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<blockquote data-quote="RonJohn" data-source="post: 260800" data-attributes="member: 2426"><p>How many kids on the average HS basketball team, and how many kids on the average HS football team? There are fewer spots available for BBall, but also fewer kids trying. The point I was trying to make there is that no matter what impression you got from playing AAU BBall, it is not easy to get an FBS scholarship for football. If you think that any of the FB players at GT were average HS players, then you are wrong. Every one of them was among the best on their team. When JJ was the point guard at GT, he made a statement during an interview that when he was in HS, every HS game he played in he was the best player on the court. He said that when he got to GT, every player on the team had been the best player on his HS team. As I said, I think you are underestimating the difficulty in: Getting a FB scholarship to start with, and then getting on the field in FB. It is not easier in FB than in BB.</p><p></p><p>I don't know if Stewart could play multiple sports or not. I am pretty sure that any FB player who wanted to try would be immediately shut down by CPJ. Even if they are talented in multiple sports, they will not be as effective at any if they spread their time around. My "pure athlete" comments were more generalized. I don't know if any of those guys could play multiple sports. However, I am pretty sure that any of the guys I mentioned could switch sports and get on the field, or floor. Take a look at the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 GT BB roster. Do you not think that MJ could have made one of those teams as a forward if he stopped playing football and started concentrating on basketball? Smelter is a great athlete, but he wasn't the dominating WR in his first few football games. I am not saying that we had many players who would have been all-star NFL and MLB and NBA players. But we have had a lot of guys who could have changed sports like Smelter and done really well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonJohn, post: 260800, member: 2426"] How many kids on the average HS basketball team, and how many kids on the average HS football team? There are fewer spots available for BBall, but also fewer kids trying. The point I was trying to make there is that no matter what impression you got from playing AAU BBall, it is not easy to get an FBS scholarship for football. If you think that any of the FB players at GT were average HS players, then you are wrong. Every one of them was among the best on their team. When JJ was the point guard at GT, he made a statement during an interview that when he was in HS, every HS game he played in he was the best player on the court. He said that when he got to GT, every player on the team had been the best player on his HS team. As I said, I think you are underestimating the difficulty in: Getting a FB scholarship to start with, and then getting on the field in FB. It is not easier in FB than in BB. I don't know if Stewart could play multiple sports or not. I am pretty sure that any FB player who wanted to try would be immediately shut down by CPJ. Even if they are talented in multiple sports, they will not be as effective at any if they spread their time around. My "pure athlete" comments were more generalized. I don't know if any of those guys could play multiple sports. However, I am pretty sure that any of the guys I mentioned could switch sports and get on the field, or floor. Take a look at the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 GT BB roster. Do you not think that MJ could have made one of those teams as a forward if he stopped playing football and started concentrating on basketball? Smelter is a great athlete, but he wasn't the dominating WR in his first few football games. I am not saying that we had many players who would have been all-star NFL and MLB and NBA players. But we have had a lot of guys who could have changed sports like Smelter and done really well. [/QUOTE]
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