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OT: Evan Shirreffs

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The kid will always be a member of the 1st, ever, Coastal division championship for the Canes.

And he's graduating college with 2 degrees, and no debt! That's winning!

But anybody still holding onto the theory that he has "next Ken Dorsey" potential or was ever really in the running to be the starting QB at Miami, I'm gonna guess you're a relative or a friend.

He's at the college level his athletic skills fit best.

But I'd argue he should have gone to an Ivy (near Ivy) League school to play. Especially if he's going the corporate route after graduation, and wasn't planning on becoming a coach.
 
Every time I hear the "Anybody But Rosier" crowd pipe up and say bringing in the backup can't be worst I think of how they have no short term memory what so ever. Same thing was being said at the end of last year. They got their wish, and then got real quite for the rest of the year. I will admit I was a bit in that camp until the switch was made last year.
 
ThomasM said:
They have reached the depths they were stuck in 20 years ago. Man, they are bad.
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bad would be good for them right now.

Mistake going into Big10,conference wanted NY media market, but there really is not much to choose from in the area, and thus it was a bad move by both buttgers to B10
 
PanteraCanes said:
Every time I hear the "Anybody But Rosier" crowd pipe up and say bringing in the backup can't be worst I think of how they have no short term memory what so ever. Same thing was being said at the end of last year. They got their wish, and then got real quite for the rest of the year. I will admit I was a bit in that camp until the switch was made last year.
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In all fairness, when he WAS put in, it was in really crappy situations. The only mop up duty I ever remember him getting was against Bethune. Every other time was against a D with their ears pinned back, and only for a possession. Not exactly ideal circumstances for a guy with no experience. There's a reason playing time is critical, and there's a reason he never got more playing time. The **** games were ALL too close to get him in. How anyone can judge a guy on 7 passes is beyond me. Actually, it's not.
 
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Mklein13 said:
Not old enough to remember those two.
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Chris was Steve's brother. Freshman about 1994. Nationally-ranked blue Chip. When he arrived at UM, he had a horrendous problem with his mechanics, a very strange hitch in his throwing motion that nobody could help him fix. I guess he did not show it in HS. I watched him in warmups during a spring game, I think it was '94. It was an obvious problem, a kind of dip and wind-up.Rumor was that all kinds of people tried to help him, even Dan Marino. Left the program, transferred back to to U-Minn and oblivion.

Alan Hall was a top HS QB going into his senior year in Jacksonville. Think he had a disappointing senior year, came to UM and was severely overweight. Left after his freshman year, I think. Disappeared into oblivion, too. I think that was 1990.
 
DTP said:
I won't crap on him. He's just a guy who never should have been here in the first place. I will crap on the previous staff for offering guys who should never have been here in the first place.
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Some of us looked at his HS film when we got him. The film was very impressive. The guy who brought the film was someone who spent a lot of time around the recruiting office for years and no doubt has seen a lot of film. This guy was extremely impressed by the film. I also looked at some practice highlights someone posted here. Again, he looked good. Don't understand why it didn't translate into game performance.

Sometimes a guy needs a lot more game experience to get a rhythm and feel comfortable. I remember when Vinnie Testaverde came in for a few series in 1982 and was lackluster. He didn't start until 1985 and became the best player in the country in 1986.

I think this guy Shirreffs might have had more potential than people think. Fans, especially here, are quick to pass judgement and condemn.
 
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TheMatador said:
Some of us looked at his HS film when we got him. The film was very impressive. The guy who brought the film was someone who spent a lot of time around the recruiting office for years and no doubt has seen a lot of film. This guy was extremely impressed by the film. I also looked at some practice highlights someone posted here. Again, he looked good. Don't understand why it didn't translate into game performance.

Sometimes a guy needs a lot more game experience to get a rhythm and feel comfortable. I remember when Vinnie Testaverde came in for a few series in 1982 and was lackluster. He didn't start until 1985 and became the best player in the country in 1986.

I think this guy Shirreffs might have had more potential than people think. Fans, especially here, are quick to pass judgement and condemn.
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I remember seeing a highlight tape and he looked impressive against poor competition. His issues weren't mental, they were physical. He did not have the caliber arm to play FBS football. There's a reason why his offer list was very short and Miami was the only major conference school to give him an offer. I know we've had success with guys who didn't have the strongest arms but compared to Shireffs, those guys were John Elway.
 
TheMatador said:
Chris was Steve's brother. Freshman about 1994. Nationally-ranked blue Chip. When he arrived at UM, he had a horrendous problem with his mechanics, a very strange hitch in his throwing motion that nobody could help him fix. I guess he did not show it in HS. I watched him in warmups during a spring game, I think it was '94. It was an obvious problem, a kind of dip and wind-up.Rumor was that all kinds of people tried to help him, even Dan Marino. Left the program, transferred back to to U-Minn and oblivion.

Alan Hall was a top HS QB going into his senior year in Jacksonville. Think he had a disappointing senior year, came to UM and was severely overweight. Left after his freshman year, I think. Disappeared into oblivion, too. I think that was 1990.
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Good thing I wasn’t around for that lol
 
DTP said:
I remember seeing a highlight tape and he looked impressive against poor competition. His issues weren't mental, they were physical. He did not have the caliber arm to play FBS football. There's a reason why his offer list was very short and Miami was the only major conference school to give him an offer. I know we've had success with guys who didn't have the strongest arms but compared to Shireffs, those guys were John Elway.
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Yes. I currently live in the school district he came out of. While the HS is very supportive of their program and have had a bit of success in the past from what I understand...it is still a lower level league. The team actually lost to Oconee to start this year...the team Max Johnson is the QB on. The league they play in is not the greatest. Gwinnett where Jarren Williams played is much tougher competition. This is another reason to look very deeply at Max cause he may not really be as good as people think he is.
 
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