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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce Wayne" data-source="post: 42414" data-attributes="member: 231"><p>Brian Johnson, just ask around enough and you can learn for example how a certain Tech QB from a previous era or many basketball players would have the use of very fancy vehicles.</p><p></p><p>So then there is our legit hero Calvin Johnson. Now maybe we know why he was ranked relatively low and not a consensus 5 star even (ha!). The story is that when he made a recruiting visit to UGA he was taken out to something like a frat party (bar?, don't recall the details). When he got home and Momma asked him about the trip and he told her how her 17 year old son was taken to a frat party she said wtte of "well you are not going to that school then." Calvin's mom rose to being a school principal, his father stayed on working for the railroad (a relative of mine knew him as a coworker) and retired from that career well after Calvin having already made millions as a pro. That family structure and situation economically was such that their gifted athlete son had no pressing incentives or concerns to take bribes or get involved in such. He drove a modest car, etc.</p><p></p><p>But how many gifted 4 or 5 star athletes from this region, immune to or insulated from being bribed, and generally interested in Tech are there out there on a yearly basis? Less than 50? Less than 20? Greater than 0? </p><p></p><p>Calvin Johnson is the exception and there will be always be only a few like him. We need to appreciate those we do get.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce Wayne, post: 42414, member: 231"] Brian Johnson, just ask around enough and you can learn for example how a certain Tech QB from a previous era or many basketball players would have the use of very fancy vehicles. So then there is our legit hero Calvin Johnson. Now maybe we know why he was ranked relatively low and not a consensus 5 star even (ha!). The story is that when he made a recruiting visit to UGA he was taken out to something like a frat party (bar?, don't recall the details). When he got home and Momma asked him about the trip and he told her how her 17 year old son was taken to a frat party she said wtte of "well you are not going to that school then." Calvin's mom rose to being a school principal, his father stayed on working for the railroad (a relative of mine knew him as a coworker) and retired from that career well after Calvin having already made millions as a pro. That family structure and situation economically was such that their gifted athlete son had no pressing incentives or concerns to take bribes or get involved in such. He drove a modest car, etc. But how many gifted 4 or 5 star athletes from this region, immune to or insulated from being bribed, and generally interested in Tech are there out there on a yearly basis? Less than 50? Less than 20? Greater than 0? Calvin Johnson is the exception and there will be always be only a few like him. We need to appreciate those we do get. [/QUOTE]
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