Itās the same as the ālive tackling in practiceā question in football. Playing full contact in practice means extra injury risk in practice, but it also means being better at tackling (defense) and playing through contact (offense) in live games. These are risks a coach weighs in the pursuit of making the team better. Canāt bubble wrap athletes in practice, else theyāll never reach their full potential in competition.
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Oh, I get it. You canāt tackle properly unless you do live tackling in practice and kids get hurt doing that. But tackling is something everyone on the defense is going to be doing on every down (and even the offense will be doing it a handful of times per year). Recovering a loose ball is something thatās only going to happen a few times/game and I suspect its much more dangerous. These guys are flinging themselves chaotically at a hard floor over and over.
The JV football coach at my high school was kind of an idiot (I had him for US history my junior year and my friends who had free periods at the same time would sometimes come hang out in class just so they could heckle him when he got stuff wrong). One of the drills was the āRam Drillā or something (Iām probably misremembering the name) because he wanted to make us tough.
Heād pick two random guys, line them up 20 yards apart and tell them to knock each other over. One time he matched me up against my best friend (who was 6ā7" 260 or so at the time, I was like 5ā8" 150. He didnāt like me.) and I managed to get tangled up in his legs and trip him.
Sure, I guess its working on useful football skills, but kids got hurt all the time compared to what we gained skill-wise. The varsity coach, who was excellent and turned a terrible program around in like 3 years, never used that drill and would roll his eyes at us when we asked about it.
Edit - Random sidepoint, now Iām googling trying to find out what happened to the Varsity coach. Along the way, Iāve discovered my HS now has boys and girls lax (which is wild, I literally didnāt know what lax was until I went east for college), the wrestling team is still there (which is fun, because it only became a sport there my junior year), they got rid of the badminton team (I lettered in four sports, and badminton was one of them so this makes me sad), thereās a varsity girlsā flag football team, and both boys and girls soccer are winter sports (I guess Fall and Spring are both too hot).
Finley Bizjack playing pg for Butler out of necessity. Doing solid job so far.
Iām getting Bronco-making-football-guys-combat-crawl-up-the-hill-with-weights vibes
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Finley Bizjack is popping off. Already had 14 pts (23-21 boiste st).
Thatās my possible McKneely replacement.
Finley Bizjack gives me MAJOR Tyler Kolek vibes.
Wonder if Malik Mack will continue hot shooting in the next game
Should I put this game on or watch the Pitt? Ones for sick people and one is about sick people, tough call
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what is the Pitt? Like Pitt basketball? never lol.
Boise St is going to destroy Butler Iām just watching for Finley Bizjack who is likely to portal (entered last off season too before coming back to Butler)
Man Thad Matta is cooked
I see. Thatās not Severance.
Iāve heard they put up the bubble rebounders and have competitive games in practice where points are awarded for rebounds, deflections, steal, and loose balls.
Cmon Finley enter the portal like tonight. Donāt even wait. (heās literally Tyler Kolek 2.0)
On to Malik Mack watch now vs Hoiberg
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Iāve never wanted these mother fuckers to lose so badly as I do know having watched whatever this is
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Bruce Pearl 
Todd Golden
Auburn fans
Florida fans 
Slight nod to Florida there. Hope either of them gets smoked by Houston in the āship.
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Pitino holding an imaginary old fashioned in the left hand.
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Maybe a mint julep, because, Louisville.
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(Not sure where to put this)- how strange is the current Nova situation? They are playing in a third rate tourney, with an interim, while the portal is open, and while the future coach has been hired/waiting. Does Willard help Mike Nardi game plan? Is he at the game tonight? lol.
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Man for me the key is They are playing
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Then donāt watch the rest. Bet the ratings wonāt suggest that it sucked.
I hadnāt watched them but heard they were good. They def laid an egg.