PurpleJ
New Fish
"Can't expect 6'5" linemen to be able to bench that much. It doesn't help that our D has been recruiting longer athletes. Some of our receivers and tight ends are tall, as well.Isaiah Thomas can bench 375. Then again, he probably works his ass off in the weight room or something.Another Kim quote after a poster said he was a trainer and got to see the players working out. He was appalled at how weak our OL was and said maybe one of them could bench 400 pounds.
"Bench press is not important."
He does. I used to see him working out all the time. Kim would say it is because he has short arms.
Taller guys have to work a lot harder to get the bar up. The long arms have to extend further. Most of our guys are tall."
It would be really ironic if Kim actually did say that. Since he has short arms and all...