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Comment on Bill Parcells’ four rules for drafting a quarterback by Spread Offense

Spread Offense — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:20:27 +0000

I’m sure he (they) looked at this formula when they drafted Pat White last year in the 2nd round, he fits all the requirements listed.

I hope Pat White gets to be more of a Cordell Stewart ’slash’ type player starting in 2010, he needs more of the ball in space. Not that he can’t make some timely passes…

Comment on Give that man a scholarship (just not a football one) by rjcousin

rjcousin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:35:39 +0000

That is beautiful…

Comment on Sentences to ponder by Mr.Murder

Mr.Murder — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:58:21 +0000

Playoffs change the percentages, for many reasons. Intervals probably produce the same scoring opportunities as before. All things being equal, consistency numbers would arguably decrease. One system is more of a self correcting one in that its peaks still produce scores. The other doesn’t calculate a loss in planning and when that occurs it is to the detriment of the entire system it utilizes.

There are going to be situations you must play from the lost yard or lost down aspect. Only one of those two models still works.

Comment on Smart Notes 3/9/2010 by Ben

Ben — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:30:21 +0000

KC with Okoye was good in Tecmo Super Bowl, but the best by far were the Lions. Barry Sanders could rush for nearly 1,000 yards per game, and Jerry Ball at NT was simply ferocious.

Comment on Smart Links 3/8/2010 by Mr.Murder

Mr.Murder — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:11:08 +0000

“That sucks. But thank God for the Coase Theorem, which says that when someone gets a seat for $50, but doesn’t want to see the game that badly, he’ll sell the ticket to you for something closer to $1000. But why should anyone complain about paying a higher price to the Cubs, instead of to the scalper? What good does the middleman do? And, at least if the Cubs are the ones make more money off the $1,000 ticket sales, they have an incentive to build a better team in the future.”

Cubs and thousand dollar tickets. Talk about a market bubble ready to burst….

Comment on Smart Notes 3/9/2010 by Mr.Murder

Mr.Murder — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:29:48 +0000

The thing about Leach’s removal is that they’ve dragged this to a point he can’t really find another team for the upcoming season. That is doubly dirty and may well have kept him from relocating within the Big12.

Comment on Updated Featured Articles/Top past articles by Mr.Murder

Mr.Murder — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:21:40 +0000

Still have my email copies or shortcuts on the desktop for some of the best conversations had here. The site is a treasure of football knowledge. Cannot recall if this site or Coach Huey’s led me to the other. Both are examples of the best place to discuss scheme(here) and implementation(there @ Huey’s).

Thanks, Chris!

Comment on Bill Parcells’ four rules for drafting a quarterback by Mr.Murder

Mr.Murder — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:15:45 +0000

Rafe says:
March 11, 2010 at 10:33 am
“So this year, Parcells would choose from among Colt McCoy, Tim Tebow, Dan LeFevour, and Zac Robinson,
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LeFevour scared a lot of people off refusing to throw. He’s a gamer, hope he gets this righted.

Comment on Bill Parcells’ four rules for drafting a quarterback by Rafael

Rafael — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:13:20 +0000

Another question could be how do you rate the ‘power house’ school qbs like Mark Sanchez. Would Sanchez qualify under Parcells rules because he graduated & was a red shirt senior for the first two rules, but didn’t start because he was behind two older top prospects in Leinart & Booty when he could’ve started at arguably 95% of all other top schools as a freshmen? So he never got to 23 wins & didn’t start for 3 years but it was his choice to get the ‘practice’ experience of competing against the nations top defense everyday in practice.

Comment on Bill Parcells’ four rules for drafting a quarterback by Rafael

Rafael — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:06:43 +0000

Joe Montana doesn’t meet the rules either. He only had 18 wins as a starter but he’s like Sam Bradford this year (hurt for one year). If we’re all agreed on their actually ‘guidelines’ and not hard fast rules then Sam Bradford would fit all 4 & Montana would too because of their injury year. Jimmy Claussen however ’should’ qualify, as well, because he is actually graduating a year early (he’s scheduled to graduate in May) so the ’senior’ aspect shouldn’t apply. By starting as a true freshmen & being a starter for 3 years means he does qualify as well. So I would say that both top prospects for this years draft do qualify under Parcell’s rules.