4.6 in the sand? - Ballers (2015) Discussion

[–] MisterNick 8 years ago

...and he was drunk. The resolution to that problem was lame. That young guy was totally insulting the guy with the boat but since he can run fast all is forgiven.

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[–] RoadWarriorTez 8 years ago

Yeah, I have to agree with that. I have a hard time wondering why Schlereth didn't kick him the hell off. I also wonder why this kid can't control himself especially when he has millions riding on this. Lastly, why is the agent even still working with him given how he left him in the everglades with alligators.

Never been a gangsta but I play hardball.

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[–] dootmoot 8 years ago

First of all, there is no way a drunk guy is running a 4.5 40 in sand.

Then I timed his run twice on my stopwatch and his "4.5 40 yard dash" came out to be an 8.5. I get that the show is fake, but they should use hollywood magic to make it look like he really has the ability to actually run a 4.5 40, not show 5 different angles of a slow ass actor running an 8.5 second 40 and then claim "whoooo! 4.5 seconds!!! OMG UR SO FAST!!"

And then they ended the episode? On THAT? Whoever thought that was a good idea should be fired.

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[–] DrunkPanda 8 years ago

The other ridiculous thing is the fact that they hand-timed it. Official NFL 40 yard dash times are laser timed. Running a hand-timed 40 yard dash means absolutely nothing to the NFL because it is so inaccurate, there is no point in doing it

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[–] cableaddict 8 years ago

Another problem is that Travis just doesn't look like a top sprinter. A football player? Sure, but not that fast. His muscles are a little too big, especially his butt. He's even carrying around a 20 lb or so spare tire. He looks like he's spent the last year doing nothing but eating ribs and drinking beer.

Guys like Daryl Green & Bob Hayes were muscular, but also really ripped & tight. Deon Sanders was practically rail-thin.

There might be an exception, and maybe someone will be able to name a current NFL guy with that "Travis" build and speed, but it's incredibly unlikely.

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[–] nathanmetro 8 years ago

Seemed a little old school special FX fast forwarding his run to make him look faster.

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[–] J_Howlett1886 8 years ago

Run didn't even look that fast they dragged that scene out much longer than his supposed 4.6 40

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[–] cableaddict 8 years ago

I wonder how fast Travis could jump the shark?

(The way season 2 is going, he should probably start practicing.)

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[–] assmode 8 years ago

Those comparisons are kind of idiotic. He's not supposed to be some track star WR or CB that can run a 4.2. He's a LB and there are plenty that have run in the 4.5s and 4.6s. Probably the best comparison I can think of off the top of my head is Brian Urlacher who I just looked up ran a 4.57. He's a bigger white guy that people might not assume is fast. With that said, the whole running in sand is thing was absolutely ridiculous.

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[–] cableaddict 8 years ago

- But Brian Urlacher is noticeably trimmer than the guy playing Travis.

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[–] legendkillinpeopleschamp 8 years ago

The other ridiculous thing is the fact that they hand-timed it. Official NFL 40 yard dash times are laser timed. Running a hand-timed 40 yard dash means absolutely nothing to the NFL because it is so inaccurate, there is no point in doing it

You would be quite wrong on this, just watch the NFL combine. Yes it is laser timed but you see all the coaches and scouts in the seats also using stopwatch. Many of them trust that more than the laser timed finish, Mayock mentions it every year.

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[–] DrunkPanda 7 years ago

No they don't, also please stop making stupid statements that are obviously incorrect

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[–] Quentin36 8 years ago

To me it is just really bad casting. The actor doesn't look like be is fast and to me he really doesnt even look like a football player. He's short and not in great shape. There are a 100 guys the could have cast that would have been better

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[–] legendkillinpeopleschamp 8 years ago

Did Tedy Bruschi or Zach Thomas look like football players to you?

Did Borland from 49ers look like a football player?

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[–] Quentin36 8 years ago

They both look more like football players than this actor and they weren't taken in the top 5 as this guy is.

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[–] cableaddict 8 years ago

Bruschi ran a 4.68 at the Combine, but that was when he was still fairly trim. Also, that wasn't in the fricking SAND! It wasn't even on turf. It was on a track.

Travis doing 4.58 in the sand, in regular sneakers, would equate to what? Maybe a 4.2 on turf with cleats? I'm guessing but that has to be close. The "energy cost" of running on sand is 1.2–1.6 times that of running on firm ground, (look it up) so I'm actually being extremely generous. 4.6 in the sand would probably be a world record.

Flabby-armed Travis? Gimme a break.

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[–] cableaddict 8 years ago

"They both look more like football players than this actor and they weren't taken in the top 5 as this guy is."

^ Exactly what I said, Trenton.

Sure there may be a couple of real-world exceptions, but why cast it that way.

(Unless @TheBricks is right, and this somehow comes up later. I don't see how this could be, though.)

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[–] thebricks 8 years ago

It's possible this comes up later, remember that. Maybe he's faster than you think.

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[–] box_398 8 years ago

Or have him be the mother of dragons.

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