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Post by bigern809 on Nov 3, 2016 10:42:43 GMT -6
So I teach freshmen and I have the JV footballers. They have a tough opponent this week and since Tuesday have been talking about how they don't want to play. One made a comment this morning about hoping it lightenings.
I have went to hs/college with some guys that are big timers in the NFL and I'll bring it up every once in awhile to the boys, try to get them interested in something so they pay attention in class. Well, this morning, in a discussion, we were talking about big school/small school experience, etc. And one says no wonder your friend (Andy Dalton) made it, he went to a big school. I looked at him like he was utterly insane. It's a heck of a lot easier to be a big fish in a small bond than it is to be a big fish in a LAKE.
Is my thought process wrong? Like, I really don't understand what he was thinking.
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Post by Burnet44 on Nov 3, 2016 11:02:19 GMT -6
dont matter where you are from
you just have to be good enough
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Post by Hitch on Nov 3, 2016 11:03:49 GMT -6
Ern, I've noticed that kids would rather not try at all than to try and fail. Candyasses won't even try.
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Post by Hitch on Nov 3, 2016 11:04:57 GMT -6
We've had several 'quit' on us. The kids that we have are arse busters and do things right for the most part. Kids are kids at times, but we are blessed to have a bunch of old school hard-working kids.
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Post by bigern809 on Nov 3, 2016 11:11:48 GMT -6
We are too. At least the girls are. I have heard the boys coaches griping about how the boys miss practice, etc. And I'm not trying to make it a gender issue, but more times than not it seems as if the issue is on the boys side. It just seems that our girls work harder.
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Post by bigern809 on Nov 3, 2016 11:15:24 GMT -6
dont matter where you are from you just have to be good enough Agreed. But it also does make a difference, regardless of what anyone wants to think. More resources at bigger schools, but a lot more competition. But I'm more interested in the general fact that athletes these days just don't "get it". What it takes to play at the next level. I constantly have one boy that has to brag and I constantly have to tell him that when he verbalizes that, it's only because he's trying to convince himself. That's what really grinds my gears. |
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Post by Burnet44 on Nov 3, 2016 11:24:37 GMT -6
more kids
more to pick from
more dna
its just math
most parents and kids have no clue at the next level
Its our job and we have seen it and they havent
many guys in the nfl were skill guys in hs
qb wr te rb
there were a lot of de lbrs who were te qb rb in hs skill guys
many parents think just cuz your big you can play
you better be fast
if you cant run you will never play
parents dont realize all dist in 2a
isnt better than hm in 6a
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2016 12:39:02 GMT -6
Not always, Burnet. That Mahomes kid could play at any level. There are many examples to that fact.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2016 12:39:39 GMT -6
I do see what you're, not your, saying above that last fragment of a sentence though.
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Post by Burnet44 on Nov 3, 2016 13:04:49 GMT -6
another tecker morph
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Post by Hitch on Nov 4, 2016 10:11:53 GMT -6
He makes a valid point. And he's not being negative either.
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