Postby _yeti » Thu Jun 29, 2017 8:19 am
ArrylT wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2017 7:26 am
Lacys been meeting the weight goals so far ... I think this will be the make or break of Lacys career - if $385 k isnt enough motivation then nothing ever will be ... we all know how tough it is for an average person to keep motivated I'm curious to hear yeti's take on motivation as a former college player ...
I think motivation/work ethic is easy to look at like at 0 to 100 scale, like a Madden scale. A guy may be 90 speed, 85 agility, etc. Work ethic is like a scale that you have control over. No one who is willing to play even high school football is a 0. College football is a beast of a commitment, so I would still put the worst motivated guys at like a 40. Some people have all the drive in the world and not the physical tools. At some point in athletics, our physical tools mark the end of the line. Some people that is middle school, others at varsity sports, others at D3, D2, D1, pros, a couple years in, or for the good ones, as we like to mark, age 30+, etc. You know all that.
My take? Most guys who make it to the pros have extremely above average skills around with the right size and then middle of the road work ethic (for a professional, like a 70 out of 100). I think someone like Rawls fights to squeeze every bit of juice out of what he has (90+ work ethic). While Lacy on the other hand, has shown he can be a 3 down back, grasp a playbook, block adequately, etc., but he can't control his off the field urge to overeat/control his diet. I think he doesn't condition hard enough and that his discipline/motivation is dog s*** (60ish on this make believe scale haha). He can probably eat AT LEAST 3000 calories a day and still not gain weight as a professional RB and he has extreme financial motivation, along with the fame, and everything else it brings, and he still messes it up. It could be his backfield to lose if he wanted it enough.
I'll echo what was just said prior, I see a rotating committee that evolves as the year goes on with Lacy in front, Rawls to spell, and Prosise with passing down work. I don't see anyone taking it outright and being a 3 down back there this year.
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