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Post by brophy on Jul 27, 2006 9:48:14 GMT -6
Alright, when we break it all down, football is just a series of drills put together to make plays. Those drills are just successive movements based on stimulus response. Now with that, do you or do you not believe you could teach gorillas / monkeys to actually "play" football? I guess it would be a cognitive study in how to TEACH / COACH without relying on cultural exposure of football at adolsecence. And if so....on a personal note..........i would field a team of 11 defensive gorillas versus 10 offensive gorillas............with Peyton Manning as my quarterback. I'd imagine Manning's arms would be ripped off on the 2nd snap. That'd be cool.  |
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Post by utchuckd on Jul 27, 2006 9:53:08 GMT -6
Sounds like a doctoral thesis to me.  But did you have to use Peyton? That stings us Tennessee boys. Personally I'd rather see T.O. go across the middle on that defense. |
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Post by hchscoachtom on Jul 27, 2006 9:56:10 GMT -6
I agree.
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Post by cqmiller on Jul 27, 2006 10:03:17 GMT -6
I agree to a certain extent. I don't know if gorillas could process that much information in that short amount of time...(99% of humans can't even process the information that fast...that's why there is only 1 Peyton Manning, 1 Tom Brady, etc...)
If you only had to read 1 thing and then react to that 1 stimulus, then i would go with the gorilla defense. Unfortuneately, I have to teach my defensive ends to read the Tackle in front of them, as well as the FB/TB action in the backfield at the same time. That's 3 pieces of information processing in a split second.
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Post by brophy on Jul 27, 2006 10:08:29 GMT -6
well....okay PASSING might be a stretch........but you certainly could run the DW...............
ZING!
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Post by brophy on Jul 27, 2006 10:11:06 GMT -6
I have been thinking about this for over a year.....I really think it would be entertaining to watch.....
Salary cap of Bananas.....not a lot of overhead there.
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Post by utchuckd on Jul 27, 2006 11:28:44 GMT -6
Think you could get gorillas to run block/tackle each other and it not be seen as an act of aggression? I bet you could get them to run through a couple of basic plays through stimulus/response. And get a defense to react to it. But it seems to me that if it was actually full speed most of the acts in football are aggression/dominance moves that wild animals wouldn't understand the context.
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Post by brophy on Jul 27, 2006 12:02:04 GMT -6
paint the football yellow like a banana.
half my players don't understand the "context" they are operating in.....lol
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Post by groundchuck on Jul 27, 2006 12:07:46 GMT -6
Take this as a joke guys.... I bet the Gorillas could run the double wing. Think about it. No reads, just agressive smashmouth fury.  You could even teach them sign language and signal plays to them. |
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Post by utchuckd on Jul 27, 2006 12:30:11 GMT -6
Amen, brother. Ever coached a 5-6 yr old team? Prolly very similar to this situation as far as the teaching part. ;D
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