I don't think Geno is Drew's type of guy. He's not from South Florida and he wasn't a first rounder, so the money isn't as big.
Scout the QB not the system, RG3 came from a spread offense and no one said a peep and the only thing he really has over Geno is speed and slightly improved mechanics(due to pro coaching and seasoning which Geno will get)
Geno sounded on the ball with Gruden. So he is not Shakespeare. Neither was Joe Namath. The only concern I have is that he has a sensitive side that you can see. A lot of young QBs have it. I would prefer not to see it way out there. But he can deal with it.
He's definitely going to have to grow a thicker skin coming into the metro area. This is a problem that a lot of young players have. QB's have to manage it quicker than others because they don't get the keys until they've shown they can handle driving in bad weather.
Out of high school Scout:4/5 stars Rivals:4/5 stars ESPN grade: 81 Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 12 (QB) Rivals: 3 (Dual-threat QB) ESPN: 8 (QB)
And he wound up at WVU bc he didn't have the grades for the big programs that recruit down there. And didn't have the desire to improve them.
If geno was white.. He would have been the #1 pick. His defense was horrid in WV. Every game h came back and the defense would just return the favor and give anther one back! He had to put up 70 just to get by baylor! And they almost lost that game. Look @ WV record last season. The Numbers this guy put up were amazing. Granted TAVON is a beast but he got stedman drafted higher then he would have. Even the 3rd WR he had woods was catching bombs from geno! It is a different day! More ethnic players are gonna play QB and win these days. I say this because I judged before based on ethnic players from the past that never won a SB except doug williams . Every player is his own person and I feel like if a ethnic QB doesn't BLOW away scouts with a cannon arm and a fast runner, Then they put them in a unfair category. Geno got skills and he will prove them wrong!!
Geno Smith got offers from Florida State, Boston College and Alabama. He probably chose WVU because it offered him a clearer path to the starting position. It's harder to get info on his grades but he reported a 2.8 GPA and a 1390 SAT to Scout.com. He attended WVU as an English major not the typical degree in Communications.
He chose WVU because his high school head coach, Damon Cogdell, was a star linebacker at WVU in the 1990s (hip injury cut his career short)... nothing more than that. The previous post (not yours) about not having the grades for "top programs down there" is false on so many levels. Firstly, since when are those schools, Florida St., Miami, any SEC school known for their strong academic requirements for football? They push anyone through just like WVU. Secondly, you are right he had a myriad of offers and basically could've went anywhere. He just had the WVU connection.
Anyone who actually follows college ball and recruiting knows that WVU is basically like a JUCO for good players who didn't have the coursework in HS to be accepted to the major BCS schools. Schools like UGA, UF, Miami, OSU, USC, are actually top 50 academic institutions and they will not take a kid who didn't complete the proper coursework in HS. the sliding scale is not used at all schools either.
This is a bullshit post though. You posted that Geno Smith went to WVU because he didn't have the grades for the "big programs" that recruit down there. I responded by pointing out that he got offers from Florida State, Boston College and Alabama, a plethora of "big programs" that recruit in Miami. You then listed a bunch of big schools that Geno Smith might or might not have had the grades to get into, although on the surface it appears as though he'd have waltzed into all of them. You carefully ignored the fact that Alabama, the biggest program in the country the last 5 years, recruited Geno. You're wrong in your central thesis, which is that Geno had to go to WVU because he only had JUCO level academic skills. That you are sticking to that thesis despite the evidence above suggests to me that you are either not open to new information when it is presented to you, or alternately biased against Geno or the Jets for other reasons.
So since you've been called on your bullshit about the grades, where did you come up with the "he didn't have the desire" bit? I'm guessing you made that up too.
Does race still play a role though when it comes to getting a NFL QB? I dont want to go off topic or start anything, but based on Geno's performance my gut just tells me if he was indeed white he'd be the #1 pick. 3 years of upward trending stats Big time performances, Bowl winner 42 TD's 7 INT's Just a thought
its a good thought. i just completed a study that im handing in today about college students perceptions of race and the results were quite shocking. i really didnt think that people were as prejudiced as they turned out to be. i dont udnerstand how anyone can simply say hes a product of the system, when its not a program that has been dominating the ncaa... geno is a baller and he makes great decisions with the ball, he has a good chance at beomcing something special behind center.
