Otis Polk Casts Large Shadow in BG

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:57 pm

Yeah you know me!!!

Although regardless, I think "OTIS MY MAN!" shirts are a must. "Polk's Posse", perhaps?

(not that I have a problem with the middle initial thingy if it pans out, of course...

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Flipper · Post by **Flipper** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:06 pm

Yep, every time he enters the game everyone has to yell "Otis, my man!"

Maybe we can talk him into conking his hair out like Al Sharpton and the original Otis

commonsense · Post by **commonsense** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:20 pm

"Matt's the toughest kid I've seen play here since John."

- What makes Matt so tough? Is it his ability to get big time baskets in the clutch? Is it his determination to carry his team on his back when in need? Is it his tenacious rebounding? Or is it the faces he makes when he plays? If you are calling him tough because he plays with flat feet, then at least consider Germaine Fitch, a guy who just kept coming back and coming back after 4 ACL tears. I think he has shown a little more toughness than Matt, in my opinion. Germaine played through pain, in addition to carrying the team when needed and scoring baskets in the clutch. Don't confuse goofy faces for toughness.

Warthog · Post by **Warthog** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:26 pm

Yes, but apparently Germain had a little help to ease the pain.

I think Matt is getting by on guts alone.

Post by **ZiggyZoomba** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:30 pm

commonsense wrote:"Matt's the toughest kid I've seen play here since John."

- What makes Matt so tough? Is it his ability to get big time baskets in the clutch? Is it his determination to carry his team on his back when in need? Is it his tenacious rebounding? Or is it the faces he makes when he plays? If you are calling him tough because he plays with flat feet, then at least consider Germaine Fitch, a guy who just kept coming back and coming back after 4 ACL tears. I think he has shown a little more toughness than Matt, in my opinion. Germaine played through pain, in addition to carrying the team when needed and scoring baskets in the clutch. Don't confuse goofy faces for toughness.

Mental toughness is just as important, and I'd argue even MORE important, than physical toughness. Germain (no e) Fitch screwed up...

He was my favorite player on that team, but being a division I college athlete and getting caught with weed in a car isn't a real good show of mental toughness. And in MY book, at least, that really negates everything else he may have been able to do on the court. He let his team down... not so tough.

Flipper · Post by **Flipper** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:32 pm

commonsense wrote:"Matt's the toughest kid I've seen play here since John."

- What makes Matt so tough? Is it his ability to get big time baskets in the clutch? Is it his determination to carry his team on his back when in need? Is it his tenacious rebounding? Or is it the faces he makes when he plays? If you are calling him tough because he plays with flat feet, then at least consider Germaine Fitch, a guy who just kept coming back and coming back after 4 ACL tears. I think he has shown a little more toughness than Matt, in my opinion. Germaine played through pain, in addition to carrying the team when needed and scoring baskets in the clutch. Don't confuse goofy faces for toughness.

What? Matt isn't just playing "on flat feet". From what I understand, the kid is running on the bones of his feet. That's got to be as painful as hell. Unlike you, I'm not going to be a classless dick and try to diminish what Germain did to pump up Matt's toughness...but I think playing evewry night on feet most people would struggle to walk on is pretty goddamned tough.

BleedOrange · Post by **BleedOrange** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:48 pm

Flipper wrote:
commonsense wrote:"Matt's the toughest kid I've seen play here since John."

- What makes Matt so tough? Is it his ability to get big time baskets in the clutch? Is it his determination to carry his team on his back when in need? Is it his tenacious rebounding? Or is it the faces he makes when he plays? If you are calling him tough because he plays with flat feet, then at least consider Germaine Fitch, a guy who just kept coming back and coming back after 4 ACL tears. I think he has shown a little more toughness than Matt, in my opinion. Germaine played through pain, in addition to carrying the team when needed and scoring baskets in the clutch. Don't confuse goofy faces for toughness.
What? Matt isn't just playing "on flat feet". From what I understand, the kid is running on the bones of his feet. That's got to be as painful as hell. Unlike you, I'm not going to be a classless dick and try to diminish what Germain did to pump up Matt's toughness...but I think playing evewry night on feet most people would struggle to walk on is pretty goddamned tough.

Matt played with very, very excruciating pain, and it was pain that he felt with every step he took. I've never, ever seen a player play with that amount of pain. Judging by his facial expressions, and some things that his father mentioned to me at one point, it's amazing that he stuck it out for the whole season. I have the utmost respect for the physical and mental toughness that Matt demonstrated last year. No BG player that I've ever seen has displayed anything quite like what Matt did last year. And and top of that, he maintained a 3.96 GPA.

Post by **ZiggyZoomba** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:57 pm

So... how about that Otis Polk?

Flipper · Post by **Flipper** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:07 pm

Polk? I hear he's big....really big. Unlike Ray Austin, we might get to see him play

orangeandbrown · Post by **orangeandbrown** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:41 pm

Matt Lefeld is an absolute hero. Great student, tough athlete who could walk away and no one would blame him...geez, what does a guy have to do?

doughash · Post by **doughash** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 12:24 am

ZiggyZoomba wrote:
Redwingtom wrote:What about McDonald's HS All-American Dan Raup?

Serioiusly, my favorite BiG man of all time was John Flowers.
I remember John Flowers. One of my earlier Falcon memories actually! Didn't he survive childhood polio? I think he drove either a firebird or a camaro too, and as an 11 or 12 year old, I thought he was SO cool because of that!

Dan Raupp and Scott Kalish were a dominant guard/big-man combo, weren't they?

I remember the "Flo-mobile" as we called it from my days at BG. I believe it was a red firebird but I definitely recall the FLO 1 license plate. That was one bad ride.