Where Do You Fit?

It’s been over 20 years ago now, but I remember when a guy that I worked with asked me who I played at quarterback. I told him and also the reasons why. Those were leadership, confidence, ability to read the defense and accuracy with his passes.

The guy looked at me and said, “If I was coaching I’d line everybody up and have them throw the ball as far as they could. The guy that threw it farthest would be my quarterback.”

I said, “That’s one way of determining arm strength but not accuracy. It doesn’t give you a good idea how they will react under pressure or the ability to change the play at...