Quote:I agree with this. Then again, no one has ever said that numbers tell the whole story...especially not me. They are a part of the puzzle though, and probably the easiest part of the puzzle to quantify so that's why I use them. Two different sets of eyes can watch the same play and often come up with different opinions, so you can't really persuade someone who watches the same thing and just sees it differently.


You can say that a 7.40 3 cone time is a really poor time for a 6'3'' 261 lb DE, however, and that's impossible to deny. What's dumb is the people who will try to deny that...and unfortunately there are a lot of them.

No, we're not on the same page. It's not hard to tell a player is legit. It might be harder to predict the rate of development, but if someone has real ability it is evident.


Analytics are part of the puzzle, but their percentage of pie its not as high as you lead us to believe. You're mistaking rejection as denial. 3 cone drill on its own isn't an indicator of success, it's a rating of athletic ability.

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