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re: Mix of Blue Chips- SCrooster
Posted on 1/21/14 at 8:41 am to A Gamecock
Posted on 1/21/14 at 8:41 am to A Gamecock
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You're right, I kinda overlooked shaq because he was on staff this year and around the linebackers.
He even told me it's different being a field general versus being a sideline guy ... and that he understood better why the coaches were always saying, "we can't do it for you once the ball is in play."
I've always said what makes Peyton Manning so good is that he is a field general. He's not a likable person in person - he's really an arse. He doesn't have a great arm and he sure as hell is not a scrambler. But the guy is a field general.
Connor Shaw was a blue collar, field general type, QB for us.
If we really stop to think about it, we could probably name our All-Time blue collar team. It would be more apparent at every position than you can imagine ... the only debate being who is blue collar and who is blue chipper. But, as stated earlier, the fact at of the matter is that players like Marcus Lattimore are both blue collar and blue chipper. There's not many of those around but they are out there.
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Posted on 1/31/14 at 8:32 pm to scrooster
AJ McCarron had his first long interview this week, out from under the thumb of Saban.
When asked what happened to Bama's season, he said the younger players had no work ethic. The were all 5 star guys that thought you just show up and win a championship, while the older guys know it's hard work. He went on and on about it too... leaving no room for doubt what his opinion was, though he didn't name names.
He also called out the recruiting services, saying they are just people in a cubicle who never played football, judging players on their highlight reels. A quote was like "Last I checked, a player is supposed to look good on his highlight reel." i.e. they don't show you the half-assed workouts they skip or don't push hard, or the fumble or the bad snap... so apparently McCarron doesn't think as much about 5 star guys as they do about themselves.
ETA for link LINK
Anyway, I thought of this topic. All those five star guys for Bama and didn't win their division. Work Ethic, per McCarron.
When asked what happened to Bama's season, he said the younger players had no work ethic. The were all 5 star guys that thought you just show up and win a championship, while the older guys know it's hard work. He went on and on about it too... leaving no room for doubt what his opinion was, though he didn't name names.
He also called out the recruiting services, saying they are just people in a cubicle who never played football, judging players on their highlight reels. A quote was like "Last I checked, a player is supposed to look good on his highlight reel." i.e. they don't show you the half-assed workouts they skip or don't push hard, or the fumble or the bad snap... so apparently McCarron doesn't think as much about 5 star guys as they do about themselves.
ETA for link LINK
Anyway, I thought of this topic. All those five star guys for Bama and didn't win their division. Work Ethic, per McCarron.
This post was edited on 1/31/14 at 8:55 pm
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