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Bill Buckner. He’ll forever be remembered and cursed for one error, though I think he may finally find some salvation now that Boston’s won one.
Scott “Wide Right” Norwood. Poor guy missed one not-exactly easy field goal under intense pressure, and never lived it down.
Todd “Sucker Punch” Bertuzzi. A good player whose legacy now is overshadowed by one stupid decision.
Yeah, that Clinton “scandal” made his approval ratings go up to one of the highest ratings ever. What President would actually want to be liked by 2/3 of the country! Talk about your mistakes.
And along those same lines, Scott “Wide Right” Norwood, possibly the only person who can credibly claim to have single-handedly lost the Super Bowl. I doubt that anyone but Bills fans knew much of him before January 27, 1991, but no one who was watching will ever forget it.
He was already very weird and he might not have been at his peak. But he was sued in '93 and still very popular.
Hey, isn’t that the guy said to have single-handedly lost the Super Bowl back in '91?
Hey jackelope, read the post YOU QUOTED:
bolding mine
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That whole fruit thing with Adam.
Shoeless Joe Jackson.
Arguably Roman Polanski.
We wouldn’t be living in Stone Mountain today without her!
I’d say no. He was famous for cleaning up a lot of Manhattan and making it liveable once more. He was the politician who said that criminals and decay were not to be considered part of NYC’s ‘charm’ any more. Hardly a lackluster reputation.
His immediate reputation pre-9/11 was mostly for the Rudy-Judy-Donna soap opera that was going on at the time. 9/11 skyrocketed his reputation through the roof (and deservedly so, IMHO).
Police Commissioner Bernard Kerak was a hero in 9/11, but his illegal alien maid sent him downward.
I’d say it was her reputation that had the more drastic change.
One day: successful up-and-coming young’un getting a taste ( 
) of government.
Next day: permanent BJ joke, fat joke, ugly joke, cigar joke, dress joke, etc.
Definitely her, not him. He’s still the pretty cool ex-president that most of his supporters feel disappointed in, but still love.
From a Behind the Music episode: Billy Squire who had video of himself dancing very badly on MTV.
Woodie Hayes, who punched a player during a bowl game.
Al Campanis/Jimmy the Greek with their comments on black athletes.
I think we should make it a rule that these people needed to have an established reputation before it was changed - OJ Simpson yes; Scott Norwood no. Otherwise we’re mostly asking for people who became famous for doing something bad.
Every single time I’ve heard this phrase it was in the context of making a mistake. For example, in the film “The Right Stuff”. If it ever meant doing nothing, the meaning has long since changed.
I’ve always heard “screwing the pooch” used to describe inattention to work related actvities, whether willful or accidental. I was in the military for 23 years and it was a popular euphemism for a period of time, I think during the 70’s.
Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggert