You’re telling me a team can do hard counts designed to try to draw the defense offsides and then when it works and they jump offsides, they just give them the points anyway?
Darnold stock during this game looking like Lehman Brothers on Sept 15, 2008. We’re about 30 minutes away from video footage of Sam leaving the locker room with everything he owns in a cardboard box.
We are the dumbest animals ever to walk the Earth. Smart enough to invent airplanes that can fly and drop water from the sky to fight fires; stupid enough to slam a drone into it trying to get footage of a natural disaster for social media.
Seeing a lot of things like “blowouts happen in CFB all the time 🤷🏼♂️” and “let’s just celebrate the generational seasons IU and SMU have had”. And sure, but these kind of performances aren’t gonna make it more likely the non-name brand teams get the benefit of the doubt anymore.
T’s and P’s to all of my friends in the amateur scouting community on Day 2 of that event. Every draft room is going to be sponsored by Celsius, Starbucks, or the local adderall plug
Sources: Major League Baseball is considering making the 2025 MLB Draft a two-day event. Rounds 1-3 would take place on day one. Rounds 4-20 would take place on day two. Plan is expected to be finalized soon. Still some final details to iron out.
There is little value to having innovative ideas, no matter how much data there is to back it up, unless there is someone who can reach the athletes where they're at and implement something actionable.
I feel like we see this type of thing with every pendulum swing when new trends set in. As long as there are innovations being made, the separator will always be the ability to communicate and connect with the athlete and gain trust and buy-in on the importance of the trend.