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View Poll Results: I want my recruit to have
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Outstanding speed with average skills
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Average speed with outstanding skills
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01-20-2006, 03:02 PM
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Which would you prefer - speed or skill?
Yes, it would be great to have both... but if a player was exceptional in one aspect but barely average in the other... which do you prefer?
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01-20-2006, 03:04 PM
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Speed. Its should be easier to teach better techniques than it is to teach someone to be faster.
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01-20-2006, 03:05 PM
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Speed, we can teach you the skills
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01-20-2006, 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Golferdow01
Speed, we can teach you the skills
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Exactly and at the very least good coaching can refine skills but as the old adage goes you can't teach speed.
 
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01-20-2006, 03:07 PM
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And even if we can't, speed makes up for a lot.
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01-20-2006, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Golferdow01
Speed, we can teach you the skills
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I used to agree, but with Butch Reynold on the staff, I am reluctant to say you can't teach speed. Height seems to be the one quality that you can't teach. You can always make a kid stronger and faster, but you can necessarily make him taller (unless you use that archaic torture rack method that Japanese people use). I think height, instinct and leadership are inherent qualities that are important...most everything else can be acquired. |
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speed, hands down. Larry Grant is the perfect example IMO. His skill/technique is lacking according to many on this site, but he is a speed freak, and if he can be coached up the coaching staff will have an incredible LBer.
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01-20-2006, 03:17 PM
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I'm torn, but at the college level (even in the best of the best like the big ten) I think I want skill a litte more than speed if I can only pick one.
If I recall correctly, Chris Gamble didn't run blazing fast times at the combine or even the OSU work out, but on the field he played with an instinct (skill), especially on the def. side of the ball that made him look so much better than everyone else out there sometimes.
I know that's just one example, and the debates over straight line speed vs. "football" speed, or "quickness"/explosiveness can make my head spin (maybe Gamble has the quickness vs. straight line speed, who kows?). So for now I'll lean toward skill slightly...probaby change my mine in a few minutes.
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