Yeah like I said it's not surprising for some to go on record with a nice PC quote about the topic. Not taking a player because he skipped the bowl game is another thing entirely which is why it hasn't happened.
Why is sitting out the bowl game more "acceptable" than any other regular season game?
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Yeah like I said it's not surprising for some to go on record with a nice PC quote about the topic. Not taking a player because he skipped the bowl game is another thing entirely which is why it hasn't happened.
This sounds like people who decide how high people get drafted. How would they know anything?
Wow, this thread is chock full of comedy. I like people who decide what's best and, by god, everyone should agree with their decision and make million dollar decisions based on that poster's opinion.
So some coach said players should play. Some poster says they should play. A player decides to play...or not. Guess what, it's their decision, their future. They make the decision based on their situation, their analysis of the data and what they want or need.
Whether or not they made the same decision you would, or came up with the same analysis as you is completely immaterial. The bottom line is that there is no one right answer since the outcome of the game is unknown. If they don't get hurt, play incredibly maybe they improve their stock. If they do play, get an ACL injury, they trash their draft stock. They play, don't get hurt, but don't have a good game...it may or may not hurt their draft stock. If they prep, maybe they improve their measurables and improve their draft stock. There are a lot of different potential outcomes, none of which are certain.
The bottom line is that you can't make a perfect decision with incomplete information. Each person has to evaluate the risks and rewards, the odds of each and make the best decision they can. To come on here and second guess them is simply arrogant and stupid.
As someone posted earlier, if your hand is up and you've made a similar multi-million dollar decision, good for you. Even you don't have a say, because your situation was almost certainly different in one or more ways from other players making this decision each year.
As far as the bowl game being more important than a B1G regular season game with the division title still up for grabs...wow that's about the single most stupid thing posted here. Congrats, you've effectively established your credibility (or lack thereof) for all time. If I were you, I'd change my user name stat.
So some coach said players should play. Some poster says they should play. A player decides to play...or not. Guess what, it's their decision, their future. They make the decision based on their situation, their analysis of the data and what they want or need.
Whether or not they made the same decision you would, or came up with the same analysis as you is completely immaterial. The bottom line is that there is no one right answer since the outcome of the game is unknown. If they don't get hurt, play incredibly maybe they improve their stock. If they do play, get an ACL injury, they trash their draft stock. They play, don't get hurt, but don't have a good game...it may or may not hurt their draft stock. If they prep, maybe they improve their measurables and improve their draft stock. There are a lot of different potential outcomes, none of which are certain.
The bottom line is that you can't make a perfect decision with incomplete information. Each person has to evaluate the risks and rewards, the odds of each and make the best decision they can. To come on here and second guess them is simply arrogant and stupid.
As someone posted earlier, if your hand is up and you've made a similar multi-million dollar decision, good for you. Even you don't have a say, because your situation was almost certainly different in one or more ways from other players making this decision each year.
As far as the bowl game being more important than a B1G regular season game with the division title still up for grabs...wow that's about the single most stupid thing posted here. Congrats, you've effectively established your credibility (or lack thereof) for all time. If I were you, I'd change my user name stat.
This is a board in which fans share their opinions about various things. All of it is immaterial.
Literally nobody said that. The original debate was about what makes skipping the bowl game any different than skipping an ordinary regular season game (specifically cited as examples were late season games Illinois and Nebraska in which we were out of title contention). Purdue and Northwestern were only brought up as a response to a poster, knowing in retrospect that we weren't a Big 10 title team and still would not be if we had won one of these games.
Didn't you hear...it's 2018 and if I have a thought and you don't agree with it you're the devil. I know what I know and there's no possibility that I'm wrong because what I feel in my heart is right.
NFL teams and scouts look at a whole bunch of things. Can a bowl game help or hurt of course but a big part of it depends on the competition. Players overall body of work at school, measurables, combine, face to face interviews, interviews with coaches etc, wonderlic scores, etc. Although the chance of injury is not great and playing a bowl game can help, as well as playing in the Senior Bowl and East West game. Having an outstanding bowl outing will only move you up slightly, other intangibles are still used greatly. Getting injured will drop you further on the other hand.
It just will always boil down to individual decisions can this game hurt me or help me more?
It just will always boil down to individual decisions can this game hurt me or help me more?
So just as a question, how does everyone feel about Bosa's decision to quit not even half way into the season to prep for the combine. Assuming he could have come back 100% with say four or five games to play, is he not enough of a difference maker, (even on a team as talented as OSU), to possibly make a difference on a title run?
