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• Gene Therapy: What Should A Coach Do?

  Apr 15, 2022 Gene Clemons 0 Comments

  

   

  by Gene Clemons

   

  When I first read the headline that the head volleyball coach at Grambling dismissed the entire volleyball team, I thought it was a joke or that there was something more to the story that I was missing. Upon further investigation, it was discovered that the new coach did in fact cut every young lady off her team. My first reaction was, "Damn! That’s cold-blooded!” The other people I talk to regularly all felt that this coach was wrong for what she was doing. I began to feel a weird duality at the time. As a player and a human being, I felt like this was the wrong thing to do but as a coach, I could understand the move. Ultimately, I don’t believe that I would have the ability to do that to players, but I can’t pretend that I don’t understand. So in an effort to explore this from the other side I wanted to explain why this may not be the last time you see a drastic move like this made.

   

  I know how coaches who take over bad jobs get treated when they don’t win. They are treated as if they are failures, like it is their fault the team has not won. If it is their first opportunity as a head coach, they may never get another job. Every time they interview for a job, they must explain why they were not successful in their first stint. Most of the time we all know the real reason but we just don’t want to admit it. The players were not good enough and the coach was not given enough time to recruit better, implement or change a culture, and get the team going in a winning direction. But if a coach goes into an interview and blames a lack of talent, then it is received as if he is shifting the blame off himself. So coaches are almost forced to admit to shortcomings that they don’t really believe they possess in order to show that they have grown from their first opportunity. 

   

  Meanwhile the players rarely receive the scrutiny associated with losing. There is usually some accountability piece they are missing. So many players get to college and feel like the job is over. They have reached their goal and now is the time to reap the rewards of their hard work throughout the prep ranks. So they go to college and never improve beyond what they were in high school. Some believe they are being disrespected when they are not playing and they transfer but others don’t really care about playing as long as they are getting that scholarship money. That has a negative effect on the players who do play. They don’t feel the pressure coming from the players behind them and therefore don’t rise to the level they need to be in order to elevate the team. Rinse, wash, repeat and you end up in a situation that a lot of the non-revenue generating sports find themselves in, especially at HBCU’s. 

   

  Chelsey Lucas seems to know HBCU women’s volleyball very well. Before being named the head coach at Grambling, she was the head coach at Arkansas Pine Bluff for three seasons and before that she spent three seasons at Alcorn State. At both stops her overall record was under .500 and she had to make due with small victories. She improved both of the programs she took over and now she gets a chance to return to her Alma Mater which makes this story take an ever more interesting turn. Who knows the culture of Grambling volleyball better than a woman who had personal success representing the university on the court. She was a first team All-SWAC performer and defensive player of the year in 2006 for the Tigers. I am sure she could attest to the skill level and accountability inside the locker room. As someone from the outside looking in, if a coach felt this was what she needed to do in order for the team to have success, her experience would say that if anyone had an understanding of what to do it would be her. 

   

  Let’s not pretend as if this has not been done in some capacity before. Over the years coaches have found creative ways to separate players from a program. They have done everything from lowering scholarships to the bare minimum, to creating expectations that are impossible to meet. Every time you see a player enter the transfer portal you can't possibly believe it is because they want to, sometimes they feel they have no other choice. The writings on the wall. When Taulia Tagovailoa watched his brother Tua rise to superstar status at Alabama so he naturally thought he would follow in his big brother's footsteps. He quickly learned that it would not be the case and he transferred to Maryland. That may have been the best thing for him. It humbled him and probably made him work even harder to prove the people at Bama wrong or to live up to his own expectations. What Lucas did was cut out the histrionics that come with these moves or at least she thought she did. 

   

  Looking at this from a coach's perspective I bet she felt she was doing the best thing for the school, for those players, and definitely for herself. For the school, it's an opportunity to build a winning culture and a team that alumni and donors want to invest in. For the players it is a chance to possibly find a school better built for their skills or maybe it is the motivation necessary to raise their abilities and expectations. For her, it is a chance to create a legacy at the place she called home. An opportunity to help thousands of young ladies reach their full potential as players and as women why winning at a high level.

   

  The one thing that we are not sure of but would absolutely be a necessity in this case is what is she doing to help those displaced young ladies find another home. We don't know how much scholarship money these ladies were on. We know it is volleyball and it is at an HBCU so it would not be irresponsible to say they probably don't have the same amounts of equivalencies as Penn State. Currently there is push back and outrage over the coach's decision and campaigns are in place to try and reinstate the players but ultimately who does that truly serve. If it is about playing the game the relationship is probably forever fractured.  The only hope is that Lucas is helping those players find other homes to finish their careers and more importantly their degrees because that is still the main goal.

   

  I'm sure all of the discourse and media attention surrounding this decision doesn't make the job easier. The old saying, "You have to crack some eggs to make an omelet" never tells you what happens when the shells get in the food. However, this episode plays out, if it doesn't end with winning Lucas will undoubtedly pay a steep price. If they win, it will cover up the stench of this decision and the fallout from it. She could go on to have a fruitful career and so many more women than she hurt with this decision but that is a big if. The team is 81-207 since 2011. That is a lot to turn around and as of now, the clock is ticking. I wish those young ladies nothing but the best, and I hope Lucas wins.

   

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  Gene Clemons is a Sports Analyst and Contributor to CWN Sports. His weekly column and podcast - Gene Therapy focuses on Sports, Politics and Social/Urban issues.

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• Gene Therapy - NCAA 2022 |The Final Four: Coaches Are Everything!

  Apr 1, 2022 Gene Clemons 0 Comments

  

   

  by Gene Clemons

   

  The men's and women's final four are both epic this year. On the women's side you have South Carolina trying to ascend to UConn like levels. You have UConn fighting to stave off the oncoming Lady Gamecocks and the other women's teams who keep improving yearly. Stanford is still lurking, ready to prove that they are still one of the elites in the women's game, and of course you have Louisville who keeps knocking on the door to announce themselves as a perennial women's hoop power.

   

  On the men's side you have a couple matchups that may never be topped again. Villanova will face Kansas as the two powerhouse programs duel to see who will get to add another championship to their trophy case. The other matchup is about as epic as you can get in a final four. North Carolina takes on Duke for the first time in the final four. It is a storyline that writes itself. In fact, both are. And it is rare that you get this good of a matchup without their being chalk everywhere but that is the case. Kansas is a one seed, but Duke and Nova are two seeds and UNC is an eight seed.

   

  With all due respect to the Cinderella's and upstarts, these are the matchups that we want to see in the final four. It's not just the top seeds, these are teams that have become a part of what we love about the sport. Causes being pushed and agendas driven which always makes more great storylines. Whenever someone doesn't seem to get there fairly it is news. Stars are being stars and there is always a chance for a new breakout. 

   

  

   

  The coaches are so good!

   

  On the women’s side what can be said about Geno Auriemma that has not already been said in triplicate. The UConn general has established himself as the greatest coach in the history of the women’s game. Not only has he been able to find immense success as a college coach, but he has been a dominant figure in the international game. He’s created a standard at UConn that all other coaches are continuously chasing. But as good as Auriemma is, he is not on top of the all-time wins list, that distinction belongs to Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer who has been a staple in the women’s game for 42 seasons. Her squad is also the reigning national champions. Last year she was able to best manage the bubble and lead her squad to the championship. Jeff Walz is a name that does not get enough publicity in the women’s game, but he has been great for the Cardinal bringing that team to prominence.

   

  Before Walz took over the team only had four NCAA tourney wins. In his 15 seasons, he has 37 wins in the tournament and has advanced to the final four, four times. He has also made it to the championship game twice. He has won a remarkable five straight ACC regular season titles. South Carolina’s Dawn Staley is a legend in the women’s game as a player and is quickly becoming legendary as a coach. In just 14 seasons on the job as a Gamecock she has made four, final four appearances in the last seven years and cut down the nets in 2017. All she knows is gold as a coach of Team USA and she has fiercely fought for women to be appreciated in athletics at the same level as the men. Her recruiting classes keep getting better and better as she produces top 10 WNBA picks almost yearly now.

   

  Bill Self has put together a resume envious of all who have coached the game. Over the last 24 years of his career (18 at KU) He has won over 73% of his games at every stop and that includes an over 82% winning percentage as the Jayhawks leader. He has more accolades that anyone would care to write about, and he is already a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He led the Jayhawks to the national title in 2008. Jay Wright is one of the newest members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and in his 21 years as the head coach at Villanova, he has built a monster. His squad has won two national titles. In 2016 when they cut the heart out of Tar Heel fans with a last second buzzer beater and in 2018 when they dashed the hopes of the Michigan faithful. He has found success zigging when others were zagging in recruiting by not targeting potential one and done talent but focusing on the talent that fit the style they wanted to play.

   

  With all due respect to Hubert Davis (and he deserves respect) nobody outside of Chapel Hill will be talking about him in the final four. It is worth noting that not many coaches follow a legend and have immediate success. Not many coaches go to the final four in their first season as a head coach. Most first-time coaches don’t make adjustments that change the trajectory of the team not only in the present but possibly for years to come. What Davis has done at UNC this year is applause worthy. With that being said, all eyes will be fixated on the modern era GOAT of the college coaching world Coach K as he tries to cap off an incredible career with one more national title win. Like many of the other coaches, we could run down all of his accolades but what really matters is five national titles. If he wins it again this season, he will go out with a national championship in four different decades. That level of excellence is mind blowing.

   

  This weekend is filled with storylines. Geno is looking for his 11th championship, and Coach K is zeroing in on six. VanDerveer hopes to win her fourth and Wright is trying to win his third. Self and Staley will hope to double up while Walz and Davis hope that they get to cut down the nets for the first time as coaches. Will UConn have enough to get by Stanford in a pick 'em game? Can anyone stop the freight train that is South Carolina? Can Louisville break through? Can UNC end Coach K’s career? What an epic weekend. Take a seat, grab a drink and your favorite game time snacks, and watch it all unfold.

   

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  Gene Clemons is a Sports Analyst and Contributor to CWN Sports. His weekly column and podcast - Gene Therapy focuses on Sports, Politics and Social/Urban issues.

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• Gene Therapy: March is My Type of Madness!

  Mar 20, 2022 Gene Clemons 0 Comments

  I love football. As a player, coach, and writer, football has always meant so much to me. It has opened doors that I never knew were there. I am forever grateful and indebted to the game. But, anyone who really knows me, they know that I am in love with basketball. As a kid growing up in inner city Chicago, the court was the sanctuary from all of the chaos (mostly). Throughout the years, basketball has remained a constant in my life. I grew up a Carolina Tar Heels fan. I wore #15 because of Reidel Anthony in football and Vince Carter in basketball. For anyone who loves hoop, the NCAA tournament is Christmas. It's the most wonderful time of the year. The tournament encapsulates everything great about sports. It's the convergence of all classes and all abilities where the outcome is simply based on what happens between the lines. We have seen impossible comebacks and massive upsets. Anything is possible during the madness of March. So what makes it great? 

   

  Cinderella

   

  The most obvious reason the tournament is beloved by hard core basketball fans and novice is because is the Cinderella factor. The team who is winning despite not having the same resources or talent of other schools. 11, 12, and 13 seeds have been the prime seeds to upset an opponent seeded higher. In that process we learn so much about the team, the players, the coach and the community. Many of these teams come from conferences with a single NCAA bid. So if they don't win their conference tournament, they won't receive an at large bid (an invitation to join the tournament without an automatic bid). There are teams in these mid major conferences that will have a fantastic season where they only lose a few games, get to their conference tournament and get upset by a team with a .500 record.  Their dreams of making it on the big stage extinguished with one loss. 

   

  But for the ones that do make it in, this is their chance. Maybe that higher seeded team underestimated their abilities. Maybe a big time player was in foul trouble or having a bad day. Maybe a player on that underdog chooses that day to turn in the performance of his life. The ball bounces funny ways and when both teams look up, that double digit underdog is tied up on leading. Then the pressure begins to build for the favourites. They are supposed to win, so the victory celebration would be minimal, but if they lose, they become a cautionary tale, a meme, and their dream of cutting down the nets is over. 

   

  That underdog has nothing to lose, nobody picked them to win and in most cases, they are expected to get blown out. When they begin to make their move, we learn about the quirky details about their school. The hurdles they've overcome just to be there. We are introduced to families and shown rituals that only make us invest in that lower seed's outcome emotionally. When they win one game, it's a cool story but they have to prepare for another game in less than 48 hours but if they win the second game, if they make the Sweet 16, they get their chance to be celebrated for an entire week and we get to take that ride with them. Even when it comes to an end, and unfortunately it always does, we are sad for the team but appreciative of the journey they allowed us to sit shotgun on. 

   

  Breakout Stars

   

  The NCAA tournament has launched the careers of countless amounts of players. When you get the chance on the big stage you must take advantage. Everyone in and out of the basketball world is watching. This becomes the opportunity for players to show they can perform when the lights are shining the brightest. It was on the NCAA stage back in 2008 that a skinny kid from North Carolina made his presence known at Davidson. Steph Curry was overlooked by all the major colleges and universities because of his lack of size but his game was huge and in the tournament, he was a one man wrecking crew as people were amazed at his confidence and assassin-like accuracy. He became a household name and a top 10 pick in the NBA draft. The rest of history. Carmelo Anthony was the top recruit in the nation when he went to Syracuse. He led the Orange to the 2003 NCAA Championship his freshmen year where he was named the Most Outstanding Player. and his performance on the NCAA tournament stage had people questioning whether they should take him over Lebron James. Mateen Cleaves in 2000, Mario Chalmers in 2008, Kemba Walker in 2011, Anthony Davis in 2012 and countless others have exploded on the scene thanks to the NCAA tournament stage. 

   

  The Brackets

   

  The biggest draw of the NCAA tournament has become the fascination with filling out brackets. The gambling aspect has always been a draw in sports. It is the reason why fantasy sports are so popular in the United States. What started as office building fun and turned into a billion dollar business. Whether people are into basketball or not, the brackets become a bonding experience and an opportunity for bragging rights. ESPN reported that they had 17.3 million brackets submitted for this year's tournament. Following your bracket is just another way engagement is built and people become personally invested in the outcome of these games. A bracket challenge could be as large as what ESPN, FOX Sports, or CBS sports put on, or it could be as intimate as a few of your good friends throwing a couple dollars into a hat. The range is endless and therefore the engagement is endless. Today, even when you have a horrible first weekend with your picks, there are secondary brackets that give people a second chance to pick their winners. That way people are engaged all the way through the tournament. 

   

  Some of my favorite sports memories come from the NCAA tournament. The dominance of the early 90's UNLV Runnin' Rebels, the Fab Five phenomenon, the rise of Villanova, and my love affair with the Tar Heels are all memories that I have been fortunate enough to experience in my time. I've watched Gonzaga become a power and Georgetown become an afterthought.  Who will be the next team to rise? What player will put themselves on the map? What memory will we take from this year's version of Madness? I anxiously await and welcome all outcomes.

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• Gene Therapy: March is My Type of Madness!

  Mar 20, 2022 Gene Clemons 0 Comments

  

   

  by Gene Clemons

   

  I love football. As a player, coach, and writer, football has always meant so much to me. It has opened doors that I never knew were there. I am forever grateful and indebted to the game. But anyone who really knows me, they know that I am in love with basketball. As a kid growing up in inner city Chicago, the court was the sanctuary from all of the chaos (mostly). Throughout the years, basketball has remained a constant in my life. I grew up a Carolina Tar Heels fan. I wore #15 because of Reidel Anthony in football and Vince Carter in basketball. For anyone who loves hoop, the NCAA tournament is Christmas. It's the most wonderful time of the year. The tournament encapsulates everything great about sports. It's the convergence of all classes and all abilities where the outcome is simply based on what happens between the lines. We have seen impossible comebacks and massive upsets. Anything is possible during the madness of March. So, what makes it great?

   

  The Cinderella Factor

   

  The most obvious reason the tournament is beloved by hard core basketball fans and novice is because is the Cinderella factor. The team who is winning despite not having the same resources or talent of other schools. 11, 12, and 13 seeds have been the prime seeds to upset an opponent seeded higher. In that process we learn so much about the team, the players, the coach and the community. Many of these teams come from conferences with a single NCAA bid. So, if they don't win their conference tournament, they won't receive an at large bid (an invitation to join the tournament without an automatic bid). There are teams in these mid major conferences that will have a fantastic season where they only lose a few games, get to their conference tournament and get upset by a team with a .500 record.  Their dreams of making it on the big stage extinguished with one loss.

   

  But for the ones that do make it in, this is their chance. Maybe that higher seeded team underestimated their abilities. Maybe a big-time player was in foul trouble or having a bad day. Maybe a player on that underdog chooses that day to turn in the performance of his life. The ball bounces funny ways and when both teams look up, that double digit underdog is tied up on leading. Then the pressure begins to build for the favorites. They are supposed to win, so the victory celebration would be minimal, but if they lose, they become a cautionary tale, a meme, and their dream of cutting down the nets is over.

   

  That underdog has nothing to lose, nobody picked them to win, and, in most cases, they are expected to get blown out. When they begin to make their move, we learn about the quirky details about their school. The hurdles they've overcome just to be there. We are introduced to families and shown rituals that only make us invest in that lower seed's outcome emotionally. When they win one game, it's a cool story but they have to prepare for another game in less than 48 hours but if they win the second game, if they make the Sweet 16, they get their chance to be celebrated for an entire week and we get to take that ride with them. Even when it comes to an end, and unfortunately it always does, we are sad for the team but appreciative of the journey they allowed us to sit shotgun on.

   

  Breakout Stars

   

  The NCAA tournament has launched the careers of countless amounts of players. When you get the chance on the big stage you must take advantage. Everyone in and out of the basketball world is watching. This becomes the opportunity for players to show they can perform when the lights are shining the brightest. It was on the NCAA stage back in 2008 that a skinny kid from North Carolina made his presence known at Davidson. Steph Curry was overlooked by all the major colleges and universities because of his lack of size but his game was huge, and, in the tournament, he was a one-man wrecking crew as people were amazed at his confidence and assassin-like accuracy. He became a household name and a top 10 pick in the NBA draft. The rest of history. Carmelo Anthony was the top recruit in the nation when he went to Syracuse. He led the Orange to the 2003 NCAA Championship his freshmen year where he was named the Most Outstanding Player. and his performance on the NCAA tournament stage had people questioning whether they should take him over Lebron James. Mateen Cleaves in 2000, Mario Chalmers in 2008, Kemba Walker in 2011, Anthony Davis in 2012 and countless others have exploded on the scene thanks to the NCAA tournament stage.

   

  The Brackets

   

  The biggest draw of the NCAA tournament has become the fascination with filling out brackets. The gambling aspect has always been a draw in sports. It is the reason why fantasy sports are so popular in the United States. What started as office building fun and turned into a billion-dollar business. Whether people are into basketball or not, the brackets become a bonding experience and an opportunity for bragging rights. ESPN reported that they had 17.3 million brackets submitted for this year's tournament. Following your bracket is just another way engagement is built and people become personally invested in the outcome of these games. A bracket challenge could be as large as what ESPN, FOX Sports, or CBS sports put on, or it could be as intimate as a few of your good friends throwing a couple dollars into a hat. The range is endless and therefore the engagement is endless. Today, even when you have a horrible first weekend with your picks, there are secondary brackets that give people a second chance to pick their winners. That way people are engaged all the way through the tournament.

   

  Some of my favorite sports memories come from the NCAA tournament. The dominance of the early 90's UNLV Runnin' Rebels, the Fab Five phenomenon, the rise of Villanova, and my love affair with the Tar Heels are all memories that I have been fortunate enough to experience in my time. I've watched Gonzaga become a power and Georgetown become an afterthought.  Who will be the next team to rise? What player will put themselves on the map? What memory will we take from this year's version of Madness? I anxiously await and welcome all outcomes.

   

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  Gene Clemons is a Sports Analyst and Contributor to CWN Sports. His weekly column and podcast - Gene Therapy focuses on Sports, Politics and Social/Urban issues.

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• Gene Therapy: NFL Scouting Combine 2022 | Speed Kills

  Mar 11, 2022 Gene Clemons 0 Comments

  

   

  by Gene Clemons

   

  The moment we saw all of the receivers blazing fast times on day one of the on-field drills, we should not have been surprised by what we saw on the final day from the defensive backs. 13 prospects recorded sub 4.4 forties during the premiere drill of the combine. They wrapped up what will go down as one of the fastest NFL combines in history. But why?

   

  There's curiosity behind these turbo-charged times. Why now? What made this year different? Is this an anomaly or is this a turning point in history? Will this result in a recalibration of what is considered a fast time? It used to be that a sub 4.5 marked elite speed, and those that recorded times below 4.4 were considered freaks of nature worthy of track and field consideration. 4.2’s that was flirting with all-time greatness, the Prime Time, CJ2K elite that would net you an immediate shoe contract.

   

  This year a defensive end ran sub-4.4, that’s right, a defensive end!

   

  Overall, three players broke into the 4.2’s. Baylor cornerback Kalon Barnes was the fastest man at the combine, recording a 4.23. 28 players ran faster than 4.4 seconds and 36 players crossed the laser in under 4.5 seconds. That’s 67 players who ran under a 4.5 forty. That’s more players who ran sub 4.4 than they did in 2021 and any other combine in the 21st century. But again, why? The interesting part of evaluation is that the forty is not the best drill to assess talent at the next level because it is only a straight-line drill. The three-cone drill and 20-yard shuttle are both much better drills to assess a prospect’s ability because they incorporate change of direction and acceleration. However, neither of those drills really show well on camera, they don’t do well with a simulcast. It is not easy for the laymen’s eye to decipher the difference between a good performance and a bad performance. At the end of the day, speed kills on the field and it sells off of it.

   

  Preparing for the event

   

  With the spotlight being shone on the forty-yard dash and teams proving that speed moves players up draft boards it is not surprising that more and more prospects are focusing less and less of their pre-draft workout on getting better at their craft and more time on being better at the 40. It has become its own competition with costly ramifications. Performance institutes seem to work on increasing explosion, stride length, form and leg drive. It seems to be working if we go by the numbers. More players are running faster times but at what cost?

   

  Dane Brugler, draft analyst for The Athletic, tweeted that there were only two receivers that ran sub seven seconds in the three-cone drill; that’s compared to 23 in 2017. The steep fall off can be directly related to the effort expended training for the 40. They spend less time training their change of direction because they know many novices don’t pay attention to it and those numbers don’t seem to move the needle on draft day. 

   

  We also see more and more prospects cherry-picking their events and it is not surprising that we see so many draft hopefuls only complete the 40 and maybe one of the two explosion drills (vertical or broad). They want to put their best foot forward and then maybe double back to the other drills at their pro day. It is a smart strategy when it pays off but it does not answer questions like it used to. There was a time where the combine was stressful because it was a one shot deal, a place where everyone got to do everything at one time. With their film in hand and the information gathered from the combine, an evaluator would have all they needed to give an accurate assessment of a player's potential at the next level. It also showed the ability of the player to perform under stressful conditions. Now prospects are choosing to piece out their performances over several stops which might help them produce better numbers but does not answer any questions that may be there regarding their internal makeup. It definitely makes it more difficult on an evaluator who would rather see things with their own eyes instead of relying on just numbers. 

   

  Evaluations are blinded by speed

   

  The fascination with speed has led to many teams missing on talented prospects because they fell in love with the speed of their contemporaries. In this draft University of Arkansas receiver Treylon Burkes was thought by many to be the top guy at the position. He ran a 4.55 40-yard time and people started backing off that prediction. It is funny because nothing about his football performance changed, he just ran a slower time than prognosticators believed he would. Because of that, many believe he has fallen below other receivers who have produced better times. That seems Counterproductive, especially when you consider the NFL player he has been compared to; Deebo Samuel. 

   

  Samuel ran a 4.48 forty at the combine in 2019 and received similar reactions. That caused him to drop out of the first round where he was projected to go. Marquise Brown and N’Keal Harry were both taken in the first round as Samuel draped into the second round and was chosen with the 36th overall pick. Samuel just finished an All Pro season for the 49ers and while neither Brown or Harry have been bad, they have not lived up to their draft status. AJ Brown and DK Metcalf were also taken late in the second round of that draft. So clearly there is no formula for a receiver that should be based on speed alone. 

   

  Every NFL Draft season mistakes are made because people get enamored with speed, at every position. Does it really matter that an offensive linemen ran sub five seconds on the forty, does that equate in any way to on-field success? The answer is no. But every year we marvel at those behemoths running items that used to be reserved for tight ends and linebackers.

   

  Speed kills, and when people believe that you lack it, it can kill so much more.

   

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  Gene Clemons is a Sports Analyst and Contributor to CWN Sports. His weekly column and podcast - Gene Therapy focuses on Sports, Politics and Social/Urban issues.

   

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