Minshew's curse is that he got a taste of stardom. Remember his aspirations of becoming a coach after his WSU days? But the brief adulation he received here has altered his trajectory.

I wanted the guy to succeed as much as everyone else, but he simply doesn't have the talent. Of course it didn't help that he was in a downward spiraling organization at the time and surrounded by talent who were incapable of propping him up, which in turn imparted some bad habits into his game (he's gone a little rabbit). He got a bad break, but the simple truth of the matter is that was his best shot and the cards just didn't go his way.

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