Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Ok trying out this Blogger-on-MS-Word thing

Ok, trying out this Blogger-on-MS-Word thing.  With a couple of random posts on my mind.

I’m trying to understand why the heck Isaiah Thomas is going through all these stupid trades(the latest being getting the Franchise), and I’ve come down to only 1 viable conclusion:

Isaiah Thomas wants to give Larry Brown a heart attack.

Getting him, so that he can force a trade for a better player doesn’t really work out.  Who are you going to trade these shoot-first, pass-later, I-don’t-wanna-defend players to?  ARE you going to be able to trade them?

How To "Write" a Term Paper

Y’kno, the sad part is that the above is totally true of not just how people write papers in college, but study for midterms.  How the hell did I study much better in high school?

This sounds crazy, but I believe football gives a MUCH better exercise workout than basketball.

Despite the fact that basketball is considered good aerobic exercise and football is not.But only at the non-professional level.  Like recreationally.  Or like on Turkey Bowl.

Because everytime I play football, I get tired.  Everytime I play basketball, I do not feel the same amount of burn(not that I don’t get tired, but I really don’t feel like the air is sucked outta me).  And I’m one of those people who believe you HAVE to play defense HARD and crash the boards everytime if you want to win.  I’m not saying bball sucks; love it more than football(though I love football a lot too).

I used to wonder why this is so; now I don’t; lemme try to explain what I think’s going on.

1. There are a LOT more wide receivers who play this game when you’re playing it at a non-professional level.

Let’s face it; how many times have you played football and had 60% of your guys play as offensive linemen?  Even a designated runningback is pushing the envelope.  And how many defensive linemen?  Get the picture?  The majority of you guys on offense are playing like you’re T.O. and the majority of you guys on defense are playing like you’re Tim Brown.  Only 1 guy is not playing WR on offense consistently, and that is the QB.

And we all know what wide receivers like to do; run until you get open.

2. There’s a lot more open space to do what you want as a wide receiver than a perimeter player can do in basketball.

BIG, BIG point.  That’s why often you hear stuff like “1-on-1 coverage” when it comes to dissecting the defensive weaknesses of a football team.  That field is so big, that you’ll NEVER be able to contain your man all the time; defense is basically reacting to your opponent, not creating the situation, and with a big playing space to do it with, you’re going to have your way; if you have a 1-on-1 situation, eventually he’s going to get open.  That’s why good defensive football teams know how to zone defend their field better, and blitz aggressively.

With basketball, there’s a limit to how far out and around the person you’re guarding can go.  So you’re going to be running around a lot less.  Even if he can jack up 3s like nobody’s business.  Even if they got rid of the 24 second shot clock, and *arguably* got rid of the half court violation, there is a limit to where he can end up.  It’s a lot more probable for you to go 1-on-1 on an opponent in basketball if you’re playing defense and come out on top.  The only way for this to be possible is if your opponent could literally shoot from anywhere, and they got rid of the half court violation.

3.  Also, in basketball, even if you catch the ball, you still need to shoot it into the hoop.

That is a huge difference, because in football, as a WR, if you catch the football, you did your job; granted, you’d like to catch it in the end zone, but part of the job in football is advancing the line of scrimmage, and if you catch the ball in any fashion as long as it’s forward, you did your job.

Basketball does not give you points for making a good pass.  Therefore, you can still do your thing on defense even if they caught the ball in deep.  Or hit an open man at the perimeter.  The ball still has to go through that orange loopy thingy.

So there you have why I think this way.  Basically, it boils down to “it’s much harder to cover on defense.”  Cause once the qb says “hike,” basically everybody and anybody is running around like crazy.

I will concede though, that perhaps I may get more tired during football than basketball b/c my legs seem to be more red muscle than white muscle; lemme detract from my rant to explain this.  For those of you non-science ppl, in simple terms, there are 3 types of muscle in your body; white, red, and cardiac.  White muscles are anaerobic; they require no oxygen, can move VERY fast, but tire out QUICKLY.  People who have more of these muscles in their legs can burn you on 100 m sprints, but die in mile runs and marathons.  Red muscles are aerobic; they require oxygen; they tend to move VERY slowly, but they don’t tire out.  I believe I have more of these in my legs; I SUCKED running short sprits in jr high and high school.  But I was a monster in mile runs are arguably cross-country; I think I would consistently end up near the leader of the pack; best mile run in jr high was 6:20.  And then there’s cardiac muscle; this is the ultimate; it’s ridiculously fast, and NEVER tires.  Sadly, this muscle is only confined to your heart.

I say this because people with more red muscle in their legs SUCK at doing liners.  I felt like I wanted to throw up(literally) after I did my 1st liners in high school.  And non-professional football is basically that; a lot harder liners than basketball.  But I guess for the people who have more white muscle in their legs, they may feel the opposite what I feel.

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