Eels in the media

[Gronk]

What is it with these young rugby league players wanting to go to the NFL lately?

Completely different sport, and training culture... Not transferable at all, imo.

Yeah I think it’s been shown that it’s a bridge too far. I have NFI, but as a casual observer, it seems that anyone who has not come through the college system seems to be almost written off from the start.

 

[Eelementary]

Yeah I think it’s been shown that it’s a bridge too far. I have NFI, but as a casual observer, it seems that anyone who has not come through the college system seems to be almost written off from the start.

Absolutely.

In the NFL, every team has their own different playbook, and just because you line up in a certain position, it doesn't mean that you will block the guy right in front of you (if you are an offensive linesman), or Mark up against the player directly opposite you.

It's a complicated game, and people need to understand the complexities behind audibles, reading coverages, understanding playbooks, which gaps to shoot as a defender, etc.

Simply being athletically gifted is not enough.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I did disagree, but mainly from wanting to help you out from potentially using onomatopoeia in the wrong context in a future real life situation. But all's well, and go the Eels!

Yeah wouldn’t want him to get bullied on the bus by wordcels ffs

 

[strider]

Rheed is gonna have a go at the pass the ball through the hole competition on the footy show today .... lets see how he goes

 

[hineyrulz]

Rheed is gonna have a go at the pass the ball through the hole competition on the footy show today .... lets see how he goes

Lucky it's not pick up a grubber competition, he'd get allaned.

 

[Gazzamatta]

Rheed is gonna have a go at the pass the ball through the hole competition on the footy show today .... lets see how he goes

Luckily its not a "Run and Pass Competition"

 

[yy_cheng]

I know why now Ba doesn't let rheed run.

He's shit at it

Moses gave him a spray when rheed ran didnt know what to do and then gave a hospital to moses

 

[yy_cheng]

Pump the brakes: The subtle shift that has Parra flying into finals

Eels captain Clint Gutherson is famed for his work rate, but dialling down the intensity at training this year has made him more effective on game day.

www.smh.com.au

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Yeah yeah, we know you're eating meat again Gunco.

 

[strider]

 

[the phantom menace]

Hears hoping we can make it one week further than last season... and maybe even two weeks

 

[yy_cheng]

MICHAEL HAGAN: The gold and blueprint for Eels to break premiership drought

Parramatta have a blue and golden chance to create history in the NRL finals.

www.theroar.com.au

 

[strider]

MICHAEL HAGAN: The gold and blueprint for Eels to break premiership drought

Parramatta have a blue and golden chance to create history in the NRL finals.

www.theroar.com.au

Its not printed in blue .... so it won't work .... i recall someone else did it right and printed it in blue in the past

 

[Gronk]

Poor merkin probably still has night sweats about us.

 

[King-Gutho94]

MICHAEL HAGAN: The gold and blueprint for Eels to break premiership drought

Parramatta have a blue and golden chance to create history in the NRL finals.

www.theroar.com.au

A shame Hages didnt have the Blueprint when he coached in 07/08.

The only blueprint he had was creating a culture of unaccountability.

 

[84 Baby]

What is it with these young rugby league players wanting to go to the NFL lately?

Completely different sport, and training culture... Not transferable at all, imo.

Not saying it suits Aukafolau but I think NFL suits a type of “failed” rugby league player. Mailata being the prototypical “failure”.
That’s players who are essentially too big to make it as NRL players but suits them to being line players in NFL, especially tackles, where there skill in tackles gives them an advantage.

 

[Gronk]

The premiers that never were: 2001 Parramatta Eels

As part of a series on some of the best teams never to win a premiership we take a look at the 2001 Parramatta Eels, who broke all sorts of records on their way to the decider but came up short in the big one

www.nrl.com

 

[Twizzle]

my god they're coming out of the woodwork

 

[Eelementary]

Not saying it suits Aukafolau but I think NFL suits a type of “failed” rugby league player. Mailata being the prototypical “failure”.
That’s players who are essentially too big to make it as NRL players but suits them to being line players in NFL, especially tackles, where there skill in tackles gives them an advantage.

There's way more to just being big, though:

* knowing whether to block the A, B, or C gap;
* being able to recognise a blitz;
* blocking for a run VS blocking for a pass (different skills required)
* learning how to block without holding;
* learning the offensive play book, and all audibles


Being physically gifted is not enough, imo.

 

[84 Baby]

There's way more to just being big, though:

* knowing whether to block the A, B, or C gap;
* being able to recognise a blitz;
* blocking for a run VS blocking for a pass (different skills required)
* learning how to block without holding;
* learning the offensive play book, and all audibles


Being physically gifted is not enough, imo.

That stuff can be learned a lot easier than size/athleticism can be.
The real disadvantage these players have is the infrastructure is already there in US college system.