All things offseason discussion part II

[SirLK26]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag59

<snip>If anyone should have had a statue unveiled outside their Alma-Mater it should have been Patrick Ramsey at Tulane. Talk about a statue. I will say this though that college football teams in Texas are having a mini arms race being among the very few willing to build new stadiums as its very rare these days for a team to get a new place in college football. Maybe an upgrade or renovation if they're lucky.

List of NCAA Division I FBS football stadiums - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This year Baylor, Tulane, and Houston will have new stadiums to go along with North Texas who had a new field build in 2011.

Ehhh... wasn't Griffin's Baylor career more impressive than Ramsey's Tulane career? Ramsey's numbers didn't even approach Griffin's in terms of completion percentage, rating, and TD-INT ratio. And then there's, you know, the Heisman thing...

Whenever I think of new stadiums being built, I think of this. Just pathetic that a high school would spend 60 million on a stadium, only to find out they hired an architect that designed a stadium with structural problems.

[SFREDSKIN]

Redskins' Pierre Garcon, Chris Neild featured on 'American Muscle' - ESPN

[mooby]

Originally Posted by SirLK26

Ehhh... wasn't Griffin's Baylor career more impressive than Ramsey's Tulane career? Ramsey's numbers didn't even approach Griffin's in terms of completion percentage, rating, and TD-INT ratio. And then there's, you know, the Heisman thing...

You must not be too familiar with Dirtbag lol.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by mooby

You must not be too familiar with Dirtbag lol.

Dun worry its k. No 1 iz familar w Dirtbag cuz Dirtbag haz 0 friends.

However in all seriousness to SirLK the Ramsey comment was just a crack at Ramsey's mobility, or more specifically his lack there of.

Patrick Ramsey Scouting Report - News | FOX Sports on MSN

Patrick Ramsey Scouting Report

40-yard dash: 5.24

"He is not very mobile but will occasionally get outside the pocket."

LMFAO at 'will occasionally get outside the pocket.' Yeah maybe during 7 on 7 drills.

[Bushead]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag59

Dun worry its k. No 1 iz familar w Dirtbag cuz Dirtbag haz 0 friends.

However in all seriousness to SirLK the Ramsey comment was just a crack at Ramsey's mobility, or more specifically his lack there of.

Patrick Ramsey Scouting Report - News | FOX Sports on MSN


LMFAO at 'will occasionally get outside the pocket.' Yeah maybe during 7 on 7 drills.

I remember against a Jets opener game him running for about 30 yards to set up the game winning field goal. I think that was the only time it happened.

[KI Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by SirLK26

Whenever I think of new stadiums being built, I think of this. Just pathetic that a high school would spend 60 million on a stadium, only to find out they hired an architect that designed a stadium with structural problems.

You should have ended your sentence after the bolded part. I could hardly believe what I was reading when this clown stated: "This district did everything it should have done with regards to this stadium," Allen Superintendent Lance Hindt said Thursday, according to KXAS-TV. "This is not a black eye, I've said that from the beginning, for Allen ISD, nor a black eye for the city of Allen."

Did everything right? The damn thing should have never been contemplated, much less built! Sixty million dollars of education money spent on a high school stadium? That is insane! Just think what the school district could have done with that money if it were used for something like, you know, education. That's the black eye, Lance, you stupid shit!

[SirLK26]

Originally Posted by KI Skins Fan

You should have ended your sentence after the bolded part. I could hardly believe what I was reading when this clown stated: "This district did everything it should have done with regards to this stadium," Allen Superintendent Lance Hindt said Thursday, according to KXAS-TV. "This is not a black eye, I've said that from the beginning, for Allen ISD, nor a black eye for the city of Allen."

Did everything right? The damn thing should have never been contemplated, much less built! Sixty million dollars of education money spent on a high school stadium? That is insane! Just think what the school district could have done with that money if it were used for something like, you know, education. That's the black eye, Lance, you stupid shit!

Yeah, it seems outrageous, but Allen is a fairly wealthy area, and lately they've invested in some new sports facilities as well as a retail/office complex in order to encourage more population growth in the area. A new stadium for the high school football team makes a ton of sense, especially since high school football is so popular in Texas.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by SirLK26

Yeah, it seems outrageous, but Allen is a fairly wealthy area, and lately they've invested in some new sports facilities as well as a retail/office complex in order to encourage more population growth in the area. A new stadium for the high school football team makes a ton of sense, especially since high school football is so popular in Texas.

Now THATS a stadium

[jbcjr14]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag59

Now THATS a stadium

This stadium is very impressive. I live in TX and have been there for a Friday night game. TX high school football is for real and is treated like a major event all across the state.

Oh, and yes, Allen has some VERY wealthy residents and this was a piss in the wind to build.

[SirLK26]

Originally Posted by jbcjr14

This stadium is very impressive. I live in TX and have been there for a Friday night game. TX high school football is for real and is treated like a major event all across the state.

Oh, and yes, Allen has some VERY wealthy residents and this was a piss in the wind to build.

I hope you didn't go there in support of the visiting team. Because that very likely means you went home disappointed.

[SFREDSKIN]

If players on the team have Chris Neild's attitude they will kick ass this year. Love that guy!!

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by jbcjr14

This stadium is very impressive. I live in TX and have been there for a Friday night game. TX high school football is for real and is treated like a major event all across the state.

Oh, and yes, Allen has some VERY wealthy residents and this was a piss in the wind to build.

And to think I thought the High Schools I attended were big shots when they installed field turf and video screens. My only problem with the field turf is since a lot of High Schools have Football share with Spring sports like Lacrosse and Soccer that the lines for all sports are on the field year round. I imagine running across a field marked for Football isn't exactly a picnic for Soccer and LAX players either.


Though from what I can tell the basic outlines for LAX and Soccer are much lighter during football season.

Part of the reason I was pissed at the Redskins after the Seahawks playoff game was that virtually every High School in the area that I attended had installed field turf while one of the richest sport franchises in the world was dragging their feet with poorly maintained natural grass.

Also speaking of video screens:

Originally Posted by SirLK26

Jimmy Graham deemed tight end in system arbitration - NFL.com

I've thought this for a while now that the Franchise system needs to be tweaked a bit into more broad categories

Quarterbacks

Skilled Players - Running Back, Wide Receiver, Tight End, Fullback

Defensive Front 7 - DE, DT, ILB, MLB, OLB

Defensive Backs - CB, S

Specialists - K, P, LS

[SirLK26]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag59

<snip>I've thought this for a while now that the Franchise system needs to be tweaked a bit into more broad categories

Quarterbacks

Skilled Players - Running Back, Wide Receiver, Tight End, Fullback

Defensive Front 7 - DE, DT, ILB, MLB, OLB

Defensive Backs - CB, S

Specialists - K, P, LS

That wouldn't be fair to the positions in each category that are more valuable than the rest of their group; WR's and CB's, for example. The reason being, teams would just franchise their top WR/CB/3-4 OLB/other examples and make them play every year under the franchise tag at a less-than-market-value salary and with no way to escape, except for a holdout.

I still think the best option is to begin designating new positions.