People are lacking the reading comprehension to understand that he was giving KJJ a huge compliment.
It's not saying "he might not catch a pass." It's saying, "Zoom in on this and realize how valuable he is if you were to only look at one thing. Now zoom back out and add in that he can ball, too. That's what makes him so special."
The only football Sherman played was with a controller in his hand.
People who think like this have no business in a leadership position. So, Reilly is a leader and he does not fear bringing talent to Lincoln and managing that talent and all the "fun" that comes with it.This is exactly what I was afraid of. You bring in a kid like that, and the potential for an enormous amount of drama exists from day 1, and the kid hasn't even signed his LOI yet.
I know a lot of you guys were excited about his commit and all that, but to me, it was nothing more than potential headache after headache.
To make matters worse, you aren't dealing with just one character, but now two of them (his father). Mark my words, this is not the kind of attention we need here. The door swings both ways attention and publicity wise, and I'd be happy if he quietly just went somewhere else.
I am sorry you feel this way. Leadership is a difficult subject sometimes. It's hard to pin the tail on what it is for everyone. Coach Riley is a people person. He likely does have the temperament to deal with big egos and characters, but is it good for the team and program overall? (this was the point I was trying to make)People who think like this have no business in a leadership position. So, Reilly is a leader and he does not fear bringing talent to Lincoln and managing that talent and all the "fun" that comes with it.
People who think like this have no business in a leadership position. So, Reilly is a leader and he does not fear bringing talent to Lincoln and managing that talent and all the "fun" that comes with it.
Was Sherman really trying to say something good? Let's see:
"Ringleader" - per Webster, "a leader of a ring of individuals engaged especially in improper or unlawful activities".
Is that a compliment? NO, strike one.
"Even if he never catches a pass" - an insinuation that KJJr isn't good enough to play.
Is that a compliment? NO, strike two.
"he'll likely still have made a significant impact" - the use of the word "likely" introduces doubt as to whether there will be contribution.
Is that a compliment? NO, strike three.
Sherman is supposed to be a writer, he should understand the English language. Maybe he's just collecting a paycheck from espn.
Yes, this. People need to quit looking for reasons to be offended.
The other day Sam Bradford got people upset for using the cliché "that's above my pay grade". Bradford makes a lot of money, and people didn't understand what that phrase means. This isn't a PC problem as much as it is a comprehension/basic education problem.
Oh jesus christ. STOP TRYING TO BE OFFENDED. It was at worst a harmless comment and at best a compliment.
I wasn't offended. Now, I probably have wasted 15 minutes of my life looking at a thread that I really don't even care about. Tweeting, Mitch Sherman, KJSr, I don't care. Well, I posted on here right? That was my mistake and now I've wasted 3 more minutes of my life typing this response.
You put an awful lot of thought into dissecting something you don't care about. And it took you three minutes to type the response?
You need to take typing classes. 10 secondsThat pretty much hits the nail on the head. (BTW, since you seem so interested in my time, this response, w/ parantheses is about 1 minute).
Typing speed is but one component of writing a message... (20sec)You need to take typing classes. 10 seconds