Another Case of Spin!

[davisd9]

Battle thinks he is ready for the NFL. Clemson has other players pushing him hard, and he knows if he stays and loses his starting job it would hurt his NFL stock. That's the one and only reason he is leaving.

Believe what you want. I can tell you this is from the horse's mouth. Some folks know what they are talking about, and some just spew rhetoric and what they read on message boards.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...emental-draft/

Other reports state he is entering the supplemental draft for family issues and a baby on the way, nothing about being pushed by other players.

[turbo]

The newest reports marijuana possession as well.

[trkykilr]

There is no spin. Battle was given the option to enter the supplemental draft or face consequences for the marijuana charge. He chose to leave. Clemson will miss him, sometimes. When he wanted to play, he could be a very good, never great, LT. He was a starter for a reason.

I hate it for him because he has wasted major NFL upside. Scouts have been dying for him to show them something, and he could have been a rich man with some drive. He just doesn't have it in him.

[Catdaddy]

.......and Wyatt is a lot better anyway.

[Saltydog235]

.......and Wyatt is a lot better anyway.

Who is Wyatt?

[Biggie1976]

Who is Wyatt?

The true freshman behind him. How do I know that and you don't?

[Saltydog235]

Oh, Clemson's got a 5* true freshman named Wyatt too?

Between him and Mitch Hyatt they should be able to handle it with some experience.

[Catdaddy]

Who is Wyatt?

Let's go with Hyatt,......lol

[Biggie1976]

Oh, Clemson's got a 5* true freshman named Wyatt too?

Between him and Mitch Hyatt they should be able to handle it with some experience.

That made me laugh....yep that's him Hyatt

[Air Raid]

Believe what you want. I can tell you this is from the horse's mouth. Some folks know what they are talking about, and some just spew rhetoric and what they read on message boards.

Or some folks may be much more in the know than any message board chatter. Just because I don't pull for the Tigers, don't think there are things that I don't know, for fact. I could show you some things, but that would just take all the fun out of listening to you guys tell yourselves how good you always are.

[SCswampCAT]

Clemson's drug problem seems to be on par with UGA.

havent seen any arrests this year.... summers not over yet.

[led0321]

havent seen any arrests this year.... summers not over yet.

Georgia is doing well. LSU and Bama are towing the line this yr lol

[LowcountryBuck]

Or some folks may be much more in the know than any message board chatter. Just because I don't pull for the Tigers, don't think there are things that I don't know, for fact. I could show you some things, but that would just take all the fun out of listening to you guys tell yourselves how good you always are.

haha gotcha. What do I know...

I guess talking with someone live this morning in Boca Grande who was on vacation there about this subject wasn't enough fact.

The marijuana, kids, family, etc. was a smokescreen. Simple possession would have cost him what, 2-4 games? That was not it. You don't enter a supplemental draft because of family. The risk is huge for a player in the supplemental.

There fact is there was too much grey area for him in his mind if he stayed. He was being pushed by others because he has never lived up to his potential. Measurables are only part of it, gotta have a heart, and head.

There was a great chance that Hyatt would have taken over the starting position at some point during the year and he could sense it, so he was chicken and pulled the eject lever. He sat there and saw all these teammates get drafted or get a pro contract this past season and he started listening to all the outside influences.

Some of these kids just don't get it. He can play, no doubt. But this is a bad move.

It also puts Clemson in a depth situation at LT, and that is my concern.

[SCswampCAT]

haha gotcha. What do I know...

I guess talking with someone live this morning in Boca Grande who was on vacation there about this subject wasn't enough fact.

The marijuana, kids, family, etc. was a smokescreen. Simple possession would have cost him what, 2-4 games? That was not it. You don't enter a supplemental draft because of family. The risk is huge for a player in the supplemental.

There fact is there was too much grey area for him in his mind if he stayed. He was being pushed by others because he has never lived up to his potential. Measurables are only part of it, gotta have a heart, and head.

There was a great chance that Hyatt would have taken over the starting position at some point during the year and he could sense it, so he was chicken and pulled the eject lever. He sat there and saw all these teammates get drafted or get a pro contract this past season and he started listening to all the outside influences.

Some of these kids just don't get it. He can play, no doubt. But this is a bad move.

It also puts Clemson in a depth situation at LT, and that is my concern.

Battle was looking at 4 with no chance of a 2 game suspension. His name isnt Sammy Potkins

[Catdaddy]

Battle was looking at 4 with no chance of a 2 game suspension. His name isnt Sammy Potkins

During his 4 game suspension he could have worked keeping Venables off the sideline. That would have looked good on his resume since he is headed for failure in the NFL.

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[trkykilr]

I've pointed this out before, but to openly hope that young people fail or to celebrate their failures is pretty fucked up. Regardless of the school they choose, they are still young adults with a lot of life ahead of them. I hope that Clemson beats South Carolina on the field, but it benefits all of us if the individual young men are successful.

[Goin Coastal]

haha gotcha. What do I know...

I guess talking with someone live this morning in Boca Grande who was on vacation there about this subject wasn't enough fact.

The marijuana, kids, family, etc. was a smokescreen. Simple possession would have cost him what, 2-4 games? That was not it. You don't enter a supplemental draft because of family. The risk is huge for a player in the supplemental.

There fact is there was too much grey area for him in his mind if he stayed. He was being pushed by others because he has never lived up to his potential. Measurables are only part of it, gotta have a heart, and head.

There was a great chance that Hyatt would have taken over the starting position at some point during the year and he could sense it, so he was chicken and pulled the eject lever. He sat there and saw all these teammates get drafted or get a pro contract this past season and he started listening to all the outside influences.

Some of these kids just don't get it. He can play, no doubt. But this is a bad move.

It also puts Clemson in a depth situation at LT, and that is my concern.

It's your story. Tell it however you like.

[TheVisorGuy]

haha gotcha. What do I know...

I guess talking with someone live this morning in Boca Grande who was on vacation there about this subject wasn't enough fact.

The marijuana, kids, family, etc. was a smokescreen. Simple possession would have cost him what, 2-4 games? That was not it. You don't enter a supplemental draft because of family. The risk is huge for a player in the supplemental.

There fact is there was too much grey area for him in his mind if he stayed. He was being pushed by others because he has never lived up to his potential. Measurables are only part of it, gotta have a heart, and head.

There was a great chance that Hyatt would have taken over the starting position at some point during the year and he could sense it, so he was chicken and pulled the eject lever. He sat there and saw all these teammates get drafted or get a pro contract this past season and he started listening to all the outside influences.

Some of these kids just don't get it. He can play, no doubt. But this is a bad move.

It also puts Clemson in a depth situation at LT, and that is my concern.

Damn, I guess you learn a lot while washing clem tech jock straps

[SCswampCAT]

During his 4 game suspension he could have worked keeping Venables off the sideline. That would have looked good on his resume since he is headed for failure in the NFL.

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Think they'd make a video for him too?

[Moonlight Hunter]

haha gotcha. What do I know...

I guess talking with someone live this morning in Boca Grande who was on vacation there about this subject wasn't enough fact.

The marijuana, kids, family, etc. was a smokescreen. Simple possession would have cost him what, 2-4 games? That was not it. You don't enter a supplemental draft because of family. The risk is huge for a player in the supplemental.

There fact is there was too much grey area for him in his mind if he stayed. He was being pushed by others because he has never lived up to his potential. Measurables are only part of it, gotta have a heart, and head.

There was a great chance that Hyatt would have taken over the starting position at some point during the year and he could sense it, so he was chicken and pulled the eject lever. He sat there and saw all these teammates get drafted or get a pro contract this past season and he started listening to all the outside influences.

Some of these kids just don't get it. He can play, no doubt. But this is a bad move.

It also puts Clemson in a depth situation at LT, and that is my concern.

So you sat there and listened to the Head Spin-Master tell you that a marijuana suspension was a smoke screen? Only someone so delusional can be told that, and then make themselves believe it. It is a willing ignorance.

Do some research on the supplemental draft. It ain't pretty. This kid had no choice. There's a squeaky-clean persona that needs to be held up in Taterland.