Cajuns showing interest in Josh Brister

[CrazyCajun]

----Again--my thought was something like a preferred walk on to see how he liked it, grew, and decided what direction to go in---probably track!!!

what if he wanted a scholarship? do you understand the kids decision isnt yours? do you know for a fact he wasnt offered to walkon? maybe hud and company knew he would go track, maybe they were deep at his position,maybe it was one of a 100 other things.

[Bandwagon King]

what if he wanted a scholarship? do you understand the kids decision isnt yours? do you know for a fact he wasnt offered to walkon? maybe hud and company knew he would go track, maybe they were deep at his position,maybe it was one of a 100 other things.

Here's the thing about that. I want my son to play somewhere. But I want him to get a scholarship even more. Why? Because I understand the way of the world. People can talk about how these guys should go on their own dime & play for someone if they want to play for them bad enough. But a scholarship tells a young man who is much more impressionable that I want you bad enough for you to be one of my top 85 players. That doesn't guarantee you anything. But it does tell you that I think enough of you that I will give you the opportunity to to really compete for a starting role in my program one day. Now, should I leave, you will still have a chance with another coach, because even though he may want to bring in his own guys, he is restricted every year to only bringing in so many new guys. Therefore it gives a young man an opportunity to feel like he has some sense of security with his team. Remember the rules are slanted against the student & for the university. Because if the young man is a superstar & wants to bolt for another major university, he can't without losing a year of eligibility. So he is stuck with whatever situation he has without the freedom to leave, or else he loses 25% of his competitive life. Unless he has already recieved his degree which would then allow him to go elsewhere.

I have a colleague who had a son who was highly recruited & went to Arizona. The year he thought he was going to start, Rich Rodriguez came in there & began making all kinds of wholesale changes. He went from emphasizing strength on the interior DL to speed. That put this kid out of a chance to compete for a starting job. The only reason the young man stayed is because of his ties to the university, his scholarship, & his friendships with guys like Brooks Reed & JJ Watts who continued to encourage him to hang in with the team. Well long story short, the guy ended up staying & wouldn't you know it, the guys Rodriguez started playing all got hurt within like the first three weeks of the season. This guy got pressed into duty & became an all Pac-10 second team player. And probably would have been all Pac 10 & gotten drafted if Rodrigues hadn't come in like John Wayne & made so many changes so quickly. He had the right to do what he wanted. He was the coach. But having the right to do something, doesn't make what you're doing the right thing to do. That is the lesson nature teaches anyone, but especially coaches, who aren't smart enough to choose right.

[duggie85]

Here's the thing about that. I want my son to play somewhere. But I want him to get a scholarship even more. Why? Because I understand the way of the world. People can talk about how these guys should go on their own dime & play for someone if they want to play for them bad enough. But a scholarship tells a young man who is much more impressionable that I want you bad enough for you to be one of my top 85 players. That doesn't guarantee you anything. But it does tell you that I think enough of you that I will give you the opportunity to to really compete for a starting role in my program one day. Now, should I leave, you will still have a chance with another coach, because even though he may want to bring in his own guys, he is restricted every year to only bringing in so many new guys. Therefore it gives a young man an opportunity to feel like he has some sense of security with his team. Remember the rules are slanted against the student & for the university. Because if the young man is a superstar & wants to bolt for another major university, he can't without losing a year of eligibility. So he is stuck with whatever situation he has without the freedom to leave, or else he loses 25% of his competitive life. Unless he has already recieved his degree which would then allow him to go elsewhere.

I have a colleague who had a son who was highly recruited & went to Arizona. The year he thought he was going to start, Rich Rodriguez came in there & began making all kinds of wholesale changes. He went from emphasizing strength on the interior DL to speed. That put this kid out of a chance to compete for a starting job. The only reason the young man stayed is because of his ties to the university, his scholarship, & his friendships with guys like JJ Watts who continued to encourage him to hang in with the team. Well long story short, the guy ended up staying & wouldn't you know it, the guys Rodriguez started playing all got hurt within like the first three weeks of the season. This guy got pressed into duty & became an all Pac-10 second team player. And probably would have been all Pac 10 & gotten drafted if Rodrigues hadn't come in like John Wayne & made so many changes so quickly. He had the right to do what he wanted. He was the coach. But having the right to do something, doesn't make what you're doing the right thing to do. That is the lesson nature teaches anyone, but especially coaches, who isn't smart enough to choose right.

JJ Watt went to Central Michigan and Wisconsin.

[CrazyCajun]

Here's the thing about that. I want my son to play somewhere. But I want him to get a scholarship even more. Why? Because I understand the way of the world. People can talk about how these guys should go on their own dime & play for someone if they want to play for them bad enough. But a scholarship tells a young man who is much more impressionable that I want you bad enough for you to be one of my top 85 players. That doesn't guarantee you anything. But it does tell you that I think enough of you that I will give you the opportunity to to really compete for a starting role in my program one day. Now, should I leave, you will still have a chance with another coach, because even though he may want to bring in his own guys, he is restricted every year to only bringing in so many new guys. Therefore it gives a young man an opportunity to feel like he has some sense of security with his team. Remember the rules are slanted against the student & for the university. Because if the young man is a superstar & wants to bolt for another major university, he can't without losing a year of eligibility. So he is stuck with whatever situation he has without the freedom to leave, or else he loses 25% of his competitive life. Unless he has already recieved his degree which would then allow him to go elsewhere.

I have a colleague who had a son who was highly recruited & went to Arizona. The year he thought he was going to start, Rich Rodriguez came in there & began making all kinds of wholesale changes. He went from emphasizing strength on the interior DL to speed. That put this kid out of a chance to compete for a starting job. The only reason the young man stayed is because of his ties to the university, his scholarship, & his friendships with guys like JJ Watts who continued to encourage him to hang in with the team. Well long story short, the guy ended up staying & wouldn't you know it, the guys Rodriguez started playing all got hurt within like the first three weeks of the season. This guy got pressed into duty & became an all Pac-10 second team player. And probably would have been all Pac 10 & gotten drafted if Rodrigues hadn't come in like John Wayne & made so many changes so quickly. He had the right to do what he wanted. He was the coach. But having the right to do something, doesn't make what you're doing the right thing to do. That is the lesson nature teaches anyone, but especially coaches, who aren't smart enough to choose right.

No idea what you are talking about, maybe you meant this for boomer. He was the one saying the kid should have walked on at UL, kids make choices for many reasons. Coaches offer scholarships to kids for different reasons, majority of the time it works out in the end. Coaches have a job to do and kids have decisions to make, it's life. I hope your kid gets an offer here but if he doesn't I'm sure he will do just fine with whatever decision he makes or wherever he goes.

[SlappyCajun]

BWK, my advice FWIW, have your son list the schools he likes regardless of order or caliber of program. And, when the first one offers a scholarship, jump on it and don't look back.

[cajunhawk]

BWK, my advice FWIW, have your son list the schools he likes regardless of order or caliber of program. And, when the first one offers a scholarship, jump on it and don't look back.

[BeauCajun]

p.s. Boomer apparently the track coaches didn't go after him either so my statement stands. Get over it.

Melrock, there's a song in that last sentence. Music trivia 101. You should be able to get it. I know Boomer won't.

[MelRock]

Melrock, there's a song in that last sentence. Music trivia 101. You should be able to get it. I know Boomer won't.

The Eagles from their "Hell Freezes Over" album. I saw them twice that year, once in the Superdome and once in the Cajundome. For the one in the Cajundome I was on the fourth row.

"your momma's too thin; and your daddy's too fat"

[Just1More]

Melrock, there's a song in that last sentence. Music trivia 101. You should be able to get it. I know Boomer won't.

Eagles. Hell Freezes Over.

[BeauCajun]

The Eagles from their "Hell Freezes Over" album. I saw them twice that year, once in the Superdome and once in the Cajundome. For the one in the Cajundome I was on the fourth row.

"your momma's too thin; and your daddy's too fat"

I actually "saw" it in the Superdome on the big screen. Way too far away from the stage.

For those into music lyrics, review the lyrics for "Get over it" and see how a lot of those lyrics apply to our society today.

BTW, I sing it in my head lots of times when I come on here. Carry on peoples.