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.
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.
Last edited by davisd9; 06-25-2015 at 01:04 PM.
Psalm 42:1 "As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God."
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.
Them that don't know him won't like him, and them that do sometimes won't know how to take him
He ain't wrong, he's just different, and his pride won't let him do things to make you think he's right
They don't put Championship rings on smooth hands
.......and Wyatt is a lot better anyway.
Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal? I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy but they're definitely dirty. But, a dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.
You might take out a dozen before they drag you from your home and skull fuck you to death. Marsh Chicken 6/21/2013
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.
Last edited by Saltydog235; 06-25-2015 at 01:41 PM.
Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal? I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy but they're definitely dirty. But, a dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.
You might take out a dozen before they drag you from your home and skull fuck you to death. Marsh Chicken 6/21/2013
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.
Last edited by LowcountryBuck; 06-25-2015 at 03:18 PM.
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.
Them that don't know him won't like him, and them that do sometimes won't know how to take him
He ain't wrong, he's just different, and his pride won't let him do things to make you think he's right
They don't put Championship rings on smooth hands
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.
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