Comments on: Rookie watch http://blackandteal.com/2010/10/23/rookie-watch/ A Jacksonville Jaguars Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: zoltanfrombudapest http://blackandteal.com/2010/10/23/rookie-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-4177 zoltanfrombudapest Sun, 24 Oct 2010 08:29:54 +0000 http://blackandteal.com/?p=5248#comment-4177 Interestic thought Andrew; and good observation;I agree. By the way: Reggie is a special case. He was so good in Year 1 he made the all rookie team. Then he slowly disapeared.... Interestic thought Andrew; and good observation;I agree.

By the way: Reggie is a special case. He was so good in Year 1 he made the all rookie team. Then he slowly disapeared….

]]> By: thehof http://blackandteal.com/2010/10/23/rookie-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-4176 thehof Sun, 24 Oct 2010 08:15:52 +0000 http://blackandteal.com/?p=5248#comment-4176 What I'm about to say has no specific aim, just some food for thought. Whenever rookies talk about the difference between the pro level and their college days, what do you hear about? The speed of the game. You think that adjustment takes place overnight? You think a guy that could use his speed and pure athleticism to beat any offensive tackle he faced in college doesn't have to build his strength and his repertoire of pass-rush moves? You think a guy like Reggie Nelson, who had all the athletic gifts in the world, playing "centerfield" in college and "just makin' plays, coach" can pull that off in the NFL? There are uniquely gifted players out there that shine right away, but many many more become great once they have spent several years dedicated to becoming a professional in a professional atmosphere. Doctors don't come right out of med school and perform triple bypasses. Lawyers don't come right out of law school and defend the largest corporations in their biggest cases. There's a learning curve for football as well. Let's respect the fact that Gene Smith has an approach that intrinsically gives him a better chance of building a successful team that any other the approach the Jaguars organization has used in the past. Excellence does not come overnight and the best strategies do not make themselves immediately apparent. What I’m about to say has no specific aim, just some food for thought. Whenever rookies talk about the difference between the pro level and their college days, what do you hear about? The speed of the game. You think that adjustment takes place overnight? You think a guy that could use his speed and pure athleticism to beat any offensive tackle he faced in college doesn’t have to build his strength and his repertoire of pass-rush moves? You think a guy like Reggie Nelson, who had all the athletic gifts in the world, playing “centerfield” in college and “just makin’ plays, coach” can pull that off in the NFL? There are uniquely gifted players out there that shine right away, but many many more become great once they have spent several years dedicated to becoming a professional in a professional atmosphere. Doctors don’t come right out of med school and perform triple bypasses. Lawyers don’t come right out of law school and defend the largest corporations in their biggest cases. There’s a learning curve for football as well. Let’s respect the fact that Gene Smith has an approach that intrinsically gives him a better chance of building a successful team that any other the approach the Jaguars organization has used in the past. Excellence does not come overnight and the best strategies do not make themselves immediately apparent.

]]> By: zoltanfrombudapest http://blackandteal.com/2010/10/23/rookie-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-4175 zoltanfrombudapest Sun, 24 Oct 2010 05:56:37 +0000 http://blackandteal.com/?p=5248#comment-4175 I diagree about this being a very good draft for the Jags.. Tyson Alualu performing well; and Deji Karim is starting to be an impact. And after that; there is -so far- nothing. That is an average draft result at best so far. A good draft is what the Titans have. A great draft is what KC (and yes Gene in '09) made. And why I comparedhart to Mathis? Because the Jaguars wanted tpo copy Mathis's success; yet so far the result aremisses then hits. Why Gene went after a 3rd undersized DE; if the pervious 2 attempt was a failure? I still don't get that. Trying to be too smart sometimes backfires... (I'm not negative here; only I ask an observation). I diagree about this being a very good draft for the Jags.. Tyson Alualu performing well; and Deji Karim is starting to be an impact. And after that; there is -so far- nothing. That is an average draft result at best so far.

A good draft is what the Titans have. A great draft is what KC (and yes Gene in ’09) made.

And why I comparedhart to Mathis? Because the Jaguars wanted tpo copy Mathis’s success; yet so far the result aremisses then hits. Why Gene went after a 3rd undersized DE; if the pervious 2 attempt was a failure? I still don’t get that. Trying to be too smart sometimes backfires…
(I’m not negative here; only I ask an observation).

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