I'd bet you could hit just as well from your knees! No lower half coil or lower-upper stretch/sequence i.e., zero power from lower half. Don't know if its the video angle, but the POC looks way too far forward.
Sterling takes the cake. He's a caricature of himself. He gets so excited about becoming part of the game that he commonly blows calls "it is high, it is far, it is.......caught in front of the warning track". He's enough reason alone to dislike the Evil Empire.
Sounds like you think she might be a potential keeper. And that you've matured and learned some things about yourself and relationships that you didn't understand before. Why not give her those flowers and ask her out on a "first date" with no strings or promises attached and see what happens...