glad to hear that... family is very important, IMO.
RA has the same infatuation with 40-times that most media have, although coaches don't pay so much attention to that stat.
They more often us the term "playing speed".
Here is a story from the Columbus Dispatch discussing player 40 times, with quotes from famous coaches and players.
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Does it really matter how fast a football player runs it?
EXCERPT
Nobody cared about Chris Spielman's 40 time during an 11-year career in which he was a fourtime Pro Bowl selection, led Detroit in tackles all eight seasons with the Lions and set a Buffalo team record with 206 tackles in 1996.
"A lot of guys can run fast in this world, but not a lot of guys can run fast with pads on," Spielman said.
In football, that's known as "playing speed" and has more to do with explosiveness than track-and-field ability.
"Paul Brown would say it's more important how they play than how fast they run," LeBeau said of the Hall of Fame coach. ''Playing speed may sound nebulous, but it is different than what they run in a straight-line 40-yard dash. Playing speed makes or breaks you."
The innovative Brown is credited with being the first to time players in the 40 when he was OSU coach in the 1940s. He did it to determine who could cover a punt the fastest. He continued testing 40 times as Cleveland Browns coach.
RA has the same infatuation with 40-times that most media have, although coaches don't pay so much attention to that stat.
They more often us the term "playing speed".
Here is a story from the Columbus Dispatch discussing player 40 times, with quotes from famous coaches and players.
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Does it really matter how fast a football player runs it?
EXCERPT
Nobody cared about Chris Spielman's 40 time during an 11-year career in which he was a fourtime Pro Bowl selection, led Detroit in tackles all eight seasons with the Lions and set a Buffalo team record with 206 tackles in 1996.
"A lot of guys can run fast in this world, but not a lot of guys can run fast with pads on," Spielman said.
In football, that's known as "playing speed" and has more to do with explosiveness than track-and-field ability.
"Paul Brown would say it's more important how they play than how fast they run," LeBeau said of the Hall of Fame coach. ''Playing speed may sound nebulous, but it is different than what they run in a straight-line 40-yard dash. Playing speed makes or breaks you."
The innovative Brown is credited with being the first to time players in the 40 when he was OSU coach in the 1940s. He did it to determine who could cover a punt the fastest. He continued testing 40 times as Cleveland Browns coach.
