Vellassco wrote:
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Howard's big body has won him squat so far. In the first two playoff games against the Bobcats at home no less he has had more trouble staying on the court than BC15.
Talent is great and needed but you can not tell what is in a kids head until he advances and has to compete at a higher level. The sports world garbage bins are filled with athletes with great talent and great bodies but who never got close to fulfilling the expectations of the prognosticators because their heads were not in the right place.
When the Colts had the first pick the year that they drafted Peyton they had a choice between him and Ryan Leaf. They put both of them through all the physical tests and football tests. They watched tons of film and what was the last thing that the Colts did before they decided who to pick. They had them both in for psychology tests to determine which one had the mental makeup of a winner.
Peyton scored better on the tests and so the Colts picked him over Leaf who never became much of anything in the NFL.
The will to win and do whatever it takes to accomplish it can not be determined by looking at an athlete's body or even what he does on skill tests.
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