Absolutely. We never cut a kid but we had to cut a few families over the years.
49ers - Brock Purdy - Still and Always #1
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In Iowa in the DSM burbs you either have to be an elite player or you basically quit. It's kind of the other problem. You have 70 kids go out as freshman then there are like 4 left by senior year because if you aren't part of the top guys you don't get much playing time or practice time and you fall further behind the top guys.
My middle kid joined a fairly chill club team - total cost including uniforms is going to be about 500.00. That sounds like a lot but Little League in Ankeny is 250.00. It's not a cheap sport at all.
A combination of three areas should be used to rank an athlete:
1. Physical skills or capabilities,
2. Sport/game knowledge, and
3. Leadership (which may also mean following or supporting someone else when necessary) skills.
Brock has always been off-the-charts with his leadership skills (which, btw, would be enough to make him moderately successful in any sport). He is clearly in the top rank for football knowledge (ability to recognize and read defenses, use his eyes to mis-direct opponents, play decoy to extend plays, etc.). Finally, although he may not be the biggest, or strongest, or fastest to ever play quarterback; he has sufficient physical capabilities to do what has to be done.
Unless and until opponents find a way to degrade him physically or come up with a series of brilliant defensive strategies (because it's unlikely that they will fool Brock twice), Brock is going to be around and be one of the top quarterbacks in the game.
1. Physical skills or capabilities,
2. Sport/game knowledge, and
3. Leadership (which may also mean following or supporting someone else when necessary) skills.
Brock has always been off-the-charts with his leadership skills (which, btw, would be enough to make him moderately successful in any sport). He is clearly in the top rank for football knowledge (ability to recognize and read defenses, use his eyes to mis-direct opponents, play decoy to extend plays, etc.). Finally, although he may not be the biggest, or strongest, or fastest to ever play quarterback; he has sufficient physical capabilities to do what has to be done.
Unless and until opponents find a way to degrade him physically or come up with a series of brilliant defensive strategies (because it's unlikely that they will fool Brock twice), Brock is going to be around and be one of the top quarterbacks in the game.
Guess you didn't appreciate the Beatles and Timothy Leary either. Yeah I thought they were an awful band, worse after Lennon's JC comments in "66.
The Monkeys were much better.
Ankeny little league is garbage compared to the other community little leagues around the metro. I’ve coached little league the past 4 years and coach a USSSA team for our son and am not sure I want to deal with Ankeny little league moving forward.
Honestly I've had an awesome experience and I've coached there for probably 7 or 8 years now. That said, I have no experience with any other league other than Walnut Creek which was also pretty good. Maybe I'm easy to please.
They changed it this offseason, here is an article explaining it, basically CBS has pledged to show AFC games and Fox NFC games but they can switch a few games.
NFL media rights refresher: What can viewers expect next season?
As the 2011 NFL media rights deals wind down, here is a refresher course on what is to come in the new deals that start next season.www.sportsmediawatch.com
With the new rules, could a CBS network (KCCI) have opted to show the 49ers vs AZ game if they wanted to, according to the new 'flex' policy?
I guess we haven't seen too much of the new rules in play yet, as the season is still young?
20/21 passing, wow! I hadn't looked the game up yet. And McCaffrey! what a game.
MLB does seem to have a huge problem. If you can't interest the kids, at least the majority of them, your fans drop, both now and in the future.
Already happening with kids and older folks like me.
Brock has come a long way from the clipboard backup some projected him to be.
Well said! Just think of all the QB's on all of the NFL teams, most of whom are or were touted to be more successful than Brock. Then look at how they largely perform (or under perform) in comparison to Brock.
I know it's early in his career, and Brock is on a great team, and with a team and coach that he fits in well with, but he appears to be the real deal. I think he's going to be around for a long time.
McCaffrey is unreal. This run where he hurdled a tackle and barely broke stride is incredible. Admittedly it was a pathetic tackle attempt, but still an incredible play.
He has GREAT vision and instinct with his blockers, is very quick, strong, and elusive, and has just enough speed to be great. And he is great. You've got to wrap him up or he'll run by or thru you.
When I think of McCaffrey it’s this……
FWIW, Montana's first Superbowl win in the 1981 season was with WRs Dwight Clark (10'th round pick) and Freddy Solomon, and RBs Earl Cooper and Ricky Patton. #2 in 1984 had Clark and Solomon with RBs Craig and Wendell Tyler.
I thought he did this brilliantly a couple times this weekend.
Even more than his eyes, he sets his feet as if he is going one direction but shifts them faster than most to pass a completely different direction. Not only does he dupe defenders one way, he is balanced for an accurate throw to be made the other way.