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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
... Is it? I guess it depends what you think the mantle describes. In terms of career accomplishments it isn't yet but will be soon, he's going to win at least another Major or two. Maybe even five. In terms of peak? That's very much a debate and always will be. In terms of just a sense of greatness - the feeling that you're watching someone special do something incredible and that you, as a spectator, are experiencing an important moment in sport - he never had much of a chance at being the GOAT in that sense.
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I mean he's literally two events away from doing something no one in the history of the men's game has done, so what more do you want? I get people really hate Novak, and he's more of a machine than a guy who delivers excitement and flair, but I also think he's easily the most disrespected athlete of our time. I feel like it's pretty special and incredible that he can be treated like trash by the crowd and still make them shut the #### up time and again. His mental strength is maybe the greatest we've ever seen from any athlete.