tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post1896886703147366726..comments2024-03-27T18:24:19.683-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Another college football metaphorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-62820508499332366572009-09-27T18:14:05.244-07:002009-09-27T18:14:05.244-07:00They haven't enforced the rulebook in basketba...<i>They haven't enforced the rulebook in basketball since about 1985, when David Stern decided that he wanted to maximize his short-term profits with superstar-driven thugball.</i> <br /><br /><i>Thank God Truth was on here to help sort through some of the crap that people have been spewing on here. Political types talking about sports is generally a bad idea.</i> <br /><br /><i>The inability of HBD to go mainstream can be explained by the above posts. Instead of giving credit to whom credit is due, these guys are using microscopes to amplify the supposed demerits of the black U.S. Olympic basketball teams.</i> <br /><br /><br />Wow - does this story have "iSteve" written all over it, or what?!?<br /><br />Whores, professional sports, ethnic racketeering, the corruption of the law [and the rulebook], mysterious "bankers" who become overnight multi-gazillionaires in the breakup of the old Soviet Union - I don't know that you could ask for much more than this:<br /><br /><br /><b>Stern keeps his enemies close</b> <br />Alexander Wolff<br />Posted: Friday September 25, 2009 11:16AM<br />Updated: Friday September 25, 2009 5:16PM<br /><a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/alexander_wolff/09/25/nets/index.html" rel="nofollow">sportsillustrated.cnn.com</a> <br /><br /><i>...with Russian oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov's impending purchase of the Nets, a league that had to secure a line of credit for its franchises in the wake of last fall's financial crisis can now count as one of its owners a man more liquid than the Black Sea...<br /><br />But a portrait emerged. In the tradition of Jerry Buss, he enjoys the company of glamorous young women. He has a genuine love for the game; he grew up with the Gomelsky family, whose patriarch, Alexander, was the longtime Russian national team coach. And his spare change has hitherto been poured into the Russian Biathlon Federation...</i> <br /><br /><b>Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky</b> <br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Gomelsky" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org</a> <br /><br /><i>...He was the Soviet national team coach in 1972, and was expected to coach the team at the 1972 Summer Olympics, but the KGB confiscated his passport fearing that, since Gomelsky was Jewish, that he would defect to Israel...</i> <br /><br /><b>The richer they come...</b> <br />In pictures: Russia's oligarchs<br />Luke Harding <br />The Guardian, Monday 2 July 2007<br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/jul/02/russia.lukeharding1" rel="nofollow">guardian.co.uk</a> <br /><br /><i>Mikhail Prokhorov<br /><br />According to the Moscow tabloids, he is Russia's most eligible bachelor, with a snappy little fortune of $15bn. At the age of 42, Prokhorov is still defiantly unmarried, despite a string of eligible girlfriends and a recent spoof announcement that he intended to tie the knot. His playboy reputation was cemented in February when French police arrested him during an investigation into an international prostitution ring. Police seized Prokhorov in the French skiing resort of Courchevel - a favourite destination for Russia's ultra-rich. He was later released without charge. "The allegations are absurd," Sergei Chernytsin, spokesman for Prokhorov's firm Norilsk Nickel, said in January. He added: "Naturally, he likes girls, and treats them in a natural way. But this isn't a pretext to accuse him of pimping." The incident provoked a personal chewing-out from the ascetic Putin, it is said...<br /><br />Back in the early 1990s, Prokhorov was a clever young banker working for the state-run International Bank of International Cooperation. Vladimir Potanin, an influential banker from a privileged Soviet background, talent-spotted him. The two men moved into private banking, got their mitts on several billion-dollar government accounts, and never looked back. In November 1995 Potanin and Prokhorov snapped up Norilsk Nickel, Russia's largest nickel company, for £78m less than the asking price. Months later Potanin had become deputy prime minister...</i><br /><br /><b>How the 'Golden Horde' hoarded its way to top of Russia's rich list</b> <br />Clem Cecil<br />May 13, 2004<br /><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article422381.ece" rel="nofollow">timesonline.co.uk</a> <br /><br />END 4096Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-85359185224512837572009-09-16T22:08:17.643-07:002009-09-16T22:08:17.643-07:00You guys who are trying to defend the state of Ame...You guys who are trying to defend the state of American basketball don't know anything about the game.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-37916398997076372682009-09-16T18:33:18.932-07:002009-09-16T18:33:18.932-07:00The inability of HBD to go mainstream can be expla...The inability of HBD to go mainstream can be explained by the above posts. Instead of giving credit to whom credit is due, these guys are using microscopes to amplify the supposed demerits of the black U.S. Olympic basketball teams. <br /><br />The 1992 U.S. team won gold by an average margin of almost 44 points! The 1996 and 2008 teams won by 32 and 33 points, respectively. How can anyone pooh-pooh these amazing accomplishments? In 2000, the team may not have been as impressive, but still won gold. By the way, only one of these teams was led by Coach K, so the above poster’s logic is lacking.<br /><br />Why are some of you disparaging the U.S. team and offering nary a word of criticism against Team Argentina in 2004? If the U.S. team can be criticized by “only” winning by 30 to 40 points, surely the white Argentine team should be scrutinized very heavily for “only” winning by an average margin of 7 points! By the way, that same Argentine team had two losses during the 2004 Olympic tournament. Yet, you besmear Team USA for going undefeated in the 2008 Olympics (and other years as well)! <br /><br />Again, I ask, why? Why judge a black team so harshly, but ignore the even more glaring faults of a white team? <br /><br />Mainstream pundits and laymen have suspicions about the intentions of HBD, chalking up the community as a movement of bitter, racially biased people, instead of a movement that champions scientific objectivity and <i>realpolitik</i>. How does baselessly discrediting the most impressive U.S. Olympic basketball teams serve to debunk this image?<br /><br />It does not.DAJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-59621280547654793982009-09-16T16:28:30.211-07:002009-09-16T16:28:30.211-07:00"They had to bring in Kryszewski and practice..."They had to bring in Kryszewski and practice at it for three years [2006, 2007, and 2008]"<br /><br />You mean black guys actually have to practice at basketball to be good? Darn, who would have thought they couldn't just roll the ball out on the court and beat the best teams in Europe?!<br /><br />"and even then they barely pulled it out in the finals [they led Argentina by only 9 points at halftime, and they led Spain by only 8 points at halftime"<br /><br />And what was the final score there, Count Van Count?<br /><br />"and there wasn't a single player for either Argentina or Spain who could have made the USA squad by NBA standards - not Ginobili, not Gasol, and not Rubio]."<br /><br />Uh, Gasol and Ginobili are perennial all-stars in the racist NBA, and Ricky Rubio was 17 years old, Red Auerbach.<br /><br />"That after barely winning in 2000.."<br /><br />That's funny, I was always under the mistaken impression that you won the same gold medal for barely winning and trouncing the opposition.<br /><br />"and being humiliated in 2004."<br /><br />If taking home bronze is "being humiliated", how did the teams who didn't medal feel?<br /><br />"Here are some other recent results in international play:"<br /><br />You mean some of the other 50-some-odd nations that spend millions on youth basketball actually beat us sometimes? Wow, well maybe that's why basketball is still an Olympic sport there Einstein, unlike women's softball.Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-68149187053238015812009-09-16T10:34:02.358-07:002009-09-16T10:34:02.358-07:00When was the last time a majority white basketball...<i>When was the last time a majority white basketball team won the Olympic gold medal by an average margin of 33 points?</i> <br /><br />They had to bring in Kryszewski and practice at it for three years [2006, 2007, and 2008], and even then they barely pulled it out in the finals [they led Argentina by only 9 points at halftime, and they led Spain by only 8 points at halftime - and there wasn't a single player for either Argentina or Spain who could have made the USA squad by NBA standards - not Ginobili, not Gasol, and not Rubio].<br /><br />That after barely winning in 2000, and being humiliated in 2004.<br /><br />Here are some other recent results in international play:<br /><br /><br /><b>FIBA Mens' Basketball Championships</b> <br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIBA_World_Championship" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org</a> <br /><br />2006<br />Gold: Spain<br />Silver: Greece<br />Bronze: USA<br /><br />2002<br />Gold: Yugoslavia<br />Silver: Argentina<br />Bronze: Germany<br /><br />1998<br />Gold: Yugoslavia<br />Silver: Russia<br />Bronze: USA<br /><br /><br /><b>FIBA Under-19 Men's Basketball Championships</b> <br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIBA_Under-19_World_Championship" rel="nofollow">wikipedia.org</a> <br /><br />2009<br />Gold: USA<br />Silver: Greece<br />Bronze: Croatia<br /><br />2007<br />Gold: Serbia<br />Silver: USA<br />Bronze: France<br /><br />2003<br />Gold: Australia<br />Silver: Lithuania<br />Bronze: Greece<br /><br />1999<br />Gold: Spain<br />Silver: USA<br />Bronze: Croatia<br /><br /><br /><b>World University Games, Basketball</b> <br /><a href="http://www.usabasketball.com/men/2009/09_mwug_guide_3.pdf" rel="nofollow">09_mwug_guide_3.pdf</a> <br /><br />2009<br />Gold: Serbia<br />Silver: Russia<br />Bronze: USA<br /><br />2007<br />Gold: Lithuania<br />Silver: Serbia<br />Bronze: Canada<br /><br />2005<br />Gold: USA<br />Silver: Ukraine<br />Bronze: Serbia & Montenegro<br /><br />2003<br />Gold: Serbia & Montenegro<br />Silver: Russia<br />Bronze: Canada<br /><br />2001<br />Gold: Yugoslavia<br />Silver: China<br />Bronze: USAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-47582668994014409522009-09-16T09:46:48.965-07:002009-09-16T09:46:48.965-07:00I think you're on the something with the no pl...<i>I think you're on the something with the no platoon system though; I would be highly amusing to watch Tom Brady playing "shutdown" corner.</i> <br /><br />Right, platooning discriminates in favor of specialists like Tom Brady.<br /><br />If you get rid of platooning, then your quarterbacks are going to look a whole lot more like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Crouch" rel="nofollow">Eric Crouch</a>: <br /><br /><i>In 2001, Crouch won the Heisman Trophy... During that year, he completed 105 of 189 passes for 1,510 yards and seven touchdowns, while also rushing for 1,115 yards and 18 touchdowns...<br /><br />Crouch signed with the Kansas City Chiefs in January 2005 and was allocated to the Hamburg Sea Devils of NFL Europe. Crouch converted to the safety position, recording 25 tackles and 2 passes defended...</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-56358336114454993432009-09-16T06:03:38.758-07:002009-09-16T06:03:38.758-07:00Thank God Truth was on here to help sort through s...Thank God Truth was on here to help sort through some of the crap that people have been spewing on here. Political types talking about sports is generally a bad idea. <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AggeSjZwx6s<br /><br />@ Anon: Terrelle Pryor isn't the problem at tOSU. Jim Tressel is.<br /><br />http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Deconstructing-The-grisly-demise-of-Tressel-Ba?urn=ncaaf,189322<br /><br />@ anonymous (re: NBA) - I am also not an NBA fan. But your raising up of the controversy from "bad speech" to "enormous controversy" seems to be in bad form. Not that many people watched it or saw it, either.<br /><br />David Stern's development of the NBA from the mid-80s has been impressive. Don't forget, before Bird/Magic, the league was considered a backwater drug infested place. Franchise values have grown considerably since those days and that's really Stern's legacy. While ratings are indeed down, the NBA has come a long way. And this is coming from someone who doesn't really even watch it.DCThrowbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595347138052680931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-31552899037347104532009-09-15T16:30:46.482-07:002009-09-15T16:30:46.482-07:00Lucius,
When was the last time a majority white b...Lucius,<br /><br />When was the last time a majority white basketball team won the Olympic gold medal by an average margin of 33 points?DAJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-50618627451684443132009-09-15T00:40:27.366-07:002009-09-15T00:40:27.366-07:00Notice something else about Rose Bowl participatio...Notice something else about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Bowl_Game#Game_results" rel="nofollow">Rose Bowl participation</a> over the years: the modern rarity of two private schools meeting therein. It happened eight times before 1940, but only once since, in 1996. <br /><br />Of course, for a half-century it would have required Northwestern to win the Big 10, and that was a little slow to come about... But USC or Stanford won the Pac 10 23 times, over a third of the time, during the restricted years, giving the Wildcats plenty of opportunity to privatize the other end zone.Reg Cæsarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-34833380846160793482009-09-14T22:43:46.947-07:002009-09-14T22:43:46.947-07:00USC won because OSU had a grossly incompetent &quo...USC won because OSU had a grossly incompetent "athletic" black quarterback in the Michael Vick mold. If OSU had even a mediocre quarterback, they would have won.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-38016346079314006552009-09-14T19:17:45.540-07:002009-09-14T19:17:45.540-07:00"You see the results of this in international..."You see the results of this in international competition,"<br /><br />You mean like the olympics where the US team won the gold medal by an average margin of victory of 33?<br /><br />I think you're on the something with the no platoon system though; I would be highly amusing to watch Tom Brady playing "shutdown" corner.Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-41932439102914895412009-09-14T18:01:37.278-07:002009-09-14T18:01:37.278-07:00The bowl games are usually played under conditions...<i>The bowl games are usually played under conditions that favor sunbelt teams.</i> <br /><br />I've often thought that if the NCAA were to adopt an 8-team playoff, then they would need to have a round of northern sites so that the eventual champions will have proved that they can win in the cold.<br /><br />Something like the following:<br /><br /><br />QUARTERFINALS, DECEMBER 25<br />1) "Cotton Bowl" [Jerry Jones Stadium]<br />2) "Orange Bowl" [Joe Robbie Stadium]<br />3) Fiesta Bowl<br />4) some substitute for the Sugar Bowl which doesn't involve NOLA<br /><br />SEMIFINALS, JANUARY 1<br />1) Soldier Field, Chicago<br />2) Lambeau Field, Green Bay<br /><br />CHAMPIONSHIP, JANUARY 8<br />Rose Bowl<br /><br /><br />You could have a 16-team tournament if you were willing to add another week on December 18th, or on January 15th, but that would be asking an awful lot of kids who are [or are at least ostensibly] amateurs and students.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-4405292548764941052009-09-14T16:25:46.370-07:002009-09-14T16:25:46.370-07:00"From 1947 through 2001, the Rose Bowl footba..."From 1947 through 2001, the Rose Bowl football game matched up the Big Ten champion (often Ohio State) versus the Pac Eight/Ten champ (usually USC). Typically, the Big Ten representative would come to Pasadena with the higher ranking at the end of the regular season (frequently #1) due to its fearsome ground game. The Big Ten won 12 of the 13 Rose Bowls from 1947 through 1959. The 1960s were evenly split, then the West Coast teams won 9 out of 10 in the 1970s and 8 out of 10 ten in the 1980s. The big difference was that, on the whole, the West Coast team could pass, the offense of the future, as well as run."<br /><br />Hell no. Terrible analogy. The difference is that fall in the Midwest has a lot of wet soggy weather. This makes the running game less reliable. For example, you might favor a more surefooted running back over one that was purely fast point a to point b, or a great zig zagger or whatever. The South and Southwest are much more dry, with firm ground. The bowl games are usually played under conditions that favor sunbelt teams.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-19421450889305235612009-09-14T14:10:20.127-07:002009-09-14T14:10:20.127-07:00Huh? What are you talking about?
They haven'...<i>Huh? What are you talking about?</i> <br /><br />They haven't enforced the rulebook in basketball since about 1985, when David Stern decided that he wanted to maximize his short-term profits with superstar-driven thugball.<br /><br />It worked fine as long as Michael Jordan was the superstar [although even Jordan's legacy is now the subject of <a href="http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=78&f=1410&t=4743853" rel="nofollow">an enormous controversy</a>], but Stern's vision ended up destroying the sport, and now we have an entire generation of professional and semi-professional athletes playing the game who have no actual basketball skills at all, and the spectacle of it has become so boring that <a href="http://www.insidehoops.com/nba-tv-contracts.shtml" rel="nofollow">no one even watches it on TV anymore</a>.<br /><br />You see the results of this in international competition, where the referees enforce the rulebook [no palming, no walking/travelling, no push-offs, no handchecks, no hooking, no rebounding over-the-back, etc etc etc] and the USA [population 300 million, TFR 2.1] routinely loses to tiny little countries like Spain [pop 47M, TFR 1.3] and Serbia [pop 7M, TFR 1.7] who shouldn't even be on the same court as the USA.<br /><br />Failing to enforce the rulebook in basketball is structurally indistinguishable from altering the rulebook in football to allow for platooning - the nature of the game is determined by the stated rules of the game [and whether or not those rules are adhered to].<br /><br />Same thing in warfare: If you decide that starvation of civilians lies within the boundaries of the lawful rules of war, then you get Sherman marching through the countryside, burning crops in the fields and slaughtering livestock.<br /><br />PS: I'd throw in a little monologue about the underlying nihilism of pretending to have rules yet refusing to enforce them, but I figure I'm probably testing Komment Kontrol's patience at this point, and besides, Fred would just get on here and call me an anti-semite.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-81381364664034600482009-09-14T09:29:51.146-07:002009-09-14T09:29:51.146-07:00In "the Fifty Year War" Norman Friedman ...In "the Fifty Year War" Norman Friedman repeatedly points out the difficulties the post-Kruschev soviet leadership had in getting the MIC to adapt to new technologies. By the late seventies they were capable of cranking out missiles like sausages (something Kruschev falsely claimed to be doing in the 50s) but making the investments they needed in new technologies (like computers) would have meant cutting someone's budget, which was politically impossible. A large part of the reason Kruschev was deposed was, in fact, anger at the way he had disrupted the MIC in order to make massive investments in missiles. The sheer number of tanks in the Soviet armory was probably a result of similar forces, plus tanks being simple relatively to operate and supply compared to jets, ships, etc.Studd Beefpilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16107881549774540742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-73171533618846279012009-09-14T09:08:37.390-07:002009-09-14T09:08:37.390-07:00OhioStater, Notre Dame QB is the premiere job in c...OhioStater, Notre Dame QB is the premiere job in college football. They are independent and have their own network TV contract for a reason. USC plays in a conference. <br /><br />When Bush and Lienart were both having great years it was Bush that the school promoted for Heisman, because he carries on the tradition of OJ, Marcus Allen, and the rest.Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-40905988589817325192009-09-14T08:51:34.711-07:002009-09-14T08:51:34.711-07:00I'd point out that the same thing would happen...<i> I'd point out that the same thing would happen in basketball - if some sort of miracle occurred and they decided to enforce the rule book again </i><br /><br />Huh? What are you talking about? There's hardly any platooning or specialization in basketball. The best players in basketball play 35 to 38 minutes out of 48 during the regular season, and usually over 40 during the playoffs. They only take some minutes off during regular season games to keep their legs fresh for the long season and the playoffs.MQnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-85679516009762916692009-09-14T07:09:39.028-07:002009-09-14T07:09:39.028-07:00I think USC is both running back U and QB U- they ...I think USC is both running back U and QB U- they have so much more depth than any team in thecountry- their 5th string back is Wendell Tyler's son who was the #3 recruit in the country two years ago. Also Mitch Mustain- #1 qb recruit is third string- no one has their talent - not even Florida and it's not close. An argument can be made that they have had the BEST team in the country at the end of every year since Carson Palmer's senior year when they destroyed an undefeated Iowa team in the Rose Bowl- consecutively...the fact they only have 2 natl titles is due to bad luck and occasional ;let downs.<br /><br /><br />Dan in DCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-82931089450077978132009-09-14T00:02:40.100-07:002009-09-14T00:02:40.100-07:00"If you got rid of platooning, and players we..."If you got rid of platooning, and players went back to playing both sides of the ball [like Chuck Bednarik did until 1962], then the heaviest players would lose about 100lbs [from 325ish down to 225ish],..."<br /><br />And what would be the point to this?<br /><br />We live in an increasingly specialized world chief, family doctors don't practice brain surgery do they? In the 40's guys played both ways for one reason only; the owners couldn't afford two pay two seprate platoons plus backup. Obviously that is not the case today.<br /><br />BTW, I never called you a racist, that voice you heard came from between your ears.Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-52507501804409618252009-09-13T23:41:37.264-07:002009-09-13T23:41:37.264-07:00All this talk of the superior black athlete is bun...All this talk of the superior black athlete is bunk. Blacks have a leg up in school grade based competition due to starting puberty almost two years earlier (and being held back far more often). Let's see teams of 10th grade whites playing teams of 8th grade blacks and see where the superior athletes are. And that would just be equalizing the physical development... Put 10th grades whites on the field with 6th grade blacks, that would be emulating the situation as it currently exists, with one race have a 2 year developmental advantage on the other.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-59926141862669449152009-09-13T23:17:55.788-07:002009-09-13T23:17:55.788-07:00John: Instead, he describes a few basic plays whic...<b>John:</b> <i>Instead, he describes a few basic plays which the players jot down in their own notebooks; perhaps a half dozen plays that work off the triple option. Then, they use a no huddle offense. So there is a lot of improvisation. This reminds me of 4th generation warfare, a kind of guerilla football. It relies on speed and intelligence against the huge, machine-like defenses of modern football.</i> <br /><br />It all gets back to the rulebook.<br /><br />This is what football looked like until about 1960, when the rules were changed to allow <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-platoon_system" rel="nofollow">platooning</a>, which, in turn, meant player [hyper-] specialization and coaches sending all the plays in from the sidelines [so that players were no longer required to think for themselves].<br /><br />If you got rid of platooning, and players went back to playing both sides of the ball [like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Bednarik#Football_career" rel="nofollow">Chuck Bednarik</a> did until 1962], then the heaviest players would lose about 100lbs [from 325ish down to 225ish], the IQ at all positions would soar by about 15 or 20 points, and you might not even need Prop 48 anymore [because football would start to look a whole lot more like lacrosse].<br /><br />I'd point out that the same thing would happen in basketball - if some sort of miracle occurred and they decided to enforce the rule book again - but then Truth would get on here and call me a racist and frankly I don't feel like dealing with that right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-75022547029842166302009-09-13T22:48:25.775-07:002009-09-13T22:48:25.775-07:00This is follow-up to feedback from Truth.
"U...This is follow-up to feedback from Truth.<br /><br />"USC QB is not the premiere position in the country". First, let's not confuse premier athlete with premier position. The premier athlete is Tim Tebow, so by extension maybe the premier position is Florida QB. However, the standard is: does this position enhance (overrate) the stature of the incumbent, and by that standard there are few college football player jobs as high profile as USC quarterback, maybe only Notre Dame and Texas can compete. However, the recent level of dominance and the off the field Hollywood glamour (which counts) means the USC job is the premier job in the country.<br /><br />The true test, to me, is which school dominates NFL quarterbacks, but that is scatter shot: Harvard, Ole Miss, Michigan, Boston College, Delaware, Vanderbilt.<br /><br />"It is not even the premiere position on the team". Please Google USC, quarterback, Heisman, Sanchez, Carson Palmer, or Matt Leinart. Yes QB is the premier position at SoCal. We can't confuse the past with the here and now, and today USC is a quarterback factory. Also, USC uses many running backs (a rotation or committee) but there is one QB. The stature of the running backs (do you know Joe McKnight?) is less than the QB (do you know Matt Barkley?).OhioStaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-62166096478092156882009-09-13T22:33:12.401-07:002009-09-13T22:33:12.401-07:00The Big 10 would have done better if Woody Hayes h...The Big 10 would have done better if Woody Hayes had been allowed to slug a few more of his opponents' players.John Seilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795977089953532965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-45160642268251255832009-09-13T22:08:40.980-07:002009-09-13T22:08:40.980-07:00"Maybe as a result of this heritage, there ha..."Maybe as a result of this heritage, there hasn't been as much political pressure to diversify their quarterback job, the premier position in the country."<br /><br />USC QB is not the premiere position in the country, it is not even the premiere position on the team. Hint; it's not called "quarterback U."<br /><br />"<br />One of the problems pro teams have with black players is the "I want the ball" attitude,"<br /><br />Yeah, it's amazing how teams win with offensive football players that actually want the ball; stunning actually, that would be like a president who wants power.<br /><br />"Well, yes, except that Paul Johnson doesn't coach Navy. He's at Georgia Tech now."<br /><br />The reason Johnson's offense works is because stopping it demands a paradigm shift in defenders and defensive coaching staffs. Most college football teams run some variation of either a pro-style passing attack or a spread passing attack. Assignments for the defensive front seven are not complicated in facing these offenses; the D linemen attempt to beat they're men and tackle the ballcarrier, be it the QB or the RB, the LB either drop into coverage or do the same, and the DB's either defend a man or an area of the field.<br /><br />With Johnson's flexbone it's different. His lineman specialize in trap plays in which they all sprint in unison to one side of the field or the other trapping one defender 2 on 1 to create a mismatch and spring a RB. there are generally 3 RB's and a QB in the lineup and they are all possible ball carriers. The flexbone utilizes a series of fakes and feints to freeze the defenders. <br /><br />What this does is requires defenders to think and not just react or they would be tackling the decoy all game long...and after so many fakes and feints, one running plays, the QB drops back to throw it deep to a WR against a secondary who has been playing close to the line of scrimage all game long. <br /><br />With his offense, Johnson is able to perplex defenses with superior talent as he did against Georgia last year. He also had a winning record against the ACC while coaching Navy, and his successor beat Notre Dame last year.<br /><br />What do Georgia Tech and Navy have in common? High academics and recruits who are not only there to play football. His system would take about as well as a cat to water at a football factory.Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-48317917284827983582009-09-13T21:57:22.074-07:002009-09-13T21:57:22.074-07:00We could have swept the high seas of Russkies with...We could have swept the high seas of Russkies without a doubt. They had more subs and more missiles and the like...but they were not a true blue water force. Our forces would have sea control on all major arteries and would even threaten ports and the like via our superior sub force (numerically inferior, but cat and mouse superior with decades of proof). Europe could have been a little dicey...although based on our performance in Iraq twice and the Soviet performance in Afghanistan and Chechnia, I think our forces would have done better than commonly beleived and theirs worse.TCOnoreply@blogger.com