>>11078239This. By his own admission he was almost uncoachable in his tryouts. He got into conflict with the other players and was going 100 mph in practices. He couldn’t handle the playbook and shit like that, he just had no experience with football. Still he almost made it just on raw athleticism and drive and this was after a few years of gnarly injuries and road wear. Then he had that accident that almost killed him. If he lived almost anywhere else in America because the wastelands up in Dakota they would have identified him as a young teen. If he had Parker’s parents money and connections he’d be on his way to the Hall of Fame in the NFL probably this year. Fatty’s parents got him into Notre Dame and he was transferred down in months because he couldn’t hack it.
Brock was wrestling kids his own size in college so it wasn’t just a raw strength thing that was getting him over and it was definitely not technique. He has a determination, killer instinct, fighting spirit whatever you want to call it. It can’t be coached or taught.
