Quote: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.

If only the first line was true...sigh. For example, we (being many of the college football board on here vs me) debated a play where Randy Gregory absolutely destroyed Erick Flowers, but the UM QB got the ball off just before the sack. I said this was a pretty clear sign of trouble when Flowers is getting put on skates by a bull rush from a player where size and power was his biggest weakness. Way too many people simply said that the play didn't result in a sack so Flowers won the duel. So no, unfortunately it's not evident to some people when a player has real ability or a lack theirof. 

 

The second part, I never said how big of a percentage of the pie it is...because no one truly knows. I also didn't say that athletic ability is an indicator of success, although it usually is. I simply said a fact that was true. There is no rejection or denial for what I said it's just the truth. 

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