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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; To put you out of your agony Kool, it\'s James Allen. I especially liked these points about him: Very instinctive player with good vision and ball anticipation ability Quickly locates the ball and is very aggressive vs. the inside run ...
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05-01-2005, 04:14 PM | #31 |
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To put you out of your agony Kool, it\'s James Allen. I especially liked these points about him:
I don\'t know about his negatives being worse. You can eliminate two of them right off
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05-01-2005, 05:38 PM | #32 |
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Whodi, ah ha!
Billy,
(2) There are at least two possible reasons for this fact you note, presuming it is a fact: (a) Stud MLBs with speed are going to have an even bigger impact at WLB - so instead of wasting them at MLB, we put them where they can make plays, (b) you would never waste a stud WLB at MLB. Neither of these possibilities agree with your thesis that MLB is harder, and I don\'t see as how you can rule them out.
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05-01-2005, 05:52 PM | #33 |
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Jkool you just articulated EXACTLY my feelings about the Watson at MLB bashing
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05-01-2005, 05:53 PM | #34 |
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JKool -- Here is a little info on Brian Urlacher. I can see Urlacher at MLB much more so than Courtney Watson. For one, Urlacher is bigger and stronger than Courtney Watson. But, I believe Urlacher\'s \"ideal\" spot is at WLB.
Speed, which is needed at MLB, isn\'t as important as being able to take on blockers and sheding blocks. To me, putting Watson at MLB isn\'t making use of his best skill. Which is speed. Watson seems best when he plays in space and uses his speed to make the tackle. Not in there banging with offensive linemen and fullbacks. [Edited on 1/5/2005 by GumboBC] |
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Fine points Billy. We\'ve been over this before, and I\'m not sure I see it going anywhere - I have enjoyed our discussions of this in the past, but I really feel no need to rehash it.
Here is something of note to me:
Thus, your claim that Watson isn\'t suited for the MLB spot depends on the scheme. Sure, I believe that you can make pretty good inferences from standard schemes to what ours might be. In fact, I\'m starting to suspect that our difference comes from this fact - you want your MLBs to do it all - who doesn\'t? When I coached we put our surest tackler and toughest guy at MLB. However, we played our best all-around backer at WES or WIL (which were our versions of the WLB). Why? Because our MLB was a gap filler and beast, but our WLB and SLB were asked to make plays - not our MLB. Thus, the scheme I am most familiar with did not call for a stud at MLB (it wasn\'t the tougher position at all). |
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05-01-2005, 08:37 PM | #36 |
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i like his work ethic and his comments that he will run stadiums to celebrate being selected. i like that. we may have a real good lb.
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he\'ll be a real indicator of scouting prowness and front office savviness if he pans out. if they reached for an lesser known commodity from a lighter weight conference while bigger names were still on the board just the opposite happens. rotsa ruck on picking a better 3rd rd lb.
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