Funny given how many comments I've seen from you... A MODERATOR, where you absolutely contribute NOTHING to a thread...

If that's all you've taken from my posts, then it's clear you haven't bother reading them.  That's your shortcoming, not mine.  If you disagree, I'm OK with that, but it's apparent you aren't.  Again, that's your own problem.

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"You do your own thing in your own time. You should be proud."

Most players who intend to go into the NFL tend to go to school primarily to play football.  Education is a bonus.  

 

Not all college football players intend to play in the NFL. In fact most of them are not good enough for it.

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Not all college football players intend to play in the NFL. In fact most of them are not good enough for it.

He said most players who  "intend to go into the NFL tend to go to school primarily to play football"

 

<span style="font-size:12px;">He is talking about players who intend on going to the NFL, not all college players </span>

 

Lulz 

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People need to stop making a big deal about the fact Teddy Bridgewater decommitted after Miami's coach was fired. That is not a character flaw. Also the fact that he chose Louisville instead does not  have anything to do with his ability to play quarterback.

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People need to stop making a big deal about the fact Teddy Bridgewater decommitted after Miami's coach was fired. That is not a character flaw. Also the fact that he chose Louisville instead does not  have anything to do with his ability to play quarterback.

If Clowney decommitted I'm sure you would use that against him...

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People need to stop making a big deal about the fact Teddy Bridgewater decommitted after Miami's coach was fired. That is not a character flaw. Also the fact that he chose Louisville instead does not  have anything to do with his ability to play quarterback.

You make a good point. People also neglect to realize he went to Louisville to specifically play in the pro style offense that Strong/Watson was running

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Agree.  You commit to the school, to carry a tradition, to build something together.  Miami was his home town school.

 

He simply hitched a ride and followed a friend after the coach he liked got fired.  I'm not his biggest fan by any means, but Tebow committed to FL and stuck with it.  Didn't matter who was going to be his coach or whether or not he'd start day one.

 

The greater challenge would have remained dedicated to rebuilding a program, rather than taking the easier route (no QB competition, no on the field competition.)

 

All I can relate to is my own situation.  Sure, I had a backup plan in case it didn't work out, but I went to my home town school, the school I'd wanted to go to practically my whole life.  I couldn't imagine backing out on a whim.  I all may not mean a hill of beans in the end, but it does show lack of conviction.

 

Different people have different personalities and motivations, you can't blame a player because he doesn't think like you.

 

The Tebow example is not the same at all, last time I checked Urban Meyer stayed as the coach for all of Timmy's career.

 

If Meyer was fired before Tebow first season for a coach who wasn't as much of a fan, there is a decent chance Tebow would have went elsewhere. It has nothing to do with "carrying tradition", just a player who want to do what's best for him, especially since he's not payed to play.

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If that's all you've taken from my posts, then it's clear you haven't bother reading them.  That's your shortcoming, not mine.  If you disagree, I'm OK with that, but it's apparent you aren't.  Again, that's your own problem.

 

You sound really hurt. First, you assumed he didn't read your crappy post, then you fall back to your predictable snide remarks. He has no problem, but you do. I'll be the first to admit I make a lot of dumb, stupid, and ridiculous posts. You do the same thing, but the real kicker is you have convinced yourself that anything you say has merit, that you actually contribute something anytime you submit one of your lame posts

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You sound really hurt. First, you assumed he didn't read your crappy post, then you fall back to your predictable snide remarks. He has no problem, but you do. I'll be the first to admit I make a lot of dumb, stupid, and ridiculous posts. You do the same thing, but the real kicker is you have convinced yourself that anything you say has merit, that you actually contribute something anytime you submit one of your lame posts

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Unlike yourself, I didn't have diarrhea of the mouth.  But then, you're only here to stalk/flame as usual.  Something we'll have to keep an eye on.

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"You do your own thing in your own time. You should be proud."

The Tebow example is not the same at all, last time I checked Urban Meyer stayed as the coach for all of Timmy's career.

 

His parents were bull gators.  In the time he was playing ball and being recruited, Spurrier (a gator god) bolted for the NFL, Zook stepped in and was fired, and Meyer brought in.  He could easily have looked at that instability and been worried about the direction they were taking.  That's the only point being made.

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"You do your own thing in your own time. You should be proud."

Because the job market sucks and you have to work somewhere.
But I don't want to derail this thread with that topic.

 

Defensive end Adham Talaat learned the hard way it is important to consider more than just the football coach when picking a school. The UMass coach was fired shortly after he arrived and he felt like the school was a bad fit for him, so he transferred. His story makes me think some players put too much emphasis on liking the coach of a football team when they choose colleges. They go to school primarily for education, not to keep playing 3-5 more years.

That is not the case in college football for Teddy. He made the right call.

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Peyton must store oxygen in that forehead of his. No way I'd still be alive after all that choking.

 

Agree.  You commit to the school, to carry a tradition, to build something together.  Miami was his home town school.

 

He simply hitched a ride and followed a friend after the coach he liked got fired.  I'm not his biggest fan by any means, but Tebow committed to FL and stuck with it.  Didn't matter who was going to be his coach or whether or not he'd start day one.

 

The greater challenge would have remained dedicated to rebuilding a program, rather than taking the easier route (no QB competition, no on the field competition.)

 

All I can relate to is my own situation.  Sure, I had a backup plan in case it didn't work out, but I went to my home town school, the school I'd wanted to go to practically my whole life.  I couldn't imagine backing out on a whim.  I all may not mean a hill of beans in the end, but it does show lack of conviction.

It also matters why you went to the school. Maybe Teddy went to Miami because he thought it was the right situation for him, and not cause of some 'hometown loyalty'. I think it is clear from his actions that he never felt like it was Miami or bust. He went there cause of the coach, and the coach left. Its not a bad character trait at all.

 

Going back to the Manager, I took the job cause of the manager in the unit, she promised to let me move up to a different unit that I wanted to work in, if I stayed a year. Well, she left, and there went that promise. New manager didn't care that I had an agreement, in fact, she didn't want me to work there at all. Is it some sort of moral flaw to not have loyalty to a company (or a school) that you chose because of a supposedly good situation, that goes bad? Of course not. This is normal in jobs, why would it be different in a players job(i.e. playing football)?

 

Teddy is not a fan, he is a player. He went where he could play. It had nothing to do with loyalty because he didn't pick the school based on loyalty in the first place. He picked the situation that would let him play, was made promises, then the guy who made all the promises left, and a new guy comes in who wants 'his guys' before Teddy can even get on the field. Of course he left.  Teddy was never a diehard Miami guy. Tebow was a Florida guy, always. Kelvin Taylor is a Florida guy. But some people are not diehards, and do care about the situation.

 

It has nothing to do with character, and people feel that way because they don't look at it from the players perspective. Or to be even more fair, how they themselves would feel in that players shoes if it happened to them. School is much closer to a job for a football player than just picking the local U. I think the problem is that people have loyalties to certain schools, and can't understand that other people don't feel that way about University. I went 4 years to the same school for my associates and Bachelors, I would consider myself only slightly loyal to that school at all. It isn't a life-changing fraternity for me. School isn't on par with religion for a lot of people out there. I think the frevor some have for their local schools programs blinds them to this. Colleges are business's, just like the NFL, don't kid yourself thinking about them another way.

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Yes, it's improvement, but it's Blaine Gabbert 2012 level improvement. - Pirkster

http://youtu.be/ouGM3NWpjxk The Home Hypnotist!

http://youtu.be/XQRFkn0Ly3A Media on the Brain Link!
 

Peyton must store oxygen in that forehead of his. No way I'd still be alive after all that choking.

 

I really don't get trying to attack Teddy's character for de-committing once his coach got fired.


I mean.....really?


This happens all of the time. Nitpicking about stuff like that seems really forced and/or personal.

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If Clowney decommitted I'm sure you would use that against him.

 

What makes you think that? I don't hate on Clowney just to hate him.

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That is not the case in college football for Teddy. He made the right call.

 

I am not saying it is. But I do know if a team fires its head coach, it sucks, so Teddy went to a better place by decommitting.

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If that's all you've taken from my posts, then it's clear you haven't bother reading them.  That's your shortcoming, not mine.  If you disagree, I'm OK with that, but it's apparent you aren't.  Again, that's your own problem.

 

It's not just my problem....it's a board problem because there are clear double-standards for certain mods who get away with certain comments....

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Just read this on a mock draft and it makes a lot of sense actually regarding Teddy:

 

3. Jacksonville Jaguars: <strong><strong>Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville</strong></strong>

It won't matter how disciplined the Jaguars play under Gus Bradley—this team won't win many games without a franchise passer. That said, Bradley likes to run the ball, and he needs a quarterback who's comfortable operating a pro-style offense from behind center.

Teddy Bridgewater is a pocket passer who ran a run-first offense at Louisville. He's a perfect fit for the conservative offense Jacksonville needs to run at this time, and his ceiling hasn't yet been hit.

 

Our offense could look a lot like Louisvilles once we beef up this Oline and bring in another RB.

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Just read this on a mock draft and it makes a lot of sense actually regarding Teddy:

 

3. Jacksonville Jaguars: <strong><strong>Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville</strong></strong>

It won't matter how disciplined the Jaguars play under Gus Bradley—this team won't win many games without a franchise passer. That said, Bradley likes to run the ball, and he needs a quarterback who's comfortable operating a pro-style offense from behind center.

Teddy Bridgewater is a pocket passer who ran a run-first offense at Louisville. He's a perfect fit for the conservative offense Jacksonville needs to run at this time, and his ceiling hasn't yet been hit.

 

Our offense could look a lot like Louisvilles once we beef up this Oline and bring in another RB.

 

He's just a blogger. His name is Jesse Reed. You got a cut and paste job.

 

http://bleacherreport.com/users/682181-jesse-reed

 

He's got every right to have a paid gig, but one day it's this and next day it's that.

 

3. Jacksonville Jaguars: Blake Bortles, QB, UCF

 

Jacksonville needs a quarterback, pure and simple. Drafting a top pass-rusher would be nice, but this team isn't going anywhere without a franchise passer. Blake Bortles has seen his draft stock soar in the month of December, and he'll have a chance to solidify his status as a top player during the scouting process. 

 

P.S. Teddy isn't going to beef up the offensive line. Blockers do that.

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First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. - Mahatma Gandhi

 

http://s6.postimg.org/vyr2ycdfz/Teddy_Br...cked_4.gif

Could be.  That wouldn't be so unusual if it weren't his home school.  I suppose it just means his ties/convictions weren't really that strong, which is something I just can't relate to.

 

There are a few things to criticize about Teddy, but I don't feel that something many, many players do (and is understandable, at least to me) is one of them.

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People knocking Teddy for decommitting to a school are just reaching

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