In the coaching arena, a big saying is that you can't teach size, speed, and desire.
You can teach technique.
And then you go back over all the busts and you realize that sort of arrogance is exactly what gets you in hot water. There are a lot of things you can teach and a lot of things you can't teach. But it's not as simple as you can teach technique. Some players just don't get "it". When a guy is a junior in college at a major university and has the sort of technique you'd expect from a high school kid, it makes it fairly hard to believe that he'll suddenly get it in the NFL.
I'm sorry but it's hard for me to believe that Flowers is going to get it. The guy doesn't use his hands. He doesn't understand how to punch or even where to hold his arms/hands. His kick-slide and pass sets are poor. His feet look uncoordinated. And about the best example of a waist bender that you can find.
I'm not betting on him learning technique. If there were some minor technical flaws or even a major one with a few minor ones, I'd be okay with taking a shot at him. Because that would indicate he can learn but just hasn't gotten there yet. That's not Flowers. His game is riddled with major technical flaws.
How do you overlook that?
And even getting past that, I think that statement is just plain bad on its face. It's why teams overdraft physical talent every year and why we continue to have 40% to 45% of first rounders end up as busts.
