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Message: [QUOTE="relaxer, post: 4720862, member: 7852"] The disconnect is that you don't seem to understand that I'm speaking in relative terms, not absolutes. When I say Ford only has length, and not foot speed and physicality, I'm saying that he doesn't have those things relative to the guys who become D1 AAs -- the best of the best in college (which is what he is being projected to be). Players like Duffy, Millon, Duenkel, and Colsey have college ready, 5 star caliber foot speed right now. A guy like Sean Browne already shows the complete athletic profile of an ACC A/M. Ford is going to be a 3 year starter and 200+ point scorer for Boys Latin. It's not in doubt that he's a terrific player; one of the best at the high school level. And he is [I]highly[/I] athletic relative to the several hundred other tall attack men playing high school lacrosse. But that's not who I'm comparing him to. I'm comparing him to other 5 star recruits both past and present. There are guys who are terrific D1 players in lacrosse/football/basketball, but don't have the ideal traits to translate that to the same level of success at the pro level. The same applies to the transition from high school to college, which is why I look at traits as much as production. You are well within your rights to disagree with me and how I weight traits. I have no issue with that and just as you don't know me, I have no way of knowing if I have anywhere near as much lacrosse expertise as you do. But given the athletic/skill profiles of the majority of AA attack men over the past decade, I don't think my initial position was particularly outlandish or indefensible, which is what I took your perception of my opinion to be. If I'm misconstruing your perspective the way I believe you are misconstruing mine, then I apologize. [/QUOTE]

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