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High Motor--what the hell does that mean anyway?

Moondwg : 4/9/2012 8:45 pm
In all seriousness, fellas, what does it mean to say someone has a high motor? Does it mean what we used to mean when we said that somebody hustled? Most players I see in games seem to work hard, and when they don't, they are called out as slackers. So what is a high motor?
When the guy is known as a high motor guy,  
shepherdsam : 4/9/2012 8:47 pm : link
the high motor is usually the only thing the guy has.



Also, I think he has to be white.
The player is white  
Scyber : 4/9/2012 8:48 pm : link
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high motor  
Giantfootball025 : 4/9/2012 8:53 pm : link


i take it as a player who  
Flanker7 : 4/9/2012 8:53 pm : link
doesn't have elite physical skills but got to where he was by hard work alone.

backside pursuit, never taking a play off, always going hard, that sort of thing.

also usually in reference to a white dude, see point 1.
doesn't have to be white  
WeatherMan : 4/9/2012 8:54 pm : link
though the less talented getting by on sheer want to is emblematic of the "high motor white guy hall of fame". High motor simply means a player who always goes all out and doesn't take plays off - JPP is talented as all hell but is also a high motor guy, see the end of the Saints game when the team was getting their ass kicked and he was still flying around the field making plays.
Tollefson  
DelBlue91 : 4/9/2012 8:55 pm : link
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Don't listen to WM,  
Default : 4/9/2012 8:57 pm : link
it means he's a cracker.
What a stupid  
Blackbeard : 4/9/2012 8:58 pm : link
question!
Doesn't have to be white  
SoDev : 4/9/2012 8:59 pm : link
It's a guy who goes full speed every play and doesn't give up. A lot of players will just kinda stand around when a play isn't their way. A high motor guy keeps doing his job until the whistle blows. A good high motor black guy was John Randle - Vikings DT. He was short, he was playing undersized. Like a we guy, he had to work a little harder than the rest. A common feature I'm high motor guys.
I butchered the end if my post  
SoDev : 4/9/2012 9:02 pm : link
Damn phone auto correct.
Really. You follow pro sports and  
LauderdaleMatty : 4/9/2012 9:03 pm : link
think every single guy gives his all all the time? Jamarcus Russel and Ryan Leaf ring a bell. Albert Haynsworth?



It's really not a rare thing or a hard concept to understand.
I know a guy named John Randall, Viking fan too.  
shepherdsam : 4/9/2012 9:03 pm : link

He's not nearly as excitable as Randle, but he is white.
I think there's strong elements of overachieving and it helps  
glowrider : 4/9/2012 9:05 pm : link
to be an underdog. It's a style of play.
high motor??  
darasman : 4/9/2012 9:27 pm : link
High Motor  
Matt G : 4/9/2012 9:35 pm : link
^ exactly  
WeatherMan : 4/9/2012 9:37 pm : link
and damn right I'm a cracker Default! 3 years in FL and still pale as can be
I never thought of High Motor as a "white" thing.  
Scrub : 4/9/2012 10:22 pm : link
Nor, have I ever taken it to mean a guy with no talent. Suh is a high motor guy. Now only is he talented, but he's relentless. JPP, the healthy Tuck...

I've always taken it to mean someone who doesn't take plays off, and even when the plays not his way, he's still giving it his all.
Hi  
flapjack : 4/9/2012 10:23 pm : link
I agree, it means white  
PatersonPlank : 4/9/2012 11:48 pm : link
The same idea as back when people would call black players "athletes" rather than good a position.
So the "High Motor White Guy" Wall of Fame  
bradshaw44 : 4/9/2012 11:52 pm : link
Means, "White, White Guy" Wall of fame?

That doesn't make much sense.
Not high motor:  
SimpleMan : 4/10/2012 12:34 am : link
ha  
Sneakers O'toole : 4/10/2012 12:37 am : link
that's more like a blown engine.
Look up Frankie Ferrara ...  
mjt832 : 4/10/2012 2:40 am : link
in the dictionary.
No  
mdthedream : 4/10/2012 6:45 am : link
it means it is always running till the play is over and sometimes even after that. High energy guy a guy that loves to play hard every down.
High Motor  
Matt G : 4/10/2012 6:51 am : link
High Motor  
Matt G : 4/10/2012 6:57 am : link
LT is high on crack  
pencap75 : 4/10/2012 8:03 am : link
Rather than high motor
Matt--good examples  
Moondwg : 4/10/2012 9:26 am : link
I agree that LT was always "high motor" + insane talent. So high motor does not = bad athlete but tries very hard.
Relentless  
JonC : 4/10/2012 9:30 am : link
Doesn't take plays off, 100% effort and intensity, hustles until the whistle is blown, etc. You'd be surprised how few athletes have what coaches would label a high motor.

JPP has a high motor, so it's not a label just for less talented over-achievers, though it's certainly true at times.
^ high motor!  
Curtis in VA : 4/10/2012 9:31 am : link
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Two high motors crashing  
Matt G : 4/10/2012 9:38 am : link
One not very fast, one breaks down a lot...

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