KDawg Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Eh, bored, and wanted to have a little fun. What position do you feel is the most important position in all TEAM sports? There is no right and wrong answer, obviously. Hopefully just some good ol' conversation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Hard not to go with QB, but that's way too easy. Outside that, I'd say NHL goalie, just off the cuff. Looking at capitals, if they had a star goalie instead of a bunch of star scorers, they might have another championship by now, imo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Head coach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC_RedskinsFan Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Race car driver, this is the single person who either makes or breaks the team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Head Coach of the Washington Redskins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDawg Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 Head coach I think it's fairly obvious that I meant players. But I'd argue against head coach in pretty much any sport other than football... Race car driver, this is the single person who either makes or breaks the team Not a team sport. I'll add that to the OP. I never call racing a sport. It's a skill. I consider sports to be team activities (which, by the way, is a very wrong definition of the actual term sport. I'm odd that way) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC_RedskinsFan Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Not a team sport. I'll add that to the OP. I never call racing a sport. It's a skill. I consider sports to be team activities (which, by the way, is a very wrong definition of the actual term sport. I'm odd that way) Racing is 100% a team sport, crew chief, all the people who build the cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 [quote=KDawg;8506671 I'd argue against head coach in pretty much any sport other than football... ) There are no other sports than football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDawg Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 Racing is 100% a team sport, crew chief, all the people who build the cars. I guess that makes sense. Hard to argue that. But, I'd say the crew is more like a coaching staff than a team. Best argument I've got There are no other sports than football I like this answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostofSparta Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Long Snapper. source: Ethan Albright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDawg Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 Long Snapper.source: Ethan Albright. I never understood his poor Madden rating. It's non sense. Poor red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLredskin Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Race car driver, this is the single person who either makes or breaks the team I thought they had something like a team that gives them pushes and do other stuff on the race course. As for my answer to the question it has to be the goalie. They obviously have a heavy influence on a game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostofSparta Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 I never understood his poor Madden rating. It's non sense. Poor red. Well now see, you can't bring that up without mentioning The Letter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Quarterback. Ask the Colts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Hard not to go with QB, but that's way too easy. Outside that, I'd say NHL goalie, just off the cuff. Looking at capitals, if they had a star goalie instead of a bunch of star scorers, they might have another championship by now, imo... say hello to Tomas Vokoun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDawg Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 I thought they had something like a team that gives them pushes and do other stuff on the race course. As for my answer to the question it has to be the goalie. They obviously have a heavy influence on a game... I like the goalie answer. I also like the quarterback answer. Is there any other reasonable answer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiebear Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Football: The Fan that puts up with all the crap. then, the coach then, the owner then, the gm then, the people that work all night to make the stadium right then, the gatorade kids then, the staff that get rid of the riff raff Soccer: The ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Yeah, I would suspect it's goalie. I think we've seen that it's possible (although hard) for a football team to be really good without necessarily having the absolute best QB. OTOH, an NHL goalie stops how many shots, per game? And the average ones block, what, 90% of them? 95%? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 As huge of a difference a QB makes, I have to go with hockey goalie because come playoffs, a hot goalie can carry a weak team. If the other team can't score, they can't win. A QB, on the other hand, has to rely on his OL to block, his receivers to catch the ball, and his defense to stop the other team. When a goalie gets hot, all he needs is his team to put in one fluky goal and he'll do the rest. and for you, Larry, a Goalie faces on average 30 shots per game. .900 save% is actually very low for a goalie (and .950 is very high). the median goalie with significant playing time last season put up a .914 (and this includes 47 goalies since backups do get a lot of playing time in this league). the #10 goalie put up .922, and the top 4 ranged from .928 to .938 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrong Direction Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 It has to be the DH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IONTOP Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Right front tire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel25 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 I'd say QB. Just about anybody can be the man in basketball, it doesn't have to be the PG or any specific position. I don't know enough about any other sports to speak intelligently about the positions, but I don't hear of any specific positions talked about the same way QBs are talked about. I think the middle linebacker is the overall toughest, because you have to possess just about every defensive skill (tackling, rushing the passer, covering) to a reasonable degree, and you have to have the knowledge of the game similar to a QB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCSaints_fan Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 The best player on a basketball team, whatever posisiton that happens to be. Since Larry Bird's heyday this almost always seems to be a forward (Jordan), or center (Shaq, Olajuwon), star guards like Chris Paul don't seem to have the impact they once had. Are pit crews really all that much different? Just seems like they are the NASCAR equivalent of waterboys. NHL goalies aren't involved in offense and you have to score goals to win. Disclaimer: I don't like NASCAR, love hockey and am lukewarm towards basketball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullnelson9999 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 NHL goalies aren't involved in offense and you have to score goals to win. Have you ever watched a NHL playoff game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teller Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 It's truly amazing to see the level of ignorance about racing. Not trying to be rude, just an observation that really surprised me. On the other hand, SC, even YOU may be wrong in that regard. Jimmie doesn't win 5 titles without Chad. OK, now to the actual topic. NFL football is the most important sport on earth. The quarterback on a football team is the most important player. Ergo, an NFL quarterback is the most important person in team sports. [/thread] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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