Manti Te’o: The Alabama Game Doesn’t Define My Career
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Binnnngggggoooooo......that's a goodie!
I'd also add: Ole Miss in 2009, USCw in 2012 and aTm in 2013.
Same thing popped into my mind.
Also on a sidenote that photo of Lacy with Te'o on the ground is photoshopped...he never got that close to him.
i was only able to stomach about a minute of that gruden video. dude (teo) just doesn't come across as very impressive.
Jon Gruden questioned Te'o like the pros in the trenches will question him.
Gruden laughed at him, while making light of Te'o lack of speed.
Gruden laughed at him while making light of Te'o missed assignments.
Gruden laughed at him while making light of Te'o lack of performance.
Gruden laughed at him while making light of Te'o denying being distracted.
Gruden laughed at him while making light of Lacy running over him.
Gruden laughed at him while praising Eddie Lacy.......
Gruden's laughing at Manti Te'o was sarcastic and his comments were cutting.
If Manti Te'o expected to be handled with 'Kid Gloves', he must have been shocked when he found out Jon Gruden
was going to wear Boxing gloves.
Memo to self... Don't go to interview with Jon Gruden.
(What Te'o should have been thinking.)
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You know what's funny?
If Teo gets drafted and is a bust, nobody is going to remember it except Tide fans. And nobody is really going to remember his bad game other than us and him. As we accumulate titles, the specifics fade for the non- Tide fans. Let me put it this way: other than the Tommie Frazier run and the kicked ball at Missouri - how many of you can name a single play from Nebraska's title dynasty? That team won like crazy and dominated - but unless you were a Husker fan you don't recall details or players. I think the play will stand out for others about us - unfortunately - is the Dareus hit on McCoy. Yes, WE will remember the details of the run - some might remember Rocky Block - but players and details fade.
When Teo flops in the NFL, and he will - he's slow and a media creation, and if he played at Purdue he wouldn't be drafted - but when he does nobody will recall but us. But it won't be a Ryan Leaf, Akili Smith, JaMarcus Russell thing.
If Teo gets drafted and is a bust, nobody is going to remember it except Tide fans. And nobody is really going to remember his bad game other than us and him. As we accumulate titles, the specifics fade for the non- Tide fans. Let me put it this way: other than the Tommie Frazier run and the kicked ball at Missouri - how many of you can name a single play from Nebraska's title dynasty? That team won like crazy and dominated - but unless you were a Husker fan you don't recall details or players. I think the play will stand out for others about us - unfortunately - is the Dareus hit on McCoy. Yes, WE will remember the details of the run - some might remember Rocky Block - but players and details fade.
When Teo flops in the NFL, and he will - he's slow and a media creation, and if he played at Purdue he wouldn't be drafted - but when he does nobody will recall but us. But it won't be a Ryan Leaf, Akili Smith, JaMarcus Russell thing.
In most cases, I would agree. However, in his case, he's really plowed into the media hype. I think it will be more than just Bama fans remembering, if he flops...
Notre Dame is a lot like the Yankees too.
For as big as their national following might be, they have nearly as big of a contingent of haters across the nation too. People will remember him if he flops
For as big as their national following might be, they have nearly as big of a contingent of haters across the nation too. People will remember him if he flops
Gruden still coddled him. He didn't give him as much criticism as I've seen him give guys that had a lot less to criticize.
Gruden should have hit him like this:
"Missed tackles, missed assignments, inability to shed blocks... against the only team that you played that had top-level NFL talent directly facing you. That makes me wonder if you have the ability to handle the competition in the NFL."
"You were the top player on a defense that had great statistics against... WHO?"
"Oklahoma? Texas A&M held Oklahoma to the same number of points as you. This is the same Texas A&M defense that allowed AUBURN to score 21 against them."
"USC? You held them to 13 when they had just lost their veteran QB and had to press an inexperienced reserve into service. Georgia Tech, who allowed FORTY-NINE points to Middle Tennessee State, was able to hold them to only 7 even after their reserve QB had been given a month to acclimate to the position."
Stanford. Officially you held them to 13 and won that game on a goal line stand. However, officially and ACTUALLY don't always correlate and we've seen the replay over and over and you didn't ACTUALLY stop them on that goal line stand."
"When you get into the NFL, everyday is going to be like the Alabama game for you unless you were actually distracted and can attribute your poor performance to that. Perhaps some linebacker coach can fix your deficiencies, but we all thought that you had great coaching at Notre Dame, so... I don't know."
Gruden should have hit him like this:
"Missed tackles, missed assignments, inability to shed blocks... against the only team that you played that had top-level NFL talent directly facing you. That makes me wonder if you have the ability to handle the competition in the NFL."
"You were the top player on a defense that had great statistics against... WHO?"
"Oklahoma? Texas A&M held Oklahoma to the same number of points as you. This is the same Texas A&M defense that allowed AUBURN to score 21 against them."
"USC? You held them to 13 when they had just lost their veteran QB and had to press an inexperienced reserve into service. Georgia Tech, who allowed FORTY-NINE points to Middle Tennessee State, was able to hold them to only 7 even after their reserve QB had been given a month to acclimate to the position."
Stanford. Officially you held them to 13 and won that game on a goal line stand. However, officially and ACTUALLY don't always correlate and we've seen the replay over and over and you didn't ACTUALLY stop them on that goal line stand."
"When you get into the NFL, everyday is going to be like the Alabama game for you unless you were actually distracted and can attribute your poor performance to that. Perhaps some linebacker coach can fix your deficiencies, but we all thought that you had great coaching at Notre Dame, so... I don't know."
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