Shipley thrilled by chance with Steelers

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Re: Shipley thrilled by chance with Steelers

We goin to the 'ship.

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[RuthlessBurgher]

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Shipley also could play guard, if necessary, and position flexibility makes him valuable to the team.

I don't see this at all. It has been established that he is small with short arms for a center. Those inadequancies would get even more magnified if he were to move further outside. He seems like a center only to me.

Having no experience as a long snapper could also work against him...

I'm pulling for the guy. It would sure make a great story if some of these homeristic claims that he will be a perennial pro bowler were to actually emerge as reality.


And that "measure the size of his heart" comment was a popular tv commercial and slogan (in Canada) for an ex NHL hockey player. The actual saying was "They said he was too small..blah blah blah...but they didn't measure the size of his Heart"

[quote:395frvss]The topic of his size always comes to the forefront when discussing the Oxbow, Saskatchewan born Fleury. Fleury was always the smallest player on any team he ever played on. He grew to be just 5'6" and played around 180lbs. Despite this he played with ferocious physicality. Grit and determination were his calling cards, even though he had the speed and skill to twice break the 100 point barrier.

Even though he dominated the Western Hockey League as a junior star with the Moose Jaw Warriors, even the Flames did not expect much from Fleury. GM Cliff Fletcher used his 166th overall draft choice in 1987 on Fleury, hoping that he would turn into a minor league drawing card. He turned into not only perhaps the best player in that draft class, but the best player in Calgary Flames history.

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Even though the NHL never was able to find a reliable means to measure the size of one's heart, unfortunately for Fleury, NHL officials were able to measure the amount of drugs and alcohol in his system throughout his playing career. How much of that heart was wasted this way?

[Mel Blount's G]

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The new Fleury commercial:

They said he was too small

They said he couldn't make it.

They said he couldn't compete.

But they didn't measure the size of his ability to inhale stimulants

[Steel Life]

Re: Shipley thrilled by chance with Steelers

Looking at this realistically, Ship has an uphill battle to make the roster...though I think he'll end up on the PS. I just think that despite the size of his heart (that grows 10 times on game day) he's ill-suited to handle the likes of Ngata, Peko & Rogers twice a season. The fact that he doesn't long-snap makes it even more difficult for him, despite his rumored "position flexibility". Best of luck to him...I just don't see it.