Posted on 04/25/2015 11:50:43 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom
[...] Tom House, a former journeyman major league pitcher who has turned into the country's leading sports biomechanics guru, had been working with Tebow for months. Every day for hours. This was after Tebow had been released by the Patriots two years ago and Tom Brady, who has become a protege of House's, recommended the former Broncos QB see House at USC, where he has an office above the third base line.
[...] He was Nolan Ryan's coach, and Randy Johnsons, and then he started working with Drew Brees at the beginning of his NFL career. Brees swears by him. Said House changed his life. Brady has been a believer for a few years now. So have about a dozen other NFL QBs who make a pilgrimage in the offseason to see him.
[...] "What you need to do is identify the critical variables. And do you have a fix for the variables that aren't efficient? Then, if they're efficient and effective and they're repeatable, they play. And we do as well with quarterbacks who are just trying to get better to go to college as we do with Drew Brees and Tom Brady, who just want to get 1 or 2 percent better."
Tebow needed a lot more than 1 or 2 percent improvement, though.
"Everybody's afraid of Tim," House told me back then. "There's too much stuff that comes with Tim. When he showed up here, he was 10,000 reps behind any other NFL quarterback. He'd never been given a tool kit on how to fix [his mechanics]. With good intentions, he wasn't getting any help. Everybody pulls for him, but good intentions with bad information is just as bad as no information at all." [...]
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I hope so. But if not, this is likely his last chance.
We’re just going to have to wait and see what Chip Kelly does. Kelly may keep Tebow on the practice squad as ‘a project’ which is still making the team. And depth charts are not all that hard wired in preseason as QBs can go up and down especially in the lower positions. Tebow should make things more interesting in the NFL this year.
I agree - or the CFL. Oh, well, water under the bridge. Looking forward to training camp!
And yet there are successful major-league pitchers with similar or lesser velocity. Velocity is overrated.
You’re right on the money.
Name the pitcher who gave up that home run.
Liberals find him a convenient target for the haterd that is so essential to their worldview.
Liberals find him a convenient target for the hatred that is so essential to their worldview.
And has never been forgiven for it.
Tebow is ineligible for the practice squad.
All I know is that if they field Tebow I’m interested. Otherwise I’ve got better things to do than watching gang bangers move up and down the field.
Al Downing
And no, i didn’t look it up :)
Not saying they outnumber the hoods, but ... “Several NFL players have ‘strong voices’ of Christian faith” - http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865571784/Several-NFL-players-have-strong-voices-of-Christian-faith.html?pg=all
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