So who still thinks Hard Knocks was a bright idea?

[bsfins]

  At 9pm last night I was hurrying up,channel surfing up to HBO to watch Hard Knocks...Then remembered it was over...

[MikeO]

I think it's a good idea, still.  I wish we'd do it every year.

Even if he picked it up from Hard Knocks (which is probably bullshit), there is still plenty of tape of preseason games.  If your snap count is predictable, that's your problem....not a reality show.

I am of the belief that sunlight on an issue is a good thing.  Put it all out there and people either play better or they don't.  Trying to cover up your ineffectiveness is no help.

Yep. It is what it is every year. The show is a formula that never changes. The guys that got the most air-time are gone (Hogan, Brown, Root, Chad, Garrard...etc) and are for the most part scrubs. Nothing significant ever happens on the show really. Rookies get hazed some. Assistant coaches with "wacky personalities" are showcased (ala Jim Turner). The head coach gets a lot of air time. Different year, same show.  It's really a show for football junkies as the casual fan would find it boring.

[jimmythefinger]

The point of showing him doing such menial things was to point out his eye for detail. It's supposed to prop him up as someone who studies everything and to tell people that you can't do the big things right if you don't look at the small things. It's not that difficult to see.

That's what the script writers said, what the script writers made it out to be. And eye for detail's a good thing if you're not missing out on the big picture -- i.e. arranging deck chairs on the Titanic. He's picking on players for not tying their shoes, having to urinate, dropping the F-bomb. He hasn't won a game yet. I'm rooting for the guy. But that don't make me blind.

[Cathal]

^^^^ I'm sure there were plenty of people on this board making fun of Vontae for having to pee more than the 50+ year old coach. And, let's be honest, not tying your shoes could get you injured. 

[Landshark]

^^^^ I'm sure there were plenty of people on this board making fun of Vontae for having to pee more than the 50+ year old coach. And, let's be honest, not tying your shoes could get you injured. 

If you're out there working hard in that South Florida heat, you shouldn't have to pee, even if you're drinking a lot of water.  You're sweating rivers constantly.

[jimmythefinger]

If you're out there working hard in that South Florida heat, you shouldn't have to pee, even if you're drinking a lot of water.  You're sweating rivers constantly.

This from a guy named after a beer?

[Landshark]

This from a guy named after a beer?

It's common knowledge, and I've had it happen to me.  I've been out on my boat in the muggy Florida heat in mid July and August and sweated like a pig.  One time I drank ten bottles of water during a fishing trip.  Didn't have to pee a drop because I sweated so much.