Per his 247.......
Bob Hayes, who was never timed in the 40, might quarrel with this argument.If 100-meter speed was an important analytic then it would be used at the NFL combine but it isn't so maybe, we should not focus on those times. Explosive, fast twitch measurables along with brute strength are what determines possible success in football so let's stay away from the rest of the track and field events!
My good friend would have beaten Bob Hayes for the Gold medal had he not pulled a Hammy in the prelims!!!
Thanks for that. Never saw that. That is solid speed.
Soooo....golf?
Meh. In football states track is an extension of football. Free speed and conditioning training to get better at football is generally how it’s viewed. Get your skill guys faster by sprinting and jumping, and get your lineman more explosive by throwing.
Growing up in Streamwood, our football team improved a great deal when they started bringing in some guys from the track side.
Wasn't questioning the validity of your insight. I just don't think we need 3 pages of debate about track (not directed at you). I simply felt like complaining and couldn't resist sharing a relevant Kenny Powers quote.
Kinda funny because cross country guys think track is easier. Perspective.
I get that track numbers aren’t the end all be all for football recruits. It just gives a good baseline for perspective and raw athleticism. I hope we can all agree on that. Like if we grabbed a receiver who ran a 10.4, would anybody here not be jumping for joy?
I think one of his problems was that he didn't like to recruit at all. amirite?
This is what is different discourse between great football powers and Illini fans taking up 4 pages of gibberish about track in a football thread. It's embarrassing to read these threads compared to the old days of discussing actual football recruits, and anything Illini football related to what's happening to this site. I was 8 years old when watching our beloved beat Washington in the 64 Rose Bowl. Been to several Bowls since as a 35 year season ticket holder. Man. Thank God you guys weren't around for the famous 0-0 tie with Northwestern., or the 77-7 game against Nebraska, or more recently the 63-0 game against Iowa. Been there, and done that. So, talk more football, and don't worry, I probably only have 10 more years to call you out. After that your home free.
Speaking of the 64 Rose Bowl, here's the ideal property for an Illini football fan.
Wow, real estate in Dover is cheap!
Or didn't like to develop these "diamond in the rough" kids and run schemes that were confusing to opponents...
To be fair to Lovie, he came in and we knew what his scheme was going to be day 1. Cover 2 from a 4-3 look, with lots of forced INT and Fumbles because we valued valued going after the ball more than tackling. Offense could have been better but the expectations for the defense was there day 1. It just didn't work.
I'll never understand the premise of treating opposing QBs like they are TB or AR and can read/react/beat any adjustments vs seeing them as 1 read QBs with limited experience that you can confuse. Seemed so obvious to us message-board DCs and exactly the tactic that BB/RW used last year to show great progress. Can't wait to see Season 2
It's also hard to make adjustments when you're sleeping on the sofa, which Lovie was (part figuratively, part literally) for most of his tenure in C-U.
