Ethnicsands
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Just went for the heck of it and re-watched Ray Lewis UM highlights. (Also NFL.)
What an amazing tackler he was. Instincts, lateral ability, can shed blockers, diagnose plays, can find ball, all great. But dammit the guy always made the play, whether it was a hit, or a wrap, or even a grab. His hands were steel. If he grabbed you, you were caught.
And say what you want, he wasn't 'development' - dude was balling out in his first game at Miami a few weeks after he arrived on campus.
He had DESIRE.
I don't know what Butch would say he looked for - I'd like to know. But IMO guys who have that desire, will work out more than the others.
What an amazing tackler he was. Instincts, lateral ability, can shed blockers, diagnose plays, can find ball, all great. But dammit the guy always made the play, whether it was a hit, or a wrap, or even a grab. His hands were steel. If he grabbed you, you were caught.
And say what you want, he wasn't 'development' - dude was balling out in his first game at Miami a few weeks after he arrived on campus.
He had DESIRE.
I don't know what Butch would say he looked for - I'd like to know. But IMO guys who have that desire, will work out more than the others.