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<blockquote data-quote="Cuyahoga Falls Eers_rivals" data-source="post: 132313266" data-attributes="member: 1759980">I was paid to watch and analyze sports for 15 years by the Williamson Daily News, Charleston Daily Mail, St. Petersburg Time and Dayton Daily News. Even today, decades later, I watch sports with an analytical mind, rather than a cheering fan (oh, I cheer for WVU, but I can't help analyzing).It makes me see things that rabid fans miss. I watch defensive alignments against the offense throughout the game, looking for shifts from 3-man fronts to 2 linebackers shooting into the backfield from both edges. I've often been thanks for giving some fans insights they missed when they watched the same game.This WVU team has the talent ... in their bodies ... but they need the talent in their heads. Brain and body must be on the same page. College basketball today is like being in a Ferrari going 130 mph and trying to fling the basketball into a hoop that's blurry to you on somebody's driveway. No game plan or play diagrams in their heads, like in football. Just fling it and pray, wing it and pray. It's a miracle no one has broken their neck slamming in the backboard supports they don't see! I still look forward to watching EVERY game by my alma mater, but 15 years of being paid to watch sports by the Williamson Daily News, Charleston Daily Mail, Dayton Daily News and St. Petersburg times turned me into analytical, even to this day.It has been drilled into my brain.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cuyahoga Falls Eers_rivals, post: 132313266, member: 1759980"] I was paid to watch and analyze sports for 15 years by the Williamson Daily News, Charleston Daily Mail, St. Petersburg Time and Dayton Daily News. Even today, decades later, I watch sports with an analytical mind, rather than a cheering fan (oh, I cheer for WVU, but I can't help analyzing). It makes me see things that rabid fans miss. I watch defensive alignments against the offense throughout the game, looking for shifts from 3-man fronts to 2 linebackers shooting into the backfield from both edges. I've often been thanks for giving some fans insights they missed when they watched the same game. This WVU team has the talent ... in their bodies ... but they need the talent in their heads. Brain and body must be on the same page. College basketball today is like being in a Ferrari going 130 mph and trying to fling the basketball into a hoop that's blurry to you on somebody's driveway. No game plan or play diagrams in their heads, like in football. Just fling it and pray, wing it and pray. It's a miracle no one has broken their neck slamming in the backboard supports they don't see! I still look forward to watching EVERY game by my alma mater, but 15 years of being paid to watch sports by the Williamson Daily News, Charleston Daily Mail, Dayton Daily News and St. Petersburg times turned me into analytical, even to this day. It has been drilled into my brain. [/QUOTE]

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