A few years back, Z-B hoops was led for a season or two by Big Tim Baines. Many who knew the kid thought he'd be an NFL player if he decided to play OT or TE. Instead, he played hoops only and is not going to the NBA.
Now, the same thing is being suggested regarding our gentle giant ... big Markus Yarbrough. Size-wise, he obviously would get it done in the O-line. But the kid really is just a nice, happy teen-ager who doesn't seem to have the mean streak in him that you want your football players to have.
Besides, we don't know how he'd react being part of a Z-B grid team that has won exactly two varsity games in the last two YEARS. Guarentee the gentle giant is not used to losing. It might have soured him on the sport, or cut down his drive to succeed.
You've got to admit, he's made HUGE strides in his conditioning from his sophomore year to now. Would he have worked as hard while part of a really bad grid program?
Don't know.
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Sorry but your 0-2 interpreting and reading the latest blogs.
1) Your gentle giant won't find the pace or the contact on D1 hoops a stroll on the beach. He'll get exposed so much quicker in bsk than football! Besides he goes from being a big/below avg athlete compared to the athletes on the court to a big/good athlete on the gridiron. That's where his future is.
2) The skill comments made about LF were if I read the blog right were regarding football not basketball.