little came to us, hat in hand, and said we was sorry we had travelled so far "in vain". We were floored, and assured LL that we had a great time, the team played extremely well against a very very good Dragon squad, and that there was no need to apologize for squat. The team took care of us when we got back to Ohio and we had access to everything for the rest of the year.
When the HoF Class of '93 was announced and we learned that LL was on it, I contacted him to offer my congratulations. He was coaching at Bethune-Cookman then. I told him that Greg and I were thrilled that he had been tapped and that we were looking forward to being there in Canton to see him get inducted personally.
Later that day, LL contacted me at work and asked if we would like to be his personal guest at the ceremony. Of course I immediately said yes.
So there we were, sitting with LL's family and closest friends, in the roped-off VIP section up front. To our left was Dan Fouts's family, to our right were the family's of Chuck Noll, Walter Payton and Bill Walsh. That day we got to meet Don Shula (LL's speaker) and too many other famous NFLers than I can recall. We got a private escorted tour of the HoF with LL & family, and sat in on the press luncheon. It was a thrill, I tell ya!
So now, I can say in all honesty, that a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame once apologized to me, personally, for his team losing a game. How many can say that? ;)
chrisih8u
02-08-06, 09:21 AM
Wow, cool story. :up:
LorenzoL
02-08-06, 09:24 AM
Damm, that's a very nice story. :up:
BTW, I voted for '93.
shizawn
02-08-06, 11:47 AM
I also voted '93, partially because Fouts is my favorite player of all time, but mostly becase of Sweetness, Noll and Walsh.
Red Dog
02-08-06, 12:10 PM
I voted '93, but '98 was second for me. Munoz is (probably) the best offensive tackle of all time. If Stephenson's career hadn't been cut short by injury, he could've ended up as the greatest center of all time (and it's a shame it took him so long to get inducted). Singletary is one of the best defensive players ever. But I couldn't argue with a class that included Payton and some of the best coaches ever.
Paul Krause is one of the greatest safeties ever as well. Isn't he the career INT leader?
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