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There's been a few threads around here attempting to bait posters or are based on a faulty premise or assumption. Usually, when describing Feeley's play or the positives in his QB'ing from last year the phrase "flashes of Brilliance" is used, with no real explanation of what that means, or indication of where exactly to apply "brilliance" to Feeley's play. This phrase is used, I think, to give authority to ones opinion, and as a generalization to gloss over mistakes or inadequacies because, really, what the hell is Brilliance? A complete pass is magnificent? Executing a 3 step drop is awe inspiring?

A brilliant player is not someone that randomly excells, or is only sporadically successfull. Some could also say that his play was brilliantly awful and they'd be just as correct. Your wife's diamond is brilliant. Right now, where ever it is it is a brilliant stone. Tomorrow it will be brilliant, just as it was when you purchased it. It may get a little dirty and need some cleaning to reveal it's brilliance but it's still a magnificent gem. Please stop applying this term to any aspect of A.J. Feeley's play. He may be a diamond in the rough, but it will take alot of pressure and time to reveal.
 
I would say a flash of brilliance is threading a ball between 3 defenders... or placing the ball perfectly over the shoulder of a receiver over the CB and away from the S... Just beautiful throws, more than just a completion...

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TeeMoney said:
There's been a few threads around here attempting to bait posters or are based on a faulty premise or assumption. Usually, when describing Feeley's play or the positives in his QB'ing from last year the phrase "flashes of Brilliance" is used, with no real explanation of what that means, or indication of where exactly to apply "brilliance" to Feeley's play. This phrase is used, I think, to give authority to ones opinion, and as a generalization to gloss over mistakes or inadequacies because, really, what the hell is Brilliance? A complete pass is magnificent? Executing a 3 step drop is awe inspiring?

A brilliant player is not someone that randomly excells, or is only sporadically successfull. Some could also say that his play was brilliantly awful and they'd be just as correct. Your wife's diamond is brilliant. Right now, where ever it is it is a brilliant stone. Tomorrow it will be brilliant, just as it was when you purchased it. It may get a little dirty and need some cleaning to reveal it's brilliance but it's still a magnificent gem. Please stop applying this term to any aspect of A.J. Feeley's play. He may be a diamond in the rough, but it will take alot of pressure and time to reveal.
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Yeah yeah yeah, I'll keep that in mind but, the real question here is what is going on in that picture you have in your sig, it's been bugging me since the first time I ever saw it....Help a brother out, man, what is it??
 
I completey dissagree with you. Players who are athletically talented usually have a level of talent they can reach. Sometimes it takes some coaching and experience to bring this level of talent about. For example, a highschool baseball player. A freshman who comes in and hits very well his freshman year, doubles singles etc. But then he comes up and hits a home run. A freshman driving it out of the park. Then he comes up and almost hits another but falls inches short. He's shown flashes of brilliance. Or in the field he shows that great play that makes you say wow. It doesn't happen often, only few times. They were flashes of brilliance. As you see this freshman has shown brief glimpses of what he is capable of, this is why it's called a flash of brilliance.

Now back to football. This term can still be used to describe AJ. Towards the end of the Pats game he showed a flash of brilliance. Throwing the touchdown pass to DT on fourth and goal. Then the Cleveland he threw a touchdown pass to DT that went right between two defenders into DT's arms. That's a flash of brilliance, he has shown he has the ability to play great but he hasn't harnessed yet. Therefore I think it is appropriate to use this term.
 
It's a googly Radiohead bear.

I don't mean to be antagonistic to people who favor Feeley or not. I don't like the terms used to call out pro-frerotte posters or label Feeley's posters- it just shows your own bias and along with that a lack of civil discourse. I can see where it applies amongst friends but not to ridicule an argument you may not be capable of understanding. It is a weakness.

If I had any influence at all I would give Feeley any and every opportunity to gain experience, to fail and overcome, and succeed. Frerotte is here if Saban decides Feeley can not overcome. Then we can fight it out over why he didn't. If he does, I don't think there will be any squeaky wheels (well, other than the usual suspects... and we all know who they are. Believe me, they are biding their time and are restless).
 
TeeMoney said:
I don't mean to be antagonistic to people who favor Feeley or not. I don't like the terms used to call out pro-frerotte posters or label Feeley's posters- it just shows your own bias and along with that a lack of civil discourse. I can see where it applies amongst friends but not to ridicule an argument you may not be capable of understanding. It is a weakness.
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Now that I do agree with you about. I don't like the terms feeley hugger or gus hugger.....altho guskateer is quite funny.
 
TeeMoney said:
It's a googly Radiohead bear.
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:lol: That doesn't help a bit....

I don't mean to be antagonistic to people who favor Feeley or not. I don't like the terms used to call out pro-frerotte posters or label Feeley's posters- it just shows your own bias and along with that a lack of civil discourse. I can see where it applies amongst friends but not to ridicule an argument you may not be capable of understanding. It is a weakness.

If I had any influence at all I would give Feeley any and every opportunity to gain experience, to fail and overcome, and succeed. Frerotte is here if Saban decides Feeley can not overcome. Then we can fight it out over why he didn't. If he does, I don't think there will be any squeaky wheels (well, other than the usual suspects... and we all know who they are. Believe me, they are biding their time and are restless).
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That last sentence sounds scary.... :cry:
 
check that i googled it....that's your avatar....I'm talking about your signature....
 
Again, FinSinceBirth, you are using the syntax of "flashes of brilliance" as a general way to describe a specific situation which can be considered routine, exciting yet mundane. There is nothing magical about it. Imagine that if your hopes and dreams were placed in a worn brown briefcase, when opened it would emit a magnificent glow. You aren't seeing the everyday worn and torn briefcase anymore.
 
It means that the blind squirrel will find the nut sometimes, showing a flash of brilliance.
 
You concentrated on the brilliance and overlooked the flashes! He is brilliant in "flashes". That is an optimistic way of saying inconsistant. True, my wife's diamond is always brilliant, but fireworks are "flashes of brilliance". The word brilliance doesn't connotate any consistancy or endurance. If AJ ever gets those "flashes of brilliance" to be consistant brilliance we'll have our next Marino. My bet is he will develop some more consistancy, but probably never be consistantly brilliant.
 
Sorry Infinsible, it is a painting by Dan Rickwood. I am glad it was able to get such a response from you :)
 
TeeMoney said:
Again, FinSinceBirth, you are using the syntax of "flashes of brilliance" as a general way to describe a specific situation which can be considered routine, exciting yet mundane. There is nothing magical about it. Imagine that if your hopes and dreams were placed in a worn brown briefcase, when opened it would emit a magnificent glow. You aren't seeing the everyday worn and torn briefcase anymore.
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True but I feel you are reading into that phrase just a bit too much.(I think that's the best way to say that). Your almost giving it a a magical dreamer quality, like an author would. But it can be used in a general way as well.
 
Tim1958 said:
You concentrated on the brilliance and overlooked the flashes! He is brilliant in "flashes". That is an optimistic way of saying inconsistant. True, my wife's diamond is always brilliant, but fireworks are "flashes of brilliance". The word brilliance doesn't connotate any consistancy or endurance. If AJ ever gets those "flashes of brilliance" to be consistant brilliance we'll have our next Marino. My bet is he will develop some more consistancy, but probably never be consistantly brilliant.
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Bravo! However the term is used to support a faulty, or unprovable belief. It's very nature is contradictory, yet is assumed to be the basis for a great experiment.
 
TeeMoney said:
Sorry Infinsible, it is a painting by Dan Rickwood. I am glad it was able to get such a response from you :)
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Okay....hard to find his work until I started looking for Stanley Donwood....Very interesting artist....thanks.
 
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