roger federer, please hire a coach

[hoopster42]

you are the greatest player i have ever seen, like poetry in motion on the court, do the right thing and hire tony roche (again) or brad gilbert to be your coach before the us open begins, get a 2nd opinion, you'll be happy you did and will probably win another us open because of it,

sampras won 3 slams after his 27th bday, agassi won 5 slams after his 27th, you can do the same if you just put your damn stubborness aside!

GO ROGER!

[daggerkobe]

Please............ retire.

He's completely embarrassing himself now.

[hoopster42]

"embarrassing" is WAY too strong a word. he lost in the semis in the aussie open, the finals of the french, and a 5-set heartbreak loss in the wimbledon final, now he loses in a non-grand slam to the #22 ranked player in the world, even sampras had matches like this once in a while

[SBR Lou]

I'd rather watch Brett Favre in uniform before watching Federer step onto the court again.





























okay I'm kidding, but it WAS still an embarrassing, inexcusable performance tonight losing as a -3300 favorite...

[Stacocakes]

Ya players have these days.Remember Youzhny beat Nadal this year 6-0 6-1
That seems more emberassing to me then this performance. Fed just played like shit

[hoopster42]

I'd rather watch Brett Favre in uniform before watching Federer step onto the court again.

okay I'm kidding, but it WAS still an embarrassing, inexcusable performance tonight losing as a -3300 favorite...

crazyl, i was gonna tear my few hairs out my friend!

i was gonna say that he just participated in one of the most memorable matches in tennis history just 17 days ago, and you're saying this!?!?!

i bet he was as much or more of a favorite vs. canas in those 2 losses last yr, it happens dude

[hoopster42]

roger always brings it in the grand slams, don't forget that he's made the finals in something like 16 of the last 17 slams!!! (only aussie '08 where he lost in semis!)

[Stacocakes]

Canas isn't that bad.Was 8th in the world once before his ban

[SBR Lou]

Even Tiger Woods needs a swing instructor.

[hoopster42]

Canas isn't that bad.Was 8th in the world once before his ban

thats 'cause he was doping, since he's returned, he hasn't done much, i think he's 50th in the world or thereabouts

[HeeeHAWWWW]

The Canas loss was less damning - he has a playing style that's a really bad match for Federer. Simon should have been easy meat for Federer, he just doesn't have the weapons or retrieval skills to do any damage.

Last night Federer beat himself, just totally lost it at key points. It was almost self destructive, as he repeatedly threw away serves. In particular, serving at 4-5 in the second, he breaks himself with 4 straight unforced errors. The 3rd set was even worse.

This was inexplicable because unlike his losses in the year, he was physically fine, moving really well. Against Djokovic at the Aus Open, and Fish/Murray soon after, he was clearly struggling to get to the ball. Here he wasn't, it was the error count that killed him, and he was unable to do anything about it.

[jjgold]

Johnny Mac should coach him

[max_asdf]

i dont think roger gave a damn about rogers cup... -.-

[hoopster42]

Johnny Mac should coach him

i think thats an awesome idea, plus johnnie mac can give him insight on how a lefty player thinks, ala nadal

[daggerkobe]

Even Mac can beat him at this point.

[hoopster42]

Even Mac can beat him at this point.

come on daggerkobe, thats fukkin ludicrous. this roger bashing is gettin outta hand, seriously, the guy made the aussie semis, french final, and lost in an epic wimbledon final, maybe the best match of all time, cut the guy some fukkin slack for cryin out loud,

[daggerkobe]

#1 players should not be making the finals, they should winning them.

[Shark79]

All great ones have these type of streaks ... reality check is in his list ... once he realizes it ... we will ALL forget these type of losses.

[hoopster42]

dagger, pete sampras who leads with 14 lifetime slams, lost 3 times in grand slam finals, youve gotta bring more than that dude

[daggerkobe]

Federer lost 4 slams too.

But Sampras never went 0-4 in Grand Slams in any year during his prime. Federer is 0-3 and going on 0-4.

Even the washed up Sampras beat him earlier this year. So I think Mac can take him.

[max_asdf]

federer's got the us open!!
book it!!

[daggerkobe]

[HeeeHAWWWW]

Even the washed up Sampras beat him earlier this year. So I think Mac can take him.

Yeah, and the 50+yr old MacEnroe beat Sampras. Non-competitive matches don't mean a thing, because they're .... non-competitive. The active player just doesn't want to get injured, the inactive one can play their heart out.

The only indisputable comparison between the two that can be made is that they met at Wimbledon, when Sampras was on a career best grass winning run, and a 19yr old Federer beat him. That was 2 years before his first slam, and 5 years before his peak. The Federer of 2006 was a massively better player too, off the charts superior to 2001.

[daggerkobe]

I'm not saying Sampras or Mac is better than Federer. I'm saying they can beat him as Sampras proved. He was +225 for that match I believe. I would take Mac also at those odds.

[hoopster42]

Yeah, and the 50+yr old MacEnroe beat Sampras. Non-competitive matches don't mean a thing, because they're .... non-competitive. The active player just doesn't want to get injured, the inactive one can play their heart out.

The only indisputable comparison between the two that can be made is that they met at Wimbledon, when Sampras was on a career best grass winning run, and a 19yr old Federer beat him. That was 2 years before his first slam, and 5 years before his peak. The Federer of 2006 was a massively better player too, off the charts superior to 2001.

beautifully put, and not just because i agree with it