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A reminder re: UW players who entered the draft early

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  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter
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  • PandaOrangeChiknDuck
    PandaOrangeChiknDuck Member Posts: 545
    Bryant athletically alone should have been drafted.
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  • Houhusky
    Houhusky Member Posts: 5,537
    PandaOrangeChiknDuck said:

    Bryant athletically alone should have been drafted.

    I was going to ask which one...

    but then I remembered they were both well below average in size and speed for their positions.
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  • creepycoug
    creepycoug Member Posts: 24,036
    edited April 2020
    Doogles said:

    EastCoastDoog said:



    @MikeDamone ballz was more right. Nobody bats 1000

    Classic Achilles heel with Ballz (and TBSers in general) is they can't let the high school star ranking go once you get updated information with their actual play.


    It's like anything, there are a small handful of obvious outliers in talent and then there are a bunch of guys good enough that will separate themselves through hardwork and determination.

    It's why OKG produced NFL guys at a higher rate. Pete got guys good enough (albeit arbitrarily ranked lower than other guys by people like Fetters) and placed them in a culture valuing work ethic.
    Here's the deal with the Ballz: when you're stupid, you look for the obvious indicators because that's all you can do. I can't count how many times I drove him down his trail of logic only to expose that he was making assumptions, and he couldn't see it because he was convinced that he know what he was talking about, when in reality all he had was what was supposed to happen because recruiting. He also made MASSIVE assumptions about how much better the UW staff was at spotting talent, AND, if that weren't enough stupid for one day, he REALLY bought into OKG.

    BtP wasn't smart enough to have his own opinions. He just drafted, and for whatever reason chose to draft behind Ballz, which of course is like adding an exponent to your stupid score.
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  • creepycoug
    creepycoug Member Posts: 24,036
    CuntWaffle said:

    Surprised by Bryant. Not with Ahmed. Even if Salvon did get drafted he would probably just fall down.

    I laffed.
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  • chuck
    chuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,675 Swaye's Wigwam
    GreenRiverGatorz said:

    Baseman said:

    GreenRiverGatorz said:

    Baseman said:



    You will rue the day you doubted John Motherfuckin Donovan
    Maybe so. As of today, though, is there any wonder why Eason decided to leave?
    Oh, I'm kidding. Nobody is going to regret doubting Donovan. There's literally no reason for optimism other than dumb luck.
    I like those odds! Put me down for 1000 sven bucks.
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  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,184 Standard Supporter
    MikeDamone said:

    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    MikeDamone said:

    Anyone who thought Ahmed was going to get drafted, including Ahmed were nuts.

    I'd like to know who advised this guy.

    I was the first to compare his decision to that or Eugene Burkhalter.

    I was right.

    You are assuming he would've been drafted had he stayed another year. Dude would've been the backup by week 4.
    No I’m not.
    You're saying someone gave him bad advice to leave, which implies you think he should have stayed. It didn't matter if he left this year or next, outcome would have been the same. He was better off leaving now with an extra year of youth in front of him.
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  • MikeDamone
    MikeDamone Member Posts: 37,781
    edited April 2020
    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    MikeDamone said:

    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    MikeDamone said:

    Anyone who thought Ahmed was going to get drafted, including Ahmed were nuts.

    I'd like to know who advised this guy.

    I was the first to compare his decision to that or Eugene Burkhalter.

    I was right.

    You are assuming he would've been drafted had he stayed another year. Dude would've been the backup by week 4.
    No I’m not.
    You're saying someone gave him bad advice to leave, which implies you think he should have stayed. It didn't matter if he left this year or next, outcome would have been the same. He was better off leaving now with an extra year of youth in front of him.
    He should have stayed to get a college degree and get out in front of his career is sales.

    He never had a future in football after college. When he's cut in August he will need to come to grips with that. The sooner the better

    Hth.
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  • Kaepsknee
    Kaepsknee Member Posts: 14,913
    MikeDamone said:

    Anyone who thought Ahmed was going to get drafted, including Ahmed were nuts.

    I'd like to know who advised this guy.

    I was the first to compare his decision to that or Eugene Burkhalter.

    I was right.


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  • MikeDamone
    MikeDamone Member Posts: 37,781
    salemcoog said:

    MikeDamone said:

    Anyone who thought Ahmed was going to get drafted, including Ahmed were nuts.

    I'd like to know who advised this guy.

    I was the first to compare his decision to that or Eugene Burkhalter.

    I was right.


    Looks like things worked out of him by the looks of his awesome suit
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  • Kaepsknee
    Kaepsknee Member Posts: 14,913
    MikeDamone said:

    salemcoog said:

    MikeDamone said:

    Anyone who thought Ahmed was going to get drafted, including Ahmed were nuts.

    I'd like to know who advised this guy.

    I was the first to compare his decision to that or Eugene Burkhalter.

    I was right.


    Looks like things worked out of him by the looks of his awesome suit
    Not really. He broke. Aint no money in signing kids that dont get even UDFA money. 10% of 0 still be 0
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  • MikeDamone
    MikeDamone Member Posts: 37,781
    salemcoog said:

    MikeDamone said:

    salemcoog said:

    MikeDamone said:

    Anyone who thought Ahmed was going to get drafted, including Ahmed were nuts.

    I'd like to know who advised this guy.

    I was the first to compare his decision to that or Eugene Burkhalter.

    I was right.


    Looks like things worked out of him by the looks of his awesome suit
    Not really. He broke. Aint no money in signing kids that dont get even UDFA money. 10% of 0 still be 0
    Well..it’s a nice suit.
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  • creepycoug
    creepycoug Member Posts: 24,036
    Emoterman said:

    MikeDamone said:

    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    MikeDamone said:

    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    MikeDamone said:

    Anyone who thought Ahmed was going to get drafted, including Ahmed were nuts.

    I'd like to know who advised this guy.

    I was the first to compare his decision to that or Eugene Burkhalter.

    I was right.

    You are assuming he would've been drafted had he stayed another year. Dude would've been the backup by week 4.
    No I’m not.
    You're saying someone gave him bad advice to leave, which implies you think he should have stayed. It didn't matter if he left this year or next, outcome would have been the same. He was better off leaving now with an extra year of youth in front of him.
    He should have stayed to get a college degree and get out in front of his career is sales.

    He never had a future in football after college. When he's cut in August he will need to come to grips with that. The sooner the better

    Hth.

    I laffed again.
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  • creepycoug
    creepycoug Member Posts: 24,036
    I remember well his recruitment because his social circle overlapped with my youngest's social circle. Different schools, connected east-side crowds.

    He's a nice kid and from all accounts so is the family. But man alive does playing football make you stupid. Some family friend's kid played with Salvon at Juanita and was among a group of them who went D1. I remember actually overhearing Achmed talking to one of the kids at one of those homecoming mass photoshoots about signing with Stanford. He was somewhat afraid of the academic grind. The official word from the kid crowd was the typical shit. That whole dramatic "baller for life" shit that the kids so badly buy into. "Warrior mentality". "Imma just ignore the negativity and keep grindin' " bull shit as if the whole word was against them when in reality they will never again be in such a position of privilege. Yes, I used that word, because it's true. How many other average intellects do you know have access to Stanford? Hmm? None. That place rejects future Rhodes Scholars routinely.

    So in all that shit, there are adults in these kids' ears pumping them with all this shit, but those adults are also mostly dumbshits.

    This stupid ass kid could have stumbled through Stanford and had about the same football experience and walked out with a free Stanford diploma. Even if he barely got through, that name opens doors ... forever.

    What a fucking cluster fuck. I guarantee you he will go into coaching here in the next couple of years.

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