BreakTheGopherCurse
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I appreciated and read with great interest the post that provided Gopher recruiting results since 2004. It got me thinking. It might be interesting to hear from GH'ers who played college football their opinion about the following:
Please comment on, rank or provide weighting for how much you believe the following factors determine whether a college football team has what it takes to have an extremely successful season:
1. Players ranked in the top 50 in the nation at their position
2. An extremely talented quarterback
3. Extremely hard working players
4 Players with unbelievable "heart"
5. Players who are highly confident
6. Players with high football intelligence
7. A team that loves their head coach
8. Players that love their position coach
9. Well-above-average team chemistry (players who genuinely care about each other)
10. Precise execution (regardless of player talent level or how complicated the playbook is)
11. A highly disciplined team
12. Extremely bright coordinators
13. A head coach that has won a lot of football games as a head coach over his career
14. Team Speed
15. A team that spends well-above-average time in the weight room
16. A highly effective kicking game
17. Other key factors that I didn't think of
For example, perhaps I'll learn that most former players believe "team chemistry" is way overrated or that a team packed with highly rated recruits probably doesn't require a top-of-the-line coaching staff. Perhaps I'll learn that most former players believe there are very different "formulas" that could create equivalent outstanding results. I thought this would generate some interesting discussion and help us all look at/analyze Gopher football a little differently in the future.
I realize that many of you will think this is ridiculous. That's fair, but I would ask that you refrain from criticizing the question. Please respond only if you intend to positively address and add to the discussion. Of course, anyone can respond to this, but please identify yourself if you played football at the collegiate level or played for a high school team that had a sophisticated program.
Thank you. And here's wishing Coach Brewster incredible success with the program and that he becomes (and wants to become) to the UofM what Joe Paterno has been to Penn St. Go Gophers!
Please comment on, rank or provide weighting for how much you believe the following factors determine whether a college football team has what it takes to have an extremely successful season:
1. Players ranked in the top 50 in the nation at their position
2. An extremely talented quarterback
3. Extremely hard working players
4 Players with unbelievable "heart"
5. Players who are highly confident
6. Players with high football intelligence
7. A team that loves their head coach
8. Players that love their position coach
9. Well-above-average team chemistry (players who genuinely care about each other)
10. Precise execution (regardless of player talent level or how complicated the playbook is)
11. A highly disciplined team
12. Extremely bright coordinators
13. A head coach that has won a lot of football games as a head coach over his career
14. Team Speed
15. A team that spends well-above-average time in the weight room
16. A highly effective kicking game
17. Other key factors that I didn't think of
For example, perhaps I'll learn that most former players believe "team chemistry" is way overrated or that a team packed with highly rated recruits probably doesn't require a top-of-the-line coaching staff. Perhaps I'll learn that most former players believe there are very different "formulas" that could create equivalent outstanding results. I thought this would generate some interesting discussion and help us all look at/analyze Gopher football a little differently in the future.
I realize that many of you will think this is ridiculous. That's fair, but I would ask that you refrain from criticizing the question. Please respond only if you intend to positively address and add to the discussion. Of course, anyone can respond to this, but please identify yourself if you played football at the collegiate level or played for a high school team that had a sophisticated program.
Thank you. And here's wishing Coach Brewster incredible success with the program and that he becomes (and wants to become) to the UofM what Joe Paterno has been to Penn St. Go Gophers!