Clearly doesn’t understand he’s in SoFlo now and needs to start acting like a diva. Miss me with that maturity !!
All the more reason I like our chances. A smart, well adjusted young man who has a good head on his shoulders can see our value proposition is actually far stronger than 40k from some shady oil guy to go to LSU and coming a little short of "earning" a LSU General Studies degree if they don't make the league. Smart non-divas, almost paradoxically will be the way "back" for us. I want talent period. When that talent is focused, responsible, hard working and committed, all the better. I'm sure Rivers turned down some pretty sizable bag offers to come with us. Jalen Rivers also has a 4.3 GPA and wants to be a computer science engineer. A degree from the marquee school in an economically exploding region is a tremendous value, and we want to identify and prioritize guys that "get it."
Of course talent trumps all, but when it's in talent close non-divas should be highly prized because they are far more likely to actualize and maximize their potential. Guys like Khris Bogle, NuKeese Richardson, Josh Jobe. Sam Bruce, Antonio Callaway, Dionte Mullins, Travonte Valentine etc are very often more trouble than they're worth. Keeping it most real, Jeff Thomas also falls into that camp. On the O-Line especially, it is critical to land multiple strong, lean, tall, long guys every year, have them gain good mass/functional strength with a redshirt and improve technique. In a couple years we will be running on everybody and providing clean pockets. OLinemen have to be unselfish, intelligent, and constructively violent.
For a guy like Van Dyke (who I think will be a multiple year starter and NFL QB), we MUST contain speed rushers. Enos runs a pro style scheme. We can't keep trotting out turnstiles like Trevor Darling, Gauthier, Kennedy, Herbert, Dykstra etc
