Belichick on Crable and second year players

[hwc]

From his press conference tonight:

Bill Belichick Press Conference - 4/26/2009

Q: Following up on that, you’ve talked about [first year to second year] being a big jump for any rookie. For a guy like Shawn Crable, is he here in the program? And how do you evaluate him now in the one to two-year jump when he hasn’t been on the field much?

BB:I think that the player at this point in time can do things to prepare [himself] for when he does go out on the field, and that’s physically, film study, meeting with the coaches, having a better understanding of the system. Certainly a rookie player, whether they played or not, that’s been in our program for a year knows a lot more and is a lot better prepared for all the things that he’ll be doing both on and off the field, in the classroom, in practices and all that than he was a year ago when he walked in cold. I think the whole mental and physical process is really accelerated in the second year relative to the first year because they know a lot more about what to expect, what they need to work on, what their weaknesses are, where they’re deficient, where they need help: coaches, technique, training, whatever it happens to be. I think any player that is open to that, works hard at it and tries to address it will make significant improvements. Hopefully, that’s what they’ve all done and we will see that when we get back on the field. We won’t be able to measure that until we get out there. I think you can gain a lot of ground between the end of the season, at whatever point those players played to last season, to where they will be at the start of this year.

 

[eom]

I wonder if crable's in the doghouse.

 

[hwc]

I wonder if crable's in the doghouse.

That's what the newspapers are reporting.

 

[Jared]

I wonder if crable's in the doghouse.

Sounds to me that BB is talking about second year players in general. I see nothing there that suggests otherwise.

 

[patsfan-1982]

Sounds to me that BB is talking about second year players in general. I see nothing there that suggests otherwise.

i agree 100%

 

[smg93]

That's what the newspapers are reporting.

I'm sure eom was being sarcastic based of course on that ridiculous title for SMY's "story" in the Projo

 

[BradyFTW!]

Sounds to me that BB is talking about second year players in general. I see nothing there that suggests otherwise.

that's how I interpreted it, too.

 

[RayClay]

Really worth a thread?

By the way, if you watch the presser again, tell me if BB said many of the linebackers available were about four foot six, or many ran 6.4 40's.

Just listen and tell me I'm wrong.

 

[hwc]

Really worth a thread?

I think providing the full quote of what is being interpreted by newspaper reporters as an important Belichick answer is worth a thread, yes.

I thought Belichick said that there weren't many linebackers this year who ran a 4.6 or were 6'4". That was a comment about the smaller slower LBs in this year's draft compared to last year when Crable (a tall, fast LB) was taken.