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Steve Bartman won the Golden Glove award on behalf of the Marlins!
LOL @ da Cubs
there's nothing wrong with his work ethic ... just because he wants to be a kid and not be a little camp-whore like everyone else, he has no work ethic?
fact: the reason bucky was ranked so low for so long is because he didn't pay money to go to all the bullshit, premadonna, high school camps.
...to play for Bill Lazor.
Anybody know if this will affect his decision?
-David Boston was considered one of the best receivers in the NFL
-The Gramatica brothers were the best kickers in the league
-Saddam Hussein hadn't been captured
-Michael Vick was on the cover of Madden and was on the verge of returning from his broken leg
You could be a fan of the team that hasn't beaten us since then. Although I don't know an earthly reason why anyone would be that
My sister tore her ACL and it was about a year later when she could use her knee with complete confidence as if nothing happened. So I agree with your statement. I am incouraged about what you said around the 4 month mark. I am sure Exum will have the want to to overcome this situation faster.
Are those rants still not cool to quote?
"How am I supposed to make my teammates better with practice?"
All JJ has to do is go down the hall and talk to Dennis Wolfe about that. He executes the 1-3-1 out of timeouts and it usually works. Of course Wolfe learned a lot from Greenburg, so going to him is like going back to what we already had...hmmm...
-I was in 6th grade.
-Songs like "In Da Club" by 50 cent had just come out.
-Wazzup just became a thing.
-Ray Charles was still alive.
-The Raiders were in the super bowl.
-2 Fast 2 Furious was in theatres.
-Lou Holtz was still coaching (USC)
There are tons of examples of 2/3 stars beating out 5 star guys. There are tons of guys who are unheralded/under-recruited who go on to be stars. That in no way means that the ranking system is irrelevant.
Rankings give us an idea as to the probability of a player contributing, and their potential cieling if they do so. So, as the article in this post pointed out, yes there were a fair amount (nearly half) of 5 star qb recuits that didn't pan out. And there were certainly a lot of other non-five-star qbs who did. But the hit rate for the five stars was far higher than the others. Nearly 50% of the five star quarterbacks went on to be multi-year starters, and several of them (Tyrod, Tim Tebow, Matt Stafford, and Cam Newton) went on to be some of the best ever at their respective schools. That's with only 23 of them ranked. How many non-five-star quarterbacks were also recruited during that time? Far more than 23. Probably closer to 1,500 (just my ballpark estimate, given over 100 schools, each taking 1-2 qbs on average). How many of those guys never start, or have to change positions, or wash out, or only start on final year and are just meh? Way more than 50%
Finding individual anecdotes of lower recruited players beating out more highly touted peers doesn't refute the ranking system. It's probability - it happens. And I do believe some coaches do a good job of finding under-recruited/under-rated prospects (like Beamer, for instance), which may scew the rankings some. But that doesn't mean the ranking system is worthless. Higher rated players generally have a greater probability of success than the lower ones.
Still in middle school. Didn't really think about going to college or watch much college sports, but I still knew VT>LOLUVA
Plus, just as we saw with Brady, there are a lot of complications that can come with ACL surgery. Even if you go to James Andrews (most Orthopedic Surgeons have no clue how he became so famous) there is a possibility of some complications. I said above that it takes a full year to get back to where you were before. That includes rebuilding the muscle and having the confidence in your knee to make the cuts you were making before.
You don't even have to go back ten, just look at the last five and you can see how many 4/5 stars pan out and how many 2/3 stars end up contributing. Maddy was a 2 star and Harley was a 4 star and yet Maddy was a starter/contributor and Harley didn't really come on until near the end of the season and is pretty much 4th or 5th in the DT rotation.
Al Groh was still considered a great coach and would lead UVA to ACC championship levels.
Maybe Chip is hiring Lazor for his previous NFL experience, in which he has coached under some of the best HC (6 SB championships amongst them). But, if there were ever two contrasting offensive styles, it would definitely be Chip Kelly and Bill Lazor. I guess Lazor will provide NFL-style QB coaching that Chip probably lacked at Oregon. Nevertheless, weird hire for Chip.
A lot of it depends on your health before the injury. As stated, it doesn't take the full term for it to heal. What takes the most time is getting the strength back to where it was before since you lose so much muscle. Having the confidence to make cuts can be a struggle too. Every person is different though. Some go through a year of rehab and then make one cut after that year and tear it again while others are back out there in 6 months. There's no silver bullet to this one, but I hope that Tone can get back out there soon.
The only thing I think "blue chip" means is that the probability of the player being a significant contributor is a little higher. But every major program has 2/3 star guys that turn into big time players. And yes, Danny Coale is, and always will be, wide open.
Having never personally torn my ACL, it's nice to get some insight from someone who has.
I was in 3rd grade. Good lord.
Oh, it was also the last time we lost the Black Diamond Trophy and Commonwealth Cup in the same year. That event was ceremoniously rectified the next years.
- "Lost" was still a year away (I hate that show with such a passion).
- I was a senior in High School
- Allen Iverson's practice rant and Herm Edwards "you play to win the game" speech were still cool to quote.
- iPod's were heavy and monochrome- oh, and new.
- Al Groh was considered a mediocre coach. After he was just plain bad.
- Maryland was a legit ACC football threat.
He stinks and he was overpaid. They might now find someone who doesn't stink.
(Tom O'Brien sliding over to OC?)
- The Red Sox were still cursed.
- Saddam Hussein was still alive and on the run
- Friends was still on NBC
