Glossary adjunct: NFL scouts on prospects (No link b/c subscription but email?)
By coincidence, just after reading Seth's Glossary, I got this piece by Kayln Kahler (Northwestern grad) in The Defector, "From 'Camp Body' To 'Big Bubble' To Wood-Toter’s Ass': A Scouting Terms Glossary."
I'm not including a link because it requires a subscription.
However, you might be able to get it by signing up for their emails (which is where I saw it).
Perhaps include a few examples to peak our interest.
Good idea. Thanks.
To pique interest to its peak:
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Oily hips (n): If a player has oily hips, he is really fluid and flexible, and he has a wider range of motion in his hips. This will make it easier for him to bend around a corner or around an edge.
Use it in a sentence: Marcus Peters has oily hips.
Linear (adj.): The opposite of oily hips. This is a player who is a little robotic in his movement and is a straight-line runner. It’s not easy for him to change direction quickly.
Use it in a sentence: I don’t know about that guy. He’s fast, but he’s stiff and linear.
Golf cart (n): This is a player with one speed only. No burst or acceleration.
Use it in a sentence: Man, he got caught quick. He’s a golf cart.
Big bubble (n): Bubble is how scouts describe a prospect’s glutes. This is a good term. And, yes, scouts regularly say the term bubble in a draft meeting, as in bubble butt.
Use it in a sentence: He’s really toned. He has a big bubble.
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I find the note about bubble (that scout's still use it) absolutely astounding. The book Moneyball came out nearly 20 years ago and while I don't expect everyone to be an analytics zealot, I would expect that everyone has learned that we ain't in the business of selling jeans.
Some time ago I remember falling down an Internet rabbit hole related to the difficulty hockey players have finding right fitting jeans because of their overdeveloped glutes.
I'd try finding it again, but I'm in the midst of a different web quandary prompted by the recent NYT article on the emerging "men's lingerie" trend.
Have you ordered anything lacy yet?
Not a hockey player, but having played collegiate soccer, I can 100% see that. I can’t jeans that fit my upper legs without looking look a total dipshit everywhere else, and my wife wonders why I don’t wear jeans much.
Hurdlin' Fools (v.): When destroying the will of your arch-rival, you jump over a fool who is trying to tackle you in a lack-luster manner because their will is broken
Use it in a sentence: Damn, Haskins is out here hurdlin' fools to the tune of 42-27.
Very good. You should be a writer.
thanks, maybe brian has a spot for me on here
April 22nd, 2022 at 11:03 PM ^
Good in the Snow: A player that plays his best in adverse weather conditions, especially against an arch-rival.
Use in a Sentence: Damn, Haskins was really Good in the Snow in that 42-27 destruction of OSU last season.
See Also: Hurdlin' Fools.