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<blockquote data-quote="potatohead" data-source="post: 260786" data-attributes="member: 107"><p>85 scholarship athletes on a football team</p><p>13 scholarship athletes on a basketball team</p><p></p><p>What about watching Brad Stewart play wide receiver in college makes you, me, or anyone else think he's a 1 in a 500,000 (maybe million?) athlete? He doesn't dominate games, he's not as good as Smelter's first year playing receiver after a 3 year break. Again, I can't comment on Baseball (which is far more a learned skill than relying on athleticism), but Basketball...? To even begin the conversation, you have to play AAU. AAU runs nearly year round. How you perform at your 2AA school is insignificant to the waves you need to make on the AAU circuit. Why are we even saying Brad Steward could play at this level? He wasn't even a basketball prospect.</p><p></p><p>Smelter was a MLB lock with an insane fast ball. If he didn't blow his arm out, he'd probably be making tons of money in the MLB. He picked up football and within two years became a fourth round pick in the NFL. let that sink in, that's insane.</p><p></p><p>All the players you mentioned, we have no idea. Pure speculation. But maybe the only guy on that list is Calvin Johnson. Michael Johnson played bball and he wasn't a major prospect and neither was anyone else on that list. Did any of those people play baseball? I have no idea. Jamal Golden was a stud baseball player in high school but didn't get the same looks for baseball than he did for football. Who knows for any of those guys? Look at it this way, Bo Jackson wasn't the best running back ever nor was he the best left fielder ever, but the fact that he could play both so successfully sets him apart.</p><p></p><p>I didn't play college basketball, but my brother got a full ride at a d1. we both played high school and aau. i have no illusion that i was a d1 level player, or even d2, but i watched my brother start three years as a PG, and let me tell you...that **** ramps up fast in college in all the major sports. the size, level of athleticism, and most importantly the time and commitment that those guys exhibit in d1 basketball is unreal. i'm not saying brad isn't athletic, he's clearly a great athlete...but to just casually imply we have a potential D1 level three sport star on our roster? Wow, if that's the case, we need more production out of him. Put him at LB or safety....or something....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="potatohead, post: 260786, member: 107"] 85 scholarship athletes on a football team 13 scholarship athletes on a basketball team What about watching Brad Stewart play wide receiver in college makes you, me, or anyone else think he's a 1 in a 500,000 (maybe million?) athlete? He doesn't dominate games, he's not as good as Smelter's first year playing receiver after a 3 year break. Again, I can't comment on Baseball (which is far more a learned skill than relying on athleticism), but Basketball...? To even begin the conversation, you have to play AAU. AAU runs nearly year round. How you perform at your 2AA school is insignificant to the waves you need to make on the AAU circuit. Why are we even saying Brad Steward could play at this level? He wasn't even a basketball prospect. Smelter was a MLB lock with an insane fast ball. If he didn't blow his arm out, he'd probably be making tons of money in the MLB. He picked up football and within two years became a fourth round pick in the NFL. let that sink in, that's insane. All the players you mentioned, we have no idea. Pure speculation. But maybe the only guy on that list is Calvin Johnson. Michael Johnson played bball and he wasn't a major prospect and neither was anyone else on that list. Did any of those people play baseball? I have no idea. Jamal Golden was a stud baseball player in high school but didn't get the same looks for baseball than he did for football. Who knows for any of those guys? Look at it this way, Bo Jackson wasn't the best running back ever nor was he the best left fielder ever, but the fact that he could play both so successfully sets him apart. I didn't play college basketball, but my brother got a full ride at a d1. we both played high school and aau. i have no illusion that i was a d1 level player, or even d2, but i watched my brother start three years as a PG, and let me tell you...that **** ramps up fast in college in all the major sports. the size, level of athleticism, and most importantly the time and commitment that those guys exhibit in d1 basketball is unreal. i'm not saying brad isn't athletic, he's clearly a great athlete...but to just casually imply we have a potential D1 level three sport star on our roster? Wow, if that's the case, we need more production out of him. Put him at LB or safety....or something.... [/QUOTE]
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