Marvin49":wvcoos98 said:
kobebryant":wvcoos98 said:
Marvin49":wvcoos98 said:
Are you under the impression this is NEW?
As has been stated many times, THE TURF DIDN'T GIVE. Did you see it give? No, you didn't. You saw him slip ON TOP of the grass.
The issue was a damp surface and players choosing a cleat with almost no spike. Once they switched the cleat, they had no issue...just as Von Miller stated. That is an issue with the cleat, not the turf.
Marvin, you're a smart dude and I like you.
But c'mon, you don't ever see see what happened to Oher there happen on fieldturf, even on the wettest of days.
IMO it is something that the PA needs to be more vocal about; while there's inherent risks anytime a player steps on the field, it isn't hard to imagine Oher's groin tearing there, potentially costing him millions in current and potential future earnings.
Sorry man....you will never convince me Field Turf is better. I can't stand the stuff. This has nothing to do with "well my team has this so I'll defend it" either because it would be a nice, simple solution to just rip up all the grass and put in Field Turf.
It would even be cheaper.
I just hate the stuff with a passion. Yes, it is LIGHT YEARS better than Astroturf. I'd never even begin to say its not much better...
...but to me, thats just a really low bar to clear. Yes, its better than outdoor carpet on concrete. Gratz.
It still ain't grass.
And I'm not knocking it because it is SF/York for having this. I went to the hockey game there and Levi's is perhaps the finest stadium I've ever been to; in terms of appearance, modernity, sightlines, and functionality it as Clink beat by a country mile IMO.
To me it's about more than "hey dude, get your cleats right", that is oversimplifying much like people saying the answer to "hack-a-whoever" in basketball is making your free throws. A player or equipment staff misjudging cleat selection shouldn't send someone to IR or result in a run going 70 yards because your all-pro safety slipped in the hole.
Though not as egregious as the center-field hill in Houston or the concrete only feet away from the field in St Louis that cost Reggie Bush his season, grass just lends itself to too much inconsistency when there could be one uniform standard of consistency no matter where the game is being played.
If you saw the Hawks-Skins playoff game from a few years ago you'd see the issue with grass come winter. May have cost a franchise QB his career and cost Chris Clemons his ACL.
Though if there must be grass, SF doesn't rank anywhere near Chicago, Washington, Pittsburgh, and Carolina in terms of my disdain for it.
If Kaep was still the guy in SF though, would you not want him playing on the fastest surface possible?