Recruiting Football Talk VII

[Enki_Amenra]

 

[DD4ME]

Deion should be a politician.

 

[DD4ME]

pooooop

Really bad.

 

[DD4ME]

I'd be willing bet that we hit over 10 home runs in this series. After watching what Louisville did they are NOT ready for the best power line up in America. If we lose this series we have to play pretty bad IMO

From what I recall in prior years it depends on the weather at their park. Their park plays to their small ball strengths.

 

[SugarCC]

Catching up on Sugar. Wife won’t get into it.

It's a slow burn. I'm enjoying it, believing it's leading to something bigger.

 

[DD4ME]

Agree on the pitching. Someone posted a big stats comparison between us and UK. And frankly, on paper, we smoke them. But we all know that’s on paper. If our pitching shows up like it can, we can sweep them.

The two teams are well suited for their arenas. If their park plays short we could torch them. If it plays long like I have observed before they could eek out a sweep. Make no bones, UK has outperformed us on some neutral sites. They swept Bama and we lost to Bama.

 

[SugarCC]

I believe I've seen severance. . .

I know I've seen Severance the movie. You definitely need to watch that,

Isn't the movie about hunting people for sport, or something like that?

 

[drvenner]

That's one reason football is so popular. . .you have a position for the fatties and bean poles to play and be successful.

It blows my mind that players can practice and condition themselves at the level they do and still have a tire around their waist. They must eat truckloads to stay that size. . . but, I also ate truckloads and could never again a lb over about 180. . . which is my point, I guess. There is a spot on the field for all body types

Disagree. You have a huge advantage if you're physically gifted in football and basketball. You don't have to be a certain height or weight or 40 time to be successful at baseball. You have to develop those skills but "average" athletes can excel at baseball.

 

[drvenner]

You realize I.Q. tests are normed to the population taking the test at the time and to some extent they are valid over a period of years. Comparing I.Q. scores from a hundred years ago to today's is probably more art than science, and not really reliable. A 36 on the ACT is not the same as a 36 30 years ago.
Facts on the ground are that the math skill requirements to graduate the eighth grade of a 100 years ago wouldn't be met by most of the high school graduates today.

Wut?

 

[TN-POSSUM]

 

[DD4ME]

Disagree. You have a huge advantage if you're physically gifted in football and basketball. You don't have to be a certain height or weight or 40 time to be successful at baseball. You have to develop those skills but "average" athletes can excel at baseball.

Average athlete is not accurate IMO when it comes to hand eye. My son plays Tennis and I see similar. At mid levela you don't need to fit a height or speed measurable, but you do have to have elite hand eye. At the upper levels agility becomes very important and hand eye and knowledge play a smaller role.

 

[jave36]

Average athlete is not accurate IMO when it comes to hand eye. My son plays Tennis and I see similar. At mid levela you don't need to fit a height or speed measurable, but you do have to have elite hand eye. At the upper levels agility becomes very important and hand eye and knowledge play a smaller role.

Hand eye and strength and bat speed are suuuuuper important to hitting a baseball at every level. It's a different athleticism, but you absolutely need to be an elite athlete to be an elite baseball player (these days). Just not the same kind of athletes as football and basketball.

 

[drvenner]

In high school? You use Jordan in the minors as your exhibit A then a high school league for the counter example? No amount of athleticism will make a receiver or running back successful if they don't know the play at any decent level of football. If the RB goes right while the OL blocks left, he's not going anywhere. If the wr runs a completely wrong route than what the play was called, he's not catching a pass most of the time.

Whereas a clueless baseball player who's had millions of reps and exceptional bat speed and coordination will be able to hit a pitcher no matter how clueless he is. Your team didn't win state just because they "knew" baseball, they won state because they were physically gifted hitters, which is all about reps/experience and raw talent. And probably some good in game coaching to tell them which pitches to expect.

Chicks dig the long ball.

 

[BigOrange15]

Deion should be a politician.

I'm so ready for this dude to go away. Wonder what he's going to do when he can't pawn recruiting off on his kids?

 

[drvenner]

Average athlete is not accurate IMO when it comes to hand eye. My son plays Tennis and I see similar. At mid levela you don't need to fit a height or speed measurable, but you do have to have elite hand eye. At the upper levels agility becomes very important and hand eye and knowledge play a smaller role.

Agree but if you have that, you don't need to be 6'6" and run a 4.5. No doubt major Leaguers are blessed with that skill.

 

[Glitch]

I did it for him.

 

[BleedOrange16]

Quiet in here. Everyone must be saving their posts for the UK series.. . .

 

[Jackcrevol]

. . . also. . . 4 episodes into Fallout. Still better than expected. Surprising that they could include so much stuff (even side missions) from the game and make it make sense.

 

[SweetasSoda]

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Isn't the movie about hunting people for sport, or something like that?

Nah. It's about a company that sends some workers on a "team building" camp. It's a good comedy/horror movie.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

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Sorry all you had to play was Chizhik as a kid,

 

[SweetasSoda]

 

[butchna]

Any interest in Peyton Joseph…6’4 300 lb IOL four star that just decommitted from Florida?

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Moon right now over Knoxville

 

[SweetasSoda]