OK, here is my question:
Do any programs out there have a lot of underacheiving talent? I am talking about kids with solid skill and ability but coudn't think their way out of a wet paper sack?
To abuse an overused phrased:
Million dollar talent and a ten cent head.
I beleive that baseball is more mentally challenging than any of the "Big 3" sports (football, basketball, baseball)...There is more going on with every pitch than happens in an entire game of hoops or football...Don't come back at me with the "Smart Lineman/Quarterback" argument, I get it...
Further, I believe that how a player does in the classroom directly correlates to his ability to excel at the game at the high school level. (Perhaps pitchers and 1st basemen are excluded...Pitchers are pitchers and 1st baseman just piss me off in general)
We just had grade checks come out and the theory holds...It seems to be a total lack of effort as well as utter refusal to concentrate on the task at hand. Any moron can show up to a high school class, turn in assignments, keep their friggin' mouth shut and pull a C. If I ruled the world, I would require that a baseball player carry a C average...The limp-wristed attempts by the administrators to enforce the liberal policies regarding academics is laughable.
There is no more frustrating feeling for a coach than to have a team full of tool boxes with talent. If you cannot think you cannot win. I can fix a bad swing. I can fix bad throwing mechanics. Hell, I can fix self-esteem issues. I cannot, however, fix stupid. I am not saying that kids failing classes are special ed, all I am saying is that the effort put forth in the classroom is a good indicator as to how well a team will perform on the field. There are exceptions to every rule, but on the whole, a team full of dumb-asses will lose more often than they win regardless of physical ability...GET OFF THIS MESSAGE BOARD and go do your frickin' homework...You mental midgets!!! Anybody out there hear what I am saying..? Shoot, dang, spit, pink, fart!!!
Thanks for letting me rant...I feel better now...at least until Friday when I find out how many players we will lose to grades...little bastards...
Do any programs out there have a lot of underacheiving talent? I am talking about kids with solid skill and ability but coudn't think their way out of a wet paper sack?
To abuse an overused phrased:
Million dollar talent and a ten cent head.
I beleive that baseball is more mentally challenging than any of the "Big 3" sports (football, basketball, baseball)...There is more going on with every pitch than happens in an entire game of hoops or football...Don't come back at me with the "Smart Lineman/Quarterback" argument, I get it...
Further, I believe that how a player does in the classroom directly correlates to his ability to excel at the game at the high school level. (Perhaps pitchers and 1st basemen are excluded...Pitchers are pitchers and 1st baseman just piss me off in general)
We just had grade checks come out and the theory holds...It seems to be a total lack of effort as well as utter refusal to concentrate on the task at hand. Any moron can show up to a high school class, turn in assignments, keep their friggin' mouth shut and pull a C. If I ruled the world, I would require that a baseball player carry a C average...The limp-wristed attempts by the administrators to enforce the liberal policies regarding academics is laughable.
There is no more frustrating feeling for a coach than to have a team full of tool boxes with talent. If you cannot think you cannot win. I can fix a bad swing. I can fix bad throwing mechanics. Hell, I can fix self-esteem issues. I cannot, however, fix stupid. I am not saying that kids failing classes are special ed, all I am saying is that the effort put forth in the classroom is a good indicator as to how well a team will perform on the field. There are exceptions to every rule, but on the whole, a team full of dumb-asses will lose more often than they win regardless of physical ability...GET OFF THIS MESSAGE BOARD and go do your frickin' homework...You mental midgets!!! Anybody out there hear what I am saying..? Shoot, dang, spit, pink, fart!!!
Thanks for letting me rant...I feel better now...at least until Friday when I find out how many players we will lose to grades...little bastards...