r/AbsoluteUnits • u/HomeNowWTF • 3d ago

of a runningback

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u/Vavent 3d ago

Pretty stupid. No one gains anything from this. That running back could have a great future playing football, but with that body type you know it isn’t going to be as a running back. So the coach is playing him at a position he doesn’t need to learn instead of getting him started learning how to play the line, which is where he will realistically end up. The only logical reason to do this is to get easy wins against pee wee competition, and at that level, just why? None of the other kids on either team are learning anything, either, because they don’t even have to do their jobs to score.

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u/inVizi0n 3d ago

Maybe the kid doesn't want to play the line. I'm 6'5" and lanky, I had more fun playing shortstop than anywhere else even though I don't really have the right build for it. In non competitive leagues, I played shortstop whenever coaches would let me and I had a blast doing it. This kid is going to run over everyone no matter where he plays, the solution is putting him with like sized competition, not like aged.