A player's mother once asked me about judging talent and coaches that work with the talent. Her statement was that coaching was about 95% of importance to winning in high school ball with the team needing only about 5% talent to be successful. She continued to claim that in college sports, the converse was true. The team would only need about 5% coaching with 95% talent to win. My first reaction, which was to laugh, but I kept my composure and proceeded to explain that everything she held as a belief about winning in sports was wrong. The cold fact of life is you need talented players to win. The better the talent, the more you win. High school, college or professional teams need the great athletes to win consistently.
I am awed and amazed by the fact that coaches still recruit SLOW players. All sports seem to be changing at record speed. Football now plays a wide open game similar to sandlot games we played Saturday and Sunday with other kids in the neighborhood. Spread the field! Make the defenders have to protect every inch of the field. SLOW does not cut the tomatoes anymore. Speed kills in traffic and speed kills in football, only in football, speed can be offset by defenders with SPEED! The same can be said for soccer, basketball, volleyball and other team sports.
Did I say team sports? Whoa!!! Individual sports as well. I just watched Roger Federer dust off his opponent at the U. S. Open Tennis Championship. He is FAST. Give me athletes with SPEED!!!
Having spoken of football, Michigan needs a healthy dose of speed and quickness. The attempt by Michigan to stay up with those Oregon receivers was embarrassing. Speed kills! Speed may cost some jobs at the end of the season thus killing careers.
What about Notre Dame? Penn State beat them like the old tom-tom. Does not Notre Dame have the" Messiah of Football Coaching". The man from the Patriots! He was going to save N. D. football. He will not be hugely successful until he gets some speed! He has SLOW players. The sad point is Penn State looked great against N. D., but did you notice? They are SLOW also, but they were faster than the ole N. D., meanwhile L. S. U. romped over Virginia Tech. The Tigers are loaded with speed. Team SPEED! The defense can run to the ball and the offense can explode in a heartbeat. They are not the only teams that have the speed!
The Oklahoma Sooner's are a fast team. Their receivers and running backs can cover the ground in a hurry. They are dangerous, because they have TALENT and SPEED. Coaches drool over talent and speed. I have actually slobbered at the mouth talking about talent. Watch coaches when they get excited about an athlete. They begin talking louder and faster (speed) and using gestures of which speech teachers would be proud.
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I am awed and amazed by the fact that coaches still recruit SLOW players. All sports seem to be changing at record speed. Football now plays a wide open game similar to sandlot games we played Saturday and Sunday with other kids in the neighborhood. Spread the field! Make the defenders have to protect every inch of the field. SLOW does not cut the tomatoes anymore. Speed kills in traffic and speed kills in football, only in football, speed can be offset by defenders with SPEED! The same can be said for soccer, basketball, volleyball and other team sports.
Did I say team sports? Whoa!!! Individual sports as well. I just watched Roger Federer dust off his opponent at the U. S. Open Tennis Championship. He is FAST. Give me athletes with SPEED!!!
Having spoken of football, Michigan needs a healthy dose of speed and quickness. The attempt by Michigan to stay up with those Oregon receivers was embarrassing. Speed kills! Speed may cost some jobs at the end of the season thus killing careers.
What about Notre Dame? Penn State beat them like the old tom-tom. Does not Notre Dame have the" Messiah of Football Coaching". The man from the Patriots! He was going to save N. D. football. He will not be hugely successful until he gets some speed! He has SLOW players. The sad point is Penn State looked great against N. D., but did you notice? They are SLOW also, but they were faster than the ole N. D., meanwhile L. S. U. romped over Virginia Tech. The Tigers are loaded with speed. Team SPEED! The defense can run to the ball and the offense can explode in a heartbeat. They are not the only teams that have the speed!
The Oklahoma Sooner's are a fast team. Their receivers and running backs can cover the ground in a hurry. They are dangerous, because they have TALENT and SPEED. Coaches drool over talent and speed. I have actually slobbered at the mouth talking about talent. Watch coaches when they get excited about an athlete. They begin talking louder and faster (speed) and using gestures of which speech teachers would be proud.
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