08-22-2022, 11:57 AM
(08-22-2022, 09:14 AM)740Bengal Wrote: Listen, I want the guy to succeed, the way he carries himself just irritates me, be engaged, act like you want to be there.
I'd like to go with "have you ever played at a fairly high level sport or at least played football at any level" but I won't go there. This level of play is not about pom poms and being rah rah and especially each and every play. Each of these players are actual people first and foremost with their own personalities, levels of intensity and even complexities.
All these players have played dozens and dozens of games at very high levels and to a man they know how to approach their craft, how intense to get and just how much slobber they need to let loose if that is what you're actually looking for. This ain't North Dallas Forty or The Longest Yard.
In fact, you'd be shocked at the rather high intellect and composure many many of these 300 plus pound players have, need and use to their benefit.
I would imagine there are plenty of players that are rather aloof, find very little interest in playing the game and are playing strictly for a paycheck at least to the level they need to but I'll never assume so and so is this way/that way just by the look on their face and the swagger they do/don't show. Lots of stuff going on behind the scenes and not visible to the naked eye.