05-25-2021, 12:11 PM
(05-25-2021, 10:12 AM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: Look, you provided one article from a blogger for SB Nation named David Halprin.
https://www.sbnation.com/authors/david-halprin
If you want to write for SB Nation, you can.
https://www.sbnation.com/pages/openings
Good ol’ David didn’t conduct any of those player interviews. He plagiarized those quotes directly from another source without properly, or even improperly, citing his sources. How much context can David give me from reading another person’s article written the day before his? None. Players and coaches might say things during those interviews, but David Halprin sure as shit didn’t hear any of what may or may not have been said because David Halprin wasn’t there. However, three out of three players interviewed didn’t blame Paul Alexander. Not blaming someone is a really funny way of incessantly complaining. But, even if you’ve got three complaints, that still doesn’t rise to the level of incessant whining.
- Discussing PA and the Cowboys players not liking his ideas on how to play OL
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/blue-star/jjt-cowboys-fire-offensive-live-coach-paul-alexander/263322/
A quote from the article
[color=rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.9)]La'El Collins, who has committed a team-high seven penalties, has been among the most disappointing players on the offensive line. The Cowboys say he's struggled most with Alexander's style because he's an aggressive player by nature.[/color]
[color=rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.9)]If you think the Cowboys O linemen were just sitting quietly about this and not talking to people in the organization that they didn't like what Alexander was teaching, I don't know what else to tell you. Quotes like this are in several different articles and easy to piece together.... and I haven't even begun to get into audio clips and media coverage from interviews.[/color]
[color=rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.901960784313726)]Couple that with Alexander's own interview quotes as well as quotes from players in other articles essentially [/color][color=rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.901960784313726)]saying that the they didn't want to change styles and you can understand a [/color]volatile[color=rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.901960784313726)] situation leading up to Alexander being fired.[/color]
FWIW, I don't disagree that PA's idea on line play/technique fits todays NFL.... Circling back to the original discussion: THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH EVALUATING COLLEGE TALENT FOR DRAFT POSITION. You're just grasping at any straw in hopes to have some semblance of being right - and it's POSSIBLE that you are in some aspects. For the most part, you've been shown multiple times that the sky is (more than likely) blue, yet keep insisting it's definitively green.
