I don't want this to turn in to a public/private argument. The kid can either play or he can't. Same for Tyler Russell, Dylan Favre, or anybody else. Anytime an academy kid is brought up,everybody bitches aboutcompetition level. That is never brought up when we sign Tojo Patterson or Dicenzo Miller (sp?) from small public schools. Tojo didn't pan out, Miller was awesome. Dicenzo played against bad competition, but the dude could flatout play. That is how we judged him (thank goodness). If Jerious Norwood had played1A public school, peopleon this board would have orgasmed to sign him. If he had played at Jackson Prepnobody on this boardwould have wanted him.
Rogers can either play orhe can't. Admittedlyhis competition isn't great. Butneither is the competition that the 1A or 2A publicschool players see. If competition is an issue, I say we only sign 5A and 6A players, which just isn't practical. Heck, Kaleb Eulls got his asshanded to him by MRA, but was all-everything in 4A.