The Return of Jeff George
He's one of my least favorite players of all time, the original "million-dollar arm and ten-cent head".
According to one article I read, George was so eager to come back to the NFL that he reportedly was willing to donate his salary to charity. My response was to ask whether he was willing to learn to read defenses. George was quoted during his last NFL stint in 2001 as saying that reading defenses was overrated.
My attitude has always been that every athlete brings two things to the game; his athletic abilities and his mind. An example from my softball days comes to mind. I always used to try to pay attention to what pitchers did with their "cripple" pitch; the pitch they throw when they are behind in the count 2-0 or 3-1. This one day the opposing pitcher got in this situation early in the game. He gave an exaggerated, "here comes the speedball" motion, and then lobbed the ball over the plate. The batter, who was way out in front of the pitch, hit the ball hard, but foul by a mile. So when I worked my way to a 3-1 count in the seventh inning, I was ready, and crushed that lob pitch over the leftfielder's head for an easy homer.
A lot of athletes like George are so gifted physically that they never develop their mental skills.
