Terrific Article on Wilson Family of Dartmouth and Seahawks

[PlayerRep]

He graduated 420. Not many people can call themselves a Stanford grad. He had the choice to play football a lot of places. Doesn't misplace the fact that he's a douche. I like Wilson a lot though. Seems to be a very good guy off the field.

Obviously, Stanford hasn't put enough funding and priority into its academic center.

 

[NativeGriz]

Good article-link below. Makes sense the guy was hyped up. Also, if actions speak louder than words, consider what Mr. Sherman has done off the field for many under privileged. Yes his comments were less than classy, but crabbytree brought some of it on. As for the PRs post, I agree Wilson is a breed apart. Great guy.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/tommyto...houghts-about-that-richard-sherman-interview/

 

[putter]

He graduated 420. Not many people can call themselves a Stanford grad. He had the choice to play football a lot of places. Doesn't misplace the fact that he's a douche. I like Wilson a lot though. Seems to be a very good guy off the field.

Graduated with a 3.8 GPA as well. He is cocky but give it a rest already - he can back it up

 

[PlayerRep]

He graduated 420. Not many people can call themselves a Stanford grad. He had the choice to play football a lot of places. Doesn't misplace the fact that he's a douche. I like Wilson a lot though. Seems to be a very good guy off the field.

Graduated with a 3.8 GPA as well. He is cocky but give it a rest already - he can back it up

He was miked up for the game. Did u c what he said to Crabtree, before Crabtree pushing him in the face? "Helluva game. Helluva game." No. 2 in his high school class. Started a masters program his last year at Stanford. While I too was put off by how he sounded and what he said in the post-game interview(s), the more I read about him, the more I like him. Having played corner back in the day, I view his game-saving play, which was incredibly hard to execute, as one of the best plays by a corner that I've ever seen. He was in perfect position, he looked up quickly, and despite being pushed in the back by Crabtree and having his momentum go away from the trajectory of the ball, he was able to go up high at the right time, turn his body and shoulder back, reach up and back with strength, and make the play. Otherwise, SF wins the game.

 

[AZGrizFan]

He graduated 420. Not many people can call themselves a Stanford grad. He had the choice to play football a lot of places. Doesn't misplace the fact that he's a douche. I like Wilson a lot though. Seems to be a very good guy off the field.

Graduated with a 3.8 GPA as well. He is cocky but give it a rest already - he can back it up

He was miked up for the game. Did u c what he said to Crabtree, before Crabtree pushing him in the face? "Helluva game. Helluva game." No. 2 in his high school class. Started a masters program his last year at Stanford. While I too was put off by how he sounded and what he said in the post-game interview(s), the more I read about him, the more I like him.

Exactly the way my thoughts have developed on this issue. I am back to rooting for the Seahawks....

 

[poorgriz]

He graduated 420. Not many people can call themselves a Stanford grad. He had the choice to play football a lot of places. Doesn't misplace the fact that he's a douche. I like Wilson a lot though. Seems to be a very good guy off the field.

Graduated with a 3.8 GPA as well. He is cocky but give it a rest already - he can back it up

He was miked up for the game. Did u c what he said to Crabtree, before Crabtree pushing him in the face? "Helluva game. Helluva game." No. 2 in his high school class. Started a masters program his last year at Stanford. While I too was put off by how he sounded and what he said in the post-game interview(s), the more I read about him, the more I like him. Having played corner back in the day, I view his game-saving play, which was incredibly hard to execute, as one of the best plays by a corner that I've ever seen. He was in perfect position, he looked up quickly, and despite being pushed in the back by Crabtree and having his momentum go away from the trajectory of the ball, he was able to go up high at the right time, turn his body and shoulder back, reach up and back with strength, and make the play. Otherwise, SF wins the game.

Uh... I think that's overstating things a bit. The ball was underthrown. Sherman basically had a relatively easy (for him) play on the ball to swat it away. I know you "played the game" and everything, but watch tapes from the Seahawks entire season, you'll probably see at least one play per game where Sherman makes a tougher play on the ball than this one.

 

[NativeGriz]

http://nextimpulsesports.com/2014/01/20/richard-sherman-hater-video-will-change-mind/

PG-relatively easy for Sherman, yes, but not an easy play. Sherman is so good he makes it look easy. If the ball was so underthrown, why is crabtree jumping up to catch the ball. It was close to perfect thrown and Sherman just makes a great play.

 

[Hammer]

If I was Sherman and just made the game winning play to win the NFC championship and Erin Andrews was interviewing me Crabtree wouldn't have even been mentioned. It would have been more like "hey baby, whats up later tonight"? :shock: :lol:

 

[rimrockgriz]

He graduated 420. Not many people can call themselves a Stanford grad. He had the choice to play football a lot of places. Doesn't misplace the fact that he's a douche. I like Wilson a lot though. Seems to be a very good guy off the field.

Graduated with a 3.8 GPA as well. He is cocky but give it a rest already - he can back it up

He was miked up for the game. Did u c what he said to Crabtree, before Crabtree pushing him in the face? "Helluva game. Helluva game." No. 2 in his high school class. Started a masters program his last year at Stanford. While I too was put off by how he sounded and what he said in the post-game interview(s), the more I read about him, the more I like him. Having played corner back in the day, I view his game-saving play, which was incredibly hard to execute, as one of the best plays by a corner that I've ever seen. He was in perfect position, he looked up quickly, and despite being pushed in the back by Crabtree and having his momentum go away from the trajectory of the ball, he was able to go up high at the right time, turn his body and shoulder back, reach up and back with strength, and make the play. Otherwise, SF wins the game.

Uh... I think that's overstating things a bit. The ball was underthrown. Sherman basically had a relatively easy (for him) play on the ball to swat it away. I know you "played the game" and everything, but watch tapes from the Seahawks entire season, you'll probably see at least one play per game where Sherman makes a tougher play on the ball than this one.

If you are a student of the game, simply stating the ball was under thrown is insufficient. Kaepernick is a fast ball thrower...meaning he lacks trajectory control in his game at this stage of his career. The ball should have been thrown sooner and with more "air" under it to the boundary. The Sherman play was very athletic, but certainly not anywhere near the perimeter of his abilities... :egriz:

 

[PlayerRep]

He graduated 420. Not many people can call themselves a Stanford grad. He had the choice to play football a lot of places. Doesn't misplace the fact that he's a douche. I like Wilson a lot though. Seems to be a very good guy off the field.

Graduated with a 3.8 GPA as well. He is cocky but give it a rest already - he can back it up

He was miked up for the game. Did u c what he said to Crabtree, before Crabtree pushing him in the face? "Helluva game. Helluva game." No. 2 in his high school class. Started a masters program his last year at Stanford. While I too was put off by how he sounded and what he said in the post-game interview(s), the more I read about him, the more I like him. Having played corner back in the day, I view his game-saving play, which was incredibly hard to execute, as one of the best plays by a corner that I've ever seen. He was in perfect position, he looked up quickly, and despite being pushed in the back by Crabtree and having his momentum go away from the trajectory of the ball, he was able to go up high at the right time, turn his body and shoulder back, reach up and back with strength, and make the play. Otherwise, SF wins the game.

Uh... I think that's overstating things a bit. The ball was underthrown. Sherman basically had a relatively easy (for him) play on the ball to swat it away. I know you "played the game" and everything, but watch tapes from the Seahawks entire season, you'll probably see at least one play per game where Sherman makes a tougher play on the ball than this one.

Nope, sorry, can't agree with you. In fact, you are dead wrong. Extremely difficult and tremendous play. It's obvious you never played the game, and certainly not cornerback.

Sherman lined up in essentially press coverage position at the start of the play, yet was able to be in almost perfect position when the ball was coming down. The ball was not "underthrown". It could have been thrown several inches or even 12 or more inches higher and still been catchable. In the photos and video, the ball is coming down a bit above Crabtree's head as he is elevating. In the below linked photo/video, note how much higher Sherman's hand is compared to Crabtree's hands (indicating that Crabtree would have had to keep elevating from where he is in the photo, to make the catch. I saw one commentator saying he believe Sherman would have still made the play if the ball had been thrown a bit higher.

Here's why the play was such a great and difficult play. As the ball was coming down, and Sherman was startin to go up, Crabtree gave Sherman a small push in the shoulder/back, resulting in some separation and causing Sherman to float away from the trajectory of the ball and towards the middle of the field. Nevertheless, Sherman was able to elevate very high, twist/turn his left shoulder and body back towards the ball, put his left hand up very high and with strength, and make a strong play on the ball--tipping it away from Crabtree.

See this linked photo, which turns to video. You can see the push in the shoulder/back, the separation, and then the twist and reach. (Hope the link gets to the right photo/video)

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[PlayerRep]

Found this in a Stanford magazine article on Richard Sherman. See the second para below. I think Sherman's older brother, Branton, had a brief MSU career as a receiver. There's a good article on Sherman in the NY Times tonight.

"“Basically, whatever he did, I did after him,” Sherman says. “On top of that, I tried to do whatever he did, but a little better.”

His brother, a house painter who played some football at Montana State, says, “I was never jealous. I always pushed him to be that, to be better than me.”

One thing Richard imitated is more or less the same, instead of better. Branton had the dreadlocks first.