Shooter: Gopher players have become noticeably bigger & stronger than in decades past

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BleedGopher said:
per Shooter:

In coach Jerry Kill's fourth year at Minnesota, Gophers football players have become noticeably bigger and stronger than in decades past.

http://www.twincities.com/timberwol...ew-timberwolves-forward-andrew-wiggins-called

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Ummm hate to break it to you Shooter but players are bigger and stronger everywhere then they were in decades past. Strength training has taken things to an all new level and on top of that the players themselves just seem to be bigger at most positions across the board. Guys that would have been considered big 20-30 years ago would be small by today's standard. But apparently this phenomenon has escaped Shooter's notice.
 

MNVCGUY said:
Ummm hate to break it to you Shooter but players are bigger and stronger everywhere then they were in decades past. Strength training has taken things to an all new level and on top of that the players themselves just seem to be bigger at most positions across the board. Guys that would have been considered big 20-30 years ago would be small by today's standard. But apparently this phenomenon has escaped Shooter's notice.
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Really? You never considered that Shooter is making his statements with relative comparison to other modern teams and programs? So many posters here just look for reasons to be a negative b!tch. Your post could've agreed with the observation as most people have noticed the physical change in our players. Instead of being a contrarion just STFU

EDIT: Didn't mean to make this post personal to you. Just annoyed with the constant whining here lately.....Thursday can't come too soon. Also, Shooter is a hack and should've never included "compared to decades past."










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JoeDirt said:
Really? You never considered that Shooter is making his statements with relative comparison to other modern teams and programs? So many posters here just look for reasons to be a negative b!tch. Your post could've agreed with the observation as most people have noticed the physical change in our players. Instead of being a contrarion just STFU

EDIT: Didn't mean to make this post personal to you. Just annoyed with the constant whining here lately.....Thursday can't come too soon. Also, Shooter is a hack and should've never included "compared to decades past."










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The decades past part was definitely the issue I took with it. If he wants to make the statement that guys are bigger and stronger then when Kill got here a few years ago that is one thing but it is foolish to compare the size and strength of today's players to those from multiple decades ago because there is no comparison.

And I also agree that Thursday can't get here fast enough. I think everyone is burned out with all the manufactured off season filler and would like to actually see where the team is really at.
 

MNVCGUY said:
The decades past part was definitely the issue I took with it. If he wants to make the statement that guys are bigger and stronger then when Kill got here a few years ago that is one thing but it is foolish to compare the size and strength of today's players to those from multiple decades ago because there is no comparison.

And I also agree that Thursday can't get here fast enough. I think everyone is burned out with all the manufactured off season filler and would like to actually see where the team is really at.
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Three more days of work to get through, then the wife and I are on our way up there!
 


Go to the MGOBlue web site and look at the size of Michigan. Yea, we are bigger than they are! Then go back and look at pictures feo 2011 58-0 game. The Gophers back then looked like a high achool going up against them!
 

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