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Jackson Sirmon, 3* 2018 LB, Brentwood (Academy), TN (COMMITTED)

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  • NorwegianHuskyNorwegianHusky Member Posts: 3,425

    Just went back and listened to the full interview. The reason he said this was because Softy asked him (paraphrased) "You get asked a lot about the 'highly rated' guys like Kaho, but what about some of the guys that people aren't talking about?" He then complemented Sirmon AND Tafisi. This had nothing to do with praising the try hard white dude over the 5 star, it was literally the question Softy asked.
    Really misleading tweet, then. Thanks for listening to Softy so I don't have to.
  • QuietcowskeeQuietcowskee Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 3,326 Swaye's Wigwam
    edited February 2018

    Just went back and listened to the full interview. The reason he said this was because Softy asked him (paraphrased) "You get asked a lot about the 'highly rated' guys like Kaho, but what about some of the guys that people aren't talking about?" He then complemented Sirmon AND Tafisi. This had nothing to do with praising the try hard white dude over the 5 star, it was literally the question Softy asked.
    When asked the same question about his first class, Petersen said the same thing about Gaines.

    I know I’m biased because I played against his dad, but I think he’ll be maybe the best of the three.
  • Dennis_DeYoungDennis_DeYoung Member Posts: 14,754
    Sirmon is fucking good.

    He’s a 4-Star 6-2, 220 ILB with a dad who was a pro football player. He’s got a huge frame and really smooth movement and quick feet. Really good instincts and closes quick. That description of anyone is superlative.

    Just because he’s white doesn’t mean he sucks.

    Some of my favorite players are white. I used to fucking idolize Tim Meamber. I grew up a Husky fan in the 80s, if I had something against white people I would have hated our team. But I didn’t. We had some incredible players who were white and I loved. Paul Skansi, Curt Marsh, Jimmy Rodgers was a big favorite.

    I just hate “white players”. Let’s not act like people don’t get the difference between Tim Meamber and BBK.

    Sirmon is way closer to TM than he is BBK.
  • DooglesDoogles Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 12,586 Founders Club

    Just went back and listened to the full interview. The reason he said this was because Softy asked him (paraphrased) "You get asked a lot about the 'highly rated' guys like Kaho, but what about some of the guys that people aren't talking about?" He then complemented Sirmon AND Tafisi. This had nothing to do with praising the try hard white dude over the 5 star, it was literally the question Softy asked.
    But still...
  • 1to392831weretaken1to392831weretaken Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,605 Swaye's Wigwam

    rel="Dennis_DeYoung">Sirmon is fucking good.

    He’s a 4-Star 6-2, 220 ILB with a dad who was a pro football player. He’s got a huge frame and really smooth movement and quick feet. Really good instincts and closes quick. That description of anyone is superlative.

    Just because he’s white doesn’t mean he sucks.

    Some of my favorite players are white. I used to fucking idolize Tim Meamber. I grew up a Husky fan in the 80s, if I had something against white people I would have hated our team. But I didn’t. We had some incredible players who were white and I loved. Paul Skansi, Curt Marsh, Jimmy Rodgers was a big favorite.

    I just hate “white players”. Let’s not act like people don’t get the difference between Tim Meamber and BBK.

    Sirmon is way closer to TM than he is BBK.
    Bump

    What a double shit take for both making the comparison AND shitting on BBK.
  • GreenRiverGatorzGreenRiverGatorz Member Posts: 10,165
    A fudgie-Dennis twofer of legendarily bad takes in one thread. Put this shit in the Classics.
  • backthepackbackthepack Member Posts: 19,861
    He looked good in the spring game. Again people get better in this progrum. LIPO.
  • whatshouldicareaboutwhatshouldicareabout Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 12,731 Swaye's Wigwam

    He looked good in the spring game. Again people get better in this progrum. LIPO.

    The offense was vanilla and almost all the runs were between the tackles, straight at the ILBs. That's not his weakness, so he'll look good doing what he does best.

    Where we need to see progress is covering the entire field, sideline-to-sideline. We didn't run any outside sweeps or fly sweeps or bubble screens where he's been inconsistent. I can't tell if he's gotten better since the players were never really tested.
  • backthepackbackthepack Member Posts: 19,861
    He’ll be good if he plays with confidence.
  • dirtysouwfdawgdirtysouwfdawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 13,022 Swaye's Wigwam

    He’ll be good if he plays with confidence.

    He’ll be good if he’s not 5 seconds slow in reading the play. I question if he’s got the football IQ, though I have no clue.
  • bananasnblondesbananasnblondes Member Posts: 15,244
    The light could turn on for him. However, last year he played a lot like Asa Turner. Extremely passive. Sometimes seemed to purposefully move into blocks so he could take himself out of the play.

    If he really is our 2nd best ILB, that's a huge problem
  • QuietcowskeeQuietcowskee Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 3,326 Swaye's Wigwam
    He looked really good. Also, Heimuli got run over by Pleasant on his TD. No such plays happened to young Jackson.
  • huskyhooliganhuskyhooligan Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,424 Swaye's Wigwam
    His father was at the spring game.
  • RoadDawg55RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,123
    I still hate Sirmon until he actually plays well, but there were glimpses of a good player last year. He has improved. He missed multiple sacks and tackles behind the line, gave up some receptions despite being in pretty good coverage, etc. He’s always a step late and overthinks things.

    I think he will end up being okay. He has not shown that he is a starting caliber ILB for a good team.
  • haiehaie Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 21,856 Swaye's Wigwam

    His father was at the spring game.

    We were standing right behind him when Jackson went up the student section and greeted them. Dude looks like he's put on some muscle. He also played pretty well in the scrimmage. Was in position where he needed to be and laid a stick on people.

    The "slow footed LB" slight isn't going away until he shows it in a real game, but there's a good chance he's developed into a Tevis-like, ol' reliable type of player.
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