Reading a lot of opinions on the internet, about UGA football and the surrounding bad asses in the SEC.
DE Clowney got his piece of media, however must say this. At his day of commitment, he did the same thing that IC did at his moment of truth, going to a certain school, both did not mess around as some have when committing. These young men know that they have talent, as we all do. Time to play football, and these two guys will.
Throw this out for what it is worth. Now these young football players step up, not just a level, but from high school, who knows how many levels A, AA, AAA, AAAA, AAAAA. The guys are going to play in . . . . Excuse me, America’s Conference, where the MNFC is dominated by the SEC. Most of the Nation knows where the best football is played, we, on this board and other boards and blogs have known for more years than we can count.
My opinion we move on to the next step. Great recruiting class for us this year. Makes me proud, proud for this reason . . . . . Ready for this . . . . Do we have the coaching staff in place that can take these young men to the SEC LEVEL? This is what I (think? I know). In Athens, right now as I type this, there is enough talent to play with any school in our conference, that is not based on a “Dream Team” that is based on talent alone. If the “Dream Team” is that good, they would start at every position that they were recruited for. Right?
Allow me this. How much better is Clowney than Drew? Number 1 and Number 2 if you follow the jive asses out there rating high school players. Is #1 better than #2 by say 10%, 20% or more. Is their rating based on the competition they faced in high school? Did both players stand up to the same competition?
One factor that I like is #2 playing in a 3/4. Drew is willing to play a TEAM game. Personally will take a point or two away from #1 because he wants to play in a 4/3. That does not mean that I would not want Clowney signing with UGA, that would have been awesome. Appears to me that he wants to come off of the edge and get that “recognition” for the next level. Nothing wrong with that, except . . . . . Are we playing TEAM ball or ME ball. Listen, this cat (Clowney) might end up being the greatest thing ever. I don’t buy it, at this point for one reason . . . . Speed does kill, but smash mouth football might get this young man’s attention. Hard for high school teams to game plan for one player, by that I mean in the SEC there is a lot of talent on most football teams. UGA, Bama, LSU, UF, AU and others KNOW WHO AND WHERE YOU ARE. Neither Drew or Clowney are playing against the same competition week after week . . . . This is the SEC.
Personal message to folks on this board. I am guilty as many are in this request that I am making. It is easy for all of us to get excited about the things that are going on around us. YouTube and other blogs live on all of us pulling up their information. One of the reasons that I became attached to this board was because there was open talk among us. Not repeating what others have said on youtube or other blogs. Steve and his crew did a good job of building this site, that is not kiss ass. Nothing wrong with using the youtube on occasion, or another blog, but for ME, it means so much more when the Brothers speak, not the other blogs and youtubes. Don’t mean to hurt feelings, this is a great site, it is one person’s opinion.