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<blockquote data-quote="AmishMafia" data-source="post: 833636" data-attributes="member: 2846"><p>i cant disagree with any of that. I think I'm one of the most optimistic people on this board. I think some are a little overboard on dismissing the lack of production.</p><p></p><p>Heres how I see things: physical ability and talent are easy to judge. Physical ability is the only thing that cant be taught. The one thing we cant determine is commitment. These kids are going from poverty in some cases to multi millionaires. Is the level of commitment going to increase? It must to succeed.</p><p></p><p>People wonder how many teams missed on Richard Sherman. Why didnt they see he was a great player? Well, he wasnt a great player. He became a great player because he worked his butt off on his skills. Our own Kenny Clark was a projection. There were 2 or 3 better DTs we could have taken but Clark rose above all of them because of his high level of commitment.</p><p></p><p>Every year there are 20 WRs that have more physical talent than Jerry Rice coming out in the draft. Yet they all fall short, because Rice was legendary for his commitment and year round work.</p><p></p><p>How do you predict how committed a player is going to be? That is the biggest factor, IMHO, on predicting bust or probowls.</p><p></p><p>So I have not sat down with Gary and I'm just going with taped interviews. Early in the draft process I saw an interview with him and he was talking about his business he started. To me, I thought he spoke more excitedly about his business than football. It made me question his love/commitment to football. The amount of work and ability to overcome pain and adversity is extreme. Will he succeed? I truly hope so, I will absolutely be rooting for him.</p><p></p><p>I know Packer brass believes in him, but the ego of coaches thinking they can coach them up sometimes gets GMs in trouble.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AmishMafia, post: 833636, member: 2846"] i cant disagree with any of that. I think I'm one of the most optimistic people on this board. I think some are a little overboard on dismissing the lack of production. Heres how I see things: physical ability and talent are easy to judge. Physical ability is the only thing that cant be taught. The one thing we cant determine is commitment. These kids are going from poverty in some cases to multi millionaires. Is the level of commitment going to increase? It must to succeed. People wonder how many teams missed on Richard Sherman. Why didnt they see he was a great player? Well, he wasnt a great player. He became a great player because he worked his butt off on his skills. Our own Kenny Clark was a projection. There were 2 or 3 better DTs we could have taken but Clark rose above all of them because of his high level of commitment. Every year there are 20 WRs that have more physical talent than Jerry Rice coming out in the draft. Yet they all fall short, because Rice was legendary for his commitment and year round work. How do you predict how committed a player is going to be? That is the biggest factor, IMHO, on predicting bust or probowls. So I have not sat down with Gary and I'm just going with taped interviews. Early in the draft process I saw an interview with him and he was talking about his business he started. To me, I thought he spoke more excitedly about his business than football. It made me question his love/commitment to football. The amount of work and ability to overcome pain and adversity is extreme. Will he succeed? I truly hope so, I will absolutely be rooting for him. I know Packer brass believes in him, but the ego of coaches thinking they can coach them up sometimes gets GMs in trouble. [/QUOTE]
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