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waterfield
You wrote: "olunteered at a autism school, taught GED classes, taught adult illiterates how to read, coached youth sports and to augment my education even enrolled in a master level course in special education about learning disabilities...seen a few kids in my life who are slow learners..."

My wife is an advocate for children with special needs and works primarily with parents of autistic children. Before that she ran a school district's special education program. I was a special education attorney for one of the largest school districts in California and dealt daily with cases dealing with children with learning disabilities. We too have seen more than a few children and young adults with leaning disabilities.

Sorry to be so blunt to a newcomer here.but none of us can possibly "know" what Goff's language arts skills are, or his cognitive processing, or his intellectual capabilities .and how these may or may not relate to his ability to play in the NFL. The best I can say -from the very few times I've seen him act during the Hard Knocks episodes-is that he seems a little immature. But as someone pointed out he just turned 22. Other than that I have no clue as to his mental capacities, etc. And no one here does either..

been around sports longer then then you have been alive....a lawyer? give me a break...you sue people for a living.

you admit you know nothing about Goff but know I'm wrong...you do have a lawyers arrogance..say that for you...your premise is I can't be right because that would mean I'm smarter then you even though you admit you have zero background in either sports or teaching. Also hardly a newbie would get 10,000 views a day on my camp reports...evidently some people valued my opinion

I do the draft and am very good at it...biggest predictor why 1/2 of all 1st rd picks fail is their personality/mental makeup. When I study a player I read their bio and watch every interview I can find, watch them interacting on sidelines with other players/coaches before watching them play..after a decade or so patterns emerge. Trends develop. #1 predictor of future success is from the neck up with these kids.

you admit something is off in Goff's interviews and with zero background in either teaching or coaching you decided to name it immaturity. Long time teacher/long time coach and I am seeing something else and it bothers me....

my thread title is Goff bust? f.the question mark is there for a reason. Posted he might have to play to learn..waiting for him to learn in the practice field might not work. All kids have different learning styles and some need hands on experience to learn. He might have to experience real game speed in real games to learn. quickly can see a catch 22 developing. Coaches won't play him till he learns and he can't learn till he plays

Rams drafted a qb named Garrett Gilbert a couple years back in the 6th rd...elite talent. was the #1 overall high school prospect in the nation as a high school senior. Mega talent mega failure...watching him at camp was one of the most accurate passers I've ever seen. elite touch/arm strength

"I have worked out 100's of NFL QB's in my day, Garrett Gilbert's workout today was the 2nd best one I have ever seen!! Next to Jeff George"...June Jones Gil Brandt raved about his pro day. Jones said he could play 15 years in the NFL but needed the right kind of coaching. Talent wise Gilbert was up there with Goff. His problem was all from the neck up. Ryan Leaf wasn't failure because he lacked talent

ones had Niednagel “brain-type” his players at Hawaii and at SMU for more than a decade. Jones always had a list of seven or eight players for Niednagel to evaluate when the coach brought him out to his practices. The players were usually good athletes who should have won starting positions but hadn’t because they didn’t respond well, Jones said. Niednagel then gave him direction on what positional moves should be made to better fit each player to his more “natural” position.

“It’s fascinating stuff,” Jones said. “I had some guys playing positions who I thought should be better than they were. He talked with them and then told me, ‘OK, this guy [Reagan Maui’a] needs to be a running back,’ and I had him playing defensive line. He was a 380-pound backup nose guard. I went to him. He had one year of eligibility left. I said, ‘You’re gonna have to trust me on this. If you lose a hundred pounds, I’ll get you into the NFL as a running back.’

[www.foxsports.com]

understanding the connection of brain typing and future success is a big deal. feel to learn something and google Niednagel and Ryan Leaf

long time soccer coach and quickly found out some kids had off the charts skills to be great forwards but never scored..just didn't want the limelight.. My son was an All American as a defensive mid but sucked as a forward. The closer you moved him to the other teams goal the worse he played. My daughter was an odp player as a forward even though she lacked the physcial skillset to succeed but she had to be the star..same with qb's...

the study of why 1/2 1st rd picks are busts and why some players drafted after the 4th rd succeed is fascinating...a skill we all need on election day and as husband,s parents or when watching any ad..what's bs and what is important...