SI on GRONK in high school

[ctpatsfan77]

SI.com: GRONK in High School: A Dominant Athlete, But Keep an Eye on the GRONK-O-Meter

 

[n1997y]

Tre’davious White pegged the Gronk-O-Meter, and paid the price.

 

[IcyPatriot]

Great read ... well done.

 

[supafly]

Nice article, but he played a season here in Pittsburgh when he lived with his dad. I believe that it was at Woodland High.

 

[Nikolai]

Yep, I almost didn't read this earlier today when I saw it because I thought it was just trying to play up the "Gronk is dirty" angle, but it was a good read.

Nice article, but he played a season here in Pittsburgh when he lived with his dad. I believe that it was at Woodland High.

They mentioned that in the article.

 

[supafly]

Yep, I almost didn't read this earlier today when I saw it because I thought it was just trying to play up the "Gronk is dirty" angle.

Same here. I only skimmed through casually, assuming that there may have been mentions of another concussion back in HS.

 

[supafly]

They mentioned that in the article.

Lots of shootings there this year. I believe it was up to 9 at last count.

 

[Observer]

I somehow ended up on a page saying that the secret to gronk’s success is something called PrimalXL and it is a secret that I apparently don’t want to miss.

 

[RobertWeathers]

The dude has not emotionally evolved at all.

Gronkowski purposely missed a free throw to keep the score at a number of, um, a certain significance: 69.

 

[sambam94]

"Gronkowski purposely missed a free throw to keep the score at a number of, um, a certain significance: 69."

classic

 

[tom444]

The dude has not emotionally evolved at all.

Haha, yeah, but he wouldn't be Gronk if he had.

 

[fair catch fryar]

Great find! The part where Gronk purposely missed the free throw to keep the score at 69 made me laugh out loud. When he scores a TD, he should have a big red nose and clown wig hidden somewhere in the end zone with some seltzer water to spray at the crowd because that's what he really is.

 

[RobertWeathers]

It really is amazing to play against a vastly superior athlete in HS. You can just tell they are on a whole different level. Strength. Power. Speed. Explosiveness. Coordination.

I'll leave out the name and HS but we used to go up against a kid in football and basketball. He was 6-4 240 in HS. Very good hoops player but a monster at football. He ultimately went to Penn State as a defensive player and spent some time with the Bengals.

 

[tom444]

It really is amazing to play against a vastly superior athlete in HS. You can just tell they are on a whole different level. Strength. Power. Speed. Explosiveness. Coordination.

I'll leave out the name and HS but we used to go up against a kid in football and basketball. He was 6-4 240 in HS. Very good hoops player but a monster at football. He ultimately went to Penn State as a defensive player and spent some time with the Bengals.

I'm trying to think if I should name this guy, and the school. I can't think why not.

We played a school that was on Thompson Island in Boston Harbor. It was a school for troubled kids I believe. This was in the late 50s. They had a guy, Phill Struthers (sp?), who was so far beyond anything anyone of us had seen before it was like playing against Jim Brown. I think I heard that a few years later he was playing in the Canadian pro league. He was under 6' but weighed around 220. He was solid muscle, fast, quick, coordinated, and a brutally aggressive runner. He was the best high school back I ever saw by far.