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Oregon Star: "i sold my soul to Nike"
rivercitybridie
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obviously a paraphrase but what was this kid Thibodeaux thinking with this interview? just so muddled and in theory great aspirations/ideas but then he sullies it with constant commercial references.
https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/ncaa-football/news/kayvon-thibodeaux-stigmatism-alabama-oregon/1td4jx7zunh26zon956cgadfx
first of all, he denigrates an "Alabama education" vs. a "west coast education" while completely butchering the english language during exact same sentence.
more direct comments from the article:
His comments — used incorrectly as they were — were prompted by Klatt asking what it was like to be recruited by Saban. Thibodeaux said he didn't like Saban's recruiting pitch that players want to play when they think they're ready, as opposed to when Saban thinks they're ready. That moment, Thibodeaux said, led him to think Alabama wasn't for him.
Klatt then asked Thibodeaux whether he knew each of Saban's recruiting classes had won a national championship during their time in Tuscaloosa. Responded Thibodeaux: "And that’s important. Hopefully they’ve all still got jobs and stuff after."
then comes this:
“If I handed you a fishing pole, would you know how to use it? If I’ve never learned (how to fish) or if school has never been important to me, or a job, or a career has never been important until I was done playing football, how would I ever know how to get a career or a job?
but it turns out it's all about lining up some $$$$ from Nike..
he mentions Nike 3 times in an article about "alabama vs. west education", "Saban determining playing time instead of the player" and "learning how to fish so you will be useful in life"
maybe he can be in charge of some Nike sweatshops in Bangladesh.
honestly, he seems like a good kid but maybe i shouldn't bash him like this..... but this comments were shocking to me. think before you speak.
https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/ncaa-football/news/kayvon-thibodeaux-stigmatism-alabama-oregon/1td4jx7zunh26zon956cgadfx
first of all, he denigrates an "Alabama education" vs. a "west coast education" while completely butchering the english language during exact same sentence.
more direct comments from the article:
His comments — used incorrectly as they were — were prompted by Klatt asking what it was like to be recruited by Saban. Thibodeaux said he didn't like Saban's recruiting pitch that players want to play when they think they're ready, as opposed to when Saban thinks they're ready. That moment, Thibodeaux said, led him to think Alabama wasn't for him.
Klatt then asked Thibodeaux whether he knew each of Saban's recruiting classes had won a national championship during their time in Tuscaloosa. Responded Thibodeaux: "And that’s important. Hopefully they’ve all still got jobs and stuff after."
then comes this:
“If I handed you a fishing pole, would you know how to use it? If I’ve never learned (how to fish) or if school has never been important to me, or a job, or a career has never been important until I was done playing football, how would I ever know how to get a career or a job?
but it turns out it's all about lining up some $$$$ from Nike..
he mentions Nike 3 times in an article about "alabama vs. west education", "Saban determining playing time instead of the player" and "learning how to fish so you will be useful in life"
maybe he can be in charge of some Nike sweatshops in Bangladesh.
honestly, he seems like a good kid but maybe i shouldn't bash him like this..... but this comments were shocking to me. think before you speak.
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5* that played like a 5* at times….will make millions in NFL
I disagree he'd have had the same platform at Beav. That is a quintessentially low visibility place. Like it or not, for better and worse, Oregon is a known quantity nationally. There are other great platforms in the P12, but OSU isn't one of them. Beav, Cuog and, arguably, Bear are the worst in the conference. The only thing famous about those places as far as cfb is concerned is Cuog's Game Day flag thing, which is probably close to jumping the shark.
He's physically capable of a very nice career in the NFL but what remains to be seen is if he's such a headcase that it fucks him up.
I'm not sure "anywhere else" is accurate.
In the 247 composite and in their own rankings KT wasn’t even the top edge rusher, Georgia’s Nolan Smith was. Individually, there’s no question who had the better career. Opportunity is a big part of success, right place at the right time. Other places could have been good for him as well, but they weren’t.
A lot of us are jealous of that technically gifted speaker.
Did Aidan Hutchinson go to Beav or Cal or did he go to Michigan?
They lie about how good (insert name) are until everyone believes it.
BTW I thought Tibbydough was OK - not special against good OLs but enough to kill us when he wanted to
like UO education is anything that special... UW >> UO (mostly because UW is in a big city and attracts better profs) but UW isn't (note NOT using "ain't") either (at least not considered against harvard/princeton/yale which i think most people mean when they say "ivy league" for education).
not to mention lauding education and using "ain't" twice.. yeah, i know that's street and/or cool verbal style. but he's talking about quality of education.
think the kid just needs much much better guidance.... the announcers seemed to love him. but honestly, if you spew out some vague progressive and/or selfless ideals ("KT wants to 'give back' ") and don't beat up your GF, you are a hero to the social media and broadcasting world.... i'm not really anti-progressive, at least not compared to the current alternative.
It sounds like this is the first time you've heard a really dumb person from the sports world on TV trying to sound better than they are, and it's made an impact. Let me help you brace yourself: you're going to hear it again.
Why are you parsing the stupid words of a stupid person who plays for the other school? There are plenty of them at Montlake for you to study up close if you'd like.
I also might disagree with your explanation of why UW > Oregon, but that would extend the discussion.