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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

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It isn't bad though. It's different.

Some of the most well known plays in NFL history were "mistakes".

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

By the way, this is a great show. Best in Chicago still.

It really takes off for football season too.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

I'm not sure you can put a cogent thought process together. Actually, what with your showing in this thread, I'm trending towards being pretty sure you cannot. I'm also sure I'm not the only one reaching that conclusion.

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That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Dan had a theory the other day that all this over coaching at the lower levels is actually making QB play worse. The rich kids get the coaching, not the talented ones. The coached kids then start in HS, then take the college scholarships. They are not necessarily the most talented.

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I'm glad that you enjoy college football

I think it's best during Hockey season.

I thought that was a pretty decent theory.

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Was it limited to just the QB position and/or football?

I've heard a similar posit suggesting that's the reason for a significant (apparently) lack of, oh, 'diversity' in many wintery-type sporting activities.

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- Henry George

My two cents on the QB problem is the offenses. This starts at the lowest levels. Almost all youth football these days are either spread or a variation of single wing. They do not necessarily identify the best "QB" in the sens of a pure passer or drop back guy much anymore.

It is even worse in HS and I believe it is lack of players forcing this spread offense or the coaches thinking they are getting kids ready for the college game better. So the entire feeder system is running stuff that does not seem to work at NFL athletic levels.

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Wasn't that long ago when when Matty Ice and Stafford, etc were peaking, everyone was talking about how deep the quality QBing was. Not much has changed since then. Could be OL play that's the real problem.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/writer/pet ... -is-putrid

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While spread offenses in college may be making it tougher to find pro ready qbs, it sure as hell is helping speed up the development of wrs. Unless your rookie wr has a broken leg that is

watching some 85 bears today while killing time at work...its not even the same game anymore. I hate this namby pamby arena league its turned into.

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Yeah, hockey is getting way too expensive for its own good. Hockey, too, suffers from overcoaching at the youth level, especially under Hockey Canada, where kids are taught that risk aversion is the most important aspect of the game. The NHL likes to talk a lot about "growing the game," but to them, that means adding rich kids in Raleigh rather than poor kids in Montreal.

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Almost every hockey player says what made them great was being able to take risks. Weird they'd teach the opposite but I suppose that keeps people in programs and spending money. Too many clubs, at too early of an age, and the season never ends. I really hate what sports have become.

At what age level do they teach them how to rape?

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Pro football was a much better game 40 years ago. No doubt about it.

For every 50 of your funny comments that you type 1 is funny. Spare us all next time. Just go with the 1 and don't bother with the other 49.

If I haven't already, allow me to direct you to Igor Larionov's damning assessment of North American hockey: http://www.theplayerstribune.com/miracl ... ey-russia/

Everything is about structure and systems now. Dump and chase, north-south, and short shifts. We talk about the trap and obstruction all the time, but there's not nearly enough attention paid to what damage the short-shift game has done to the league. Keenan innovated it sometime in the '80s to level the playing field against run-and-gunners like the Oilers and Flames, but it's been perfected across the league now (though if you ask me, Tippett is the worst perpetrator). Some of the prettiest plays in hockey come from the best athletes exploiting fatigued opposition, but what do you do when the opposition is never so fatigued because they're only on the ice for 35 seconds at a time? Catch them in a change, I guess, but that's why they dump and chase, and we've come full circle.

One of the reasons I will continue to like Ovechkin while most people hate him is that he'll still go out there and play a minute-plus shift at even strength, and possibly stay out for a full power play. Whatever you think of his sportsmanship or defense or whatever, you have to be glad that a superstar is actually spending substantial time on the ice in this era.

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I'm not the one who called all hockey players rapists, that was your boy, Curious Hair. I was merely asking him to share his wisdom on the subject. I wasn't addressing you.

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I'd say they learn around 17, 16 if they're exceptional.

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Okay, I'll wait for you to address me next time.

When did Kobe and DRose learn? What age do the fine folks in the NFL teach their players?

Interesting. Where do you think that comes from? I kinda feel like it's a product of the win now mentality the clubs have. My husband had some insightful conversations with one of the assistant coaches of my son's team last year. It's a hard sport to navigate but I think all sports are like that now. Short shifts make sense to help neutralize the really great players.

Not a fan of Ovechkin.

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.