Tebow get blasted by possible new teammate.
by Tackle Box on Feb 4, 2010 11:58 PM CST
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Jaguars offensive lineman Uche Nwaneri let it be know exactly how he feels about Jacksonville drafting Tim Tebow.
I'm not sure if there is still much or many pining for Tebow around TST (especially after his lackluster Senior Bowl performance), but if this isn't straight from the horse's mouth, I don't know what is. From what Nwaneri is saying here to what I heard Kris Jenkins say during halftime of the Senior Bowl (basically that if Tebow was planning on bringing his current skills to the NFL, he'd have a very short career and that he suggested the South put him back in the game in the 2nd half.....as a running back.....) I'd say it's pretty obvious what NFL players think of Tebow.
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i just feel bad for the guy
a great guy, just not a very good football player …(yet?)
(btw, what dips*** coaches allowed Tebow to throw like that all these years? that throwing motion should have been beaten out of him in pop warner)
Yeah, screw with a guy who is gonna win 2 nat champs and a heisman
Frankly, the NFL isn’t everything, and with Tebow, it sure as hell isn’t his goal in life.
What exactly does 2 national championships and a heisman get you in the NFL?
nada.
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
this.
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by stlcardinalsfang on Feb 5, 2010 12:31 PM CST up reply actions
a reality show on VH1
or maybe ABC Family, or something
by CaptainSpaulding on Feb 5, 2010 4:56 PM CST up reply actions
I can't feel that bad for him
It’s not like he’s a nobody- if he wanted to get help with his mechanics, he could have made it happen.
The House of Spears reigns supreme
I'm with you on this one
He has the resources. Welcome to the professional level. Get ta crackin’.
by CoachConnors on Feb 5, 2010 12:35 PM CST up reply actions
Yup.
It’s not like no one’s ever mentioned it.
Although the real culprits are guys like Urban Meyer. He pretty much punted on actually teaching Tebow how to play the position where he’ll be successful at the next level and only cared about his own success.
Heck of a guy.
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
We could make the same point, to some degree, about whole programs
that use a spread style in football, or the good old HB Option (despite the recent outbreak of the Wildcat in the NFL, that’s not a fulltime solution by any stretch).
As Meyer punted on teaching, so too do countless coaches before and after him in the line from grade school to pro sports.
A zone defense in youth basketball is another infamous example, and that starts waaay too young.
Zone defense hides inferior players so some coaches need to go there to stay competitive. But the Zone D is not a good thing for the developing basketball player because skills needed at the next level are not focused on. Unfortunately, teaching it and relying on it is just about ingrained in the system from kids on up because their coaches punt on teaching person-to-person defense from the time the kids can dribble.
How can they defend doing what seems like a diservice to their players? If their team is winning, and obviously the numbers of NCAA players who will actually go pro are so small, they do what they have to do to be successful here and now.
From the perspective of the high school recruit, this is a major reason why choosing their college coaches and programs is so important. Other than playing time, great talent can be developed or waste away depending on that choice. Schools get reps and nicknames not just for having talent in some areas but because they actively teach the skills needed…….nicknames like Tailback U, or Linebacker U. And back in the day, if you played High School football as a QB or WR, you wanted to go to Florida State or BYU.
Tebow hasn’t wasted away as much as he’s just had his growth stunted, but it’s the same cause and effect. He’s not ready to do the things the next level will require of him.
Well, the only thing
is I see a difference between a scheme (i.e., zone defense, spread offense) and broken mechanics that are so obvious it’s almost painful to watch him throw the ball.
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
I'll lump them in together
Because I think they’re related, cousins in the Learning Punt.
by CoachConnors on Feb 5, 2010 11:04 PM CST up reply actions
I think there's something to be said
about scheme being in place when the QB picks his school. If a guy wants to boost his draft stock, choose a pro-style school.
wait a minute
You think college coaches care about their players?
Hahahahahahaha, good one.
by CaptainSpaulding on Feb 5, 2010 4:57 PM CST up reply actions
never said that.
Well, to a degree. But there is some sort of responsibility coaches (at whatever level) have at fixing flaws in technique and mechanics. Maybe it should fall on his HS coaches? I don’t know. Then again, he’s not innocent either.
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
You're right
On both parts. He AND the coaches should have been worried about this at some point.
by CaptainSpaulding on Feb 5, 2010 10:50 PM CST up reply actions
Damn! That was a shot and a half
"The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall." - Vince Lombardi
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