This process will be very important, ... The first steps are very important. His behavior, his habits and then getting to the basketball aspects of it. The physical nature of the game, the quickness of the game, the pace of the game. All of it is going to hit him at once and this is just the first level. When you talk about summer league you're talking about free agents and rookies and guys who are just trying to make teams. The intensity level is going to be greater than anything he's experienced.
Quotes about rookies (16 Quotes)
Rookies are also coming in from college programs as big stars, whereas when we came in, we were just happy to be there. We were happy to be playing in a big gym, to be on television, to be playing in America.
He's got a valid argument for winning that thing. Very few rookies throw 200 innings. If you really dig deep and look at the kind of year he's had, he deserves some pretty good consideration.
You've got to pay attention to who you're coaching. These guys are not rookies. They are people who know how to pitch. They are all very close (to where they need to be). They just need a watchful eye.
Some of the money going to the rookies can now be spent on people who have proved their worth. After all, the average playing life of a pro football player is about eight years and it is only fitting that the veterans get something for their efforts.
A lot of rookies hit the wall after 50 or 60 games.
We have a pretty good running game. I don't think Orton is going to have to win every game. Hopefully we put him in situations that are favorable. Rookies tend to struggle because sometimes they're not afraid to throw certain balls that they shouldn't throw. Sometimes that's a good thing, sometimes it's not.
Their leadership will be critical this year with having graduated such a big class last year. We brought in 11 rookies, so these kids will have to figure out how to play college lacrosse and learn what is expected of them as a college athlete. The seniors are tremendously important to us having success.
I saw it last year and they did, too. It's not secret that last year is going to happen again. How our big-league club is shaping up with a lot of rookies, they are going to keep their eyes on us and how they go about their business, how they perform.
He's one of the few guys, especially as a rookie, that when he's on the floor, at least to some degree, you breathe, ... Usually when rookies are on the court coaches don't breathe. They hold their breath. But he doesn't play that way. He's not going to blow you away with flash. He's just going to blow you away with solid basketball.
Halas didn't believe in starting rookies.
The average person probably doesn't understand what he has done and the accomplishments he's achieved. To win 14 consecutive years, it's like Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak - it's a record that never will be broken. He has done it with tremendous turnover in roster. He has done it under difficult circumstances. He has done it with rookies. He has done it with veterans. He just does it year after year after year.
We really just want to be here to teach them the skills, but also just answer any questions they have. I think you learn by doing, so we are here for whatever the rookies need from us.
The mini-camp gave me the opportunity to see some of my players in action long before the opening of spring training camps in Florida. I want to see some rookies who have a chance to make the team and new players we acquired through free agency.
I think to win you need a combination of things. You need that veteran leadership and veteran ability to perform in the clutch and understand the pressures of having been there before. But you also need that boyish enthusiasm of rookies who don't even understand the pressures and the fear because they're just so excited to be there.
I tell all the rookies that come into our series and all the young drivers they can come ask me anything at any time, and we'll give them the straight shoot.