I Apologize to Tim Tebow

The criticism of NFL player, Tim Tebow, has been that he cannot throw the football.  This guy has a big heart and there can be a lesson to be learned for high school student athletes.  If you work as hard as you can every day, you have the potential to play at the next level wherever you are in your athletic career.

If you’re a high school ball player and you dream of playing in college then you should dedicate yourself to your sport every single day like Tim Tebow then you have the chance to reach the college level.

To be a success in sports is all about hard work to improve.  There are thousands of high school student athletes who are all dreaming of a chance to play at the major college level.  To get to the major college level is going to require thousands of hours of hard work and thousands of more hours in the classroom so, put all that together and you may have a chance.

I think all the criticism that Tim Tebow receives every day about how he’s not good enough to play quarterback or how he should have never been drafted in the first place probably makes this guy go right out to the practice field and throw 500 footballs then gets in the weight room to get bigger and stronger.

Criticism can sometimes be a strong motivating tool to push an athlete farther than they’ve ever been in their lives.

Tim Tebow is not letting negative criticism destroy his chances of being an NFL quarterback.  This guy just goes out there every day and tries to figure out a way to get better so he can win games for his team.

There are a lot of student athletes who have talent and others who may not be as talented but if you work at your sport as hard as you possibly can and push yourself as hard as you possibly can then you have a chance.

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In his criticism of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade playing together with Miami Heat, Tracy McGrady rebukes Joe Dumars’ positional philosophy

In case you haven’t heard, Tracy McGrady doesn’t think LeBron James and Dwyane Wade complement each other. Via Keith Langlois of Pistons.com:

“It’s what I expected,” McGrady said. “You’ve got two guys who really don’t mix. They’re the same type of player. If you look at Boston’s big three, they’re traditional guys. You’ve got a true shooting guard, you have a true small forward and you have a true power forward. You have a shooting guard (Ray Allen) that doesn’t need the ball. In their case, both of their guys need the ball. They’re not great outside shooters, so they just can’t stand out there and wait for one to pass the ball and knock down open shots.

“That’s not their game. They have to have the ball to make plays and catch a rhythm that way. I’m the same way. I’m not the type of player who can stand on the perimeter and wait for somebody to pass me the ball and knock down jumpers. That’s just how it is. They just don’t complement each other.”

McGrady certainly isn’t the first person to criticize the Heat stars this season, and it’s certainly a reasonable opinion. I still think LeBron and Wade are versatile enough to play well together. Just because they haven’t so far doesn’t mean they can’t.

But what I found most interesting is McGrady’s comments pretty much contradict what Joe Dumars told Langlois before last season:

If you look around the league and look at rosters, the more you can have versatile guys on your roster, the better off you are. Less and less now, you find guys pigeon-holed into one position.

It’s nice to have guys who can play multiple positions, but I’m mostly with McGrady on this. You need players who a good at certain and things and other players who are good at others. Everyone doing everything is difficult to pull off, evident by this year’s Pistons.

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Blackistone: Envy, Ego Fueling Mariotti Criticism?

The first new airing of ESPN’s Around The Horn went off today without regular panelist Jay Mariotti – who has effectively been suspended from the show. During today’s production, host Tony Reali quizzed panelists about media reaction to Mariotti’s recent arrest for felony domestic assault.

Kevin Blackistone's reaction to media reaction to Mariotti felony arrest


No surprises in the reax from panelists Bob Ryan and Woody Paige. Both were as candid as could be expected under the circumstances. Kevin Blackistone though did raise an interesting point about the motivation of Mariotti’s critics:

“I’m not really surprised Tony, Jay has always been a polarizing figure. There’s a lot of ego and envy in this business of sports commentating. I think a lot of people are uncomfortable that he’s risen as he has by being such a provocateur and always telling other people what to do and how they should run their lives and how they should be treated thereafter.
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