Comments on: McDaniel wins player of the year award in Texas 5A football http://irish.nbcsports.com/2011/02/14/mcdaniel-wins-player-of-the-year-award-in-texas-5a-football/ Inside the Irish on NBCSports.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:46:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: dearborndan http://irish.nbcsports.com/2011/02/14/mcdaniel-wins-player-of-the-year-award-in-texas-5a-football/comment-page-1/#comment-10403 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:55:07 +0000 http://irish.nbcsports.com/?p=3510#comment-10403 Manny – I don’t agree there’s a race card issue with McDaniel, nobody gives a damn if you’re green if you can play. Most “experts” in the media diss tons of black recruits every year for their physical limitations. Look back at the RB’s reviews for kids rated similarly like D. Hayes this year. The recruitniks’ job is to find fault in the measurables to compare to the perfect recruit mostly to justify a lower rating…that’s why every good player isn’t five stars. I think the reason McDaniel wasn’t given better reviews was more because he committed early and didn’t waiver, so there wasn’t a whole lot to talk about during the recruiting process.

I agree that Golson is a pass first spread QB that uses his legs to extend the play more than to tuck and run, but every high school spread guy that can run inevitably gets accused of that same weakness by some talking head. It goes with the position, not the color.

]]> By: dearborndan http://irish.nbcsports.com/2011/02/14/mcdaniel-wins-player-of-the-year-award-in-texas-5a-football/comment-page-1/#comment-10402 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:47:21 +0000 http://irish.nbcsports.com/?p=3510#comment-10402 Keith – Thanks for the update on McDaniel, the kid looks good on film and sounds like he’s a “RKG”. I especially like his returns skills, he’s a mostly north/south/one cut type in the return game and he wasn’t afraid to lower his pads to make an opening – which will only get better as he gets a year in on the weights. I would kind of like to see him redshirt to condition and bulk up, but he will probably see the field at ND fairly early.

]]> By: mannyboy8386 http://irish.nbcsports.com/2011/02/14/mcdaniel-wins-player-of-the-year-award-in-texas-5a-football/comment-page-1/#comment-10400 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:13:31 +0000 http://irish.nbcsports.com/?p=3510#comment-10400 I think it’s interesting and sad how so many writers (present company excluded Keith, of course) are discounting McDaniel. These experts seem to feel he is slow, lacking in fast twitch muscle fiber, short of elite speed, a good but not real good back. I wonder if the same player were an African American if he would be discounted in the same way? As your article points out, this is a top running back from the elite level of one of the best football states in the country.

I am likewise taken aback by the comments I read from these same experts regarding Everett Golson, seemingly discounting him as primarily a running quarterback who can somewhat throw. Look at this kid’s film. He is mostly great on his feet as a means to use his passing skills – not to run down field. In reality, he is an excellent passer who can run to stay upright. Again, I wonder if he were white if there would be the same misperception?

]]> By: scardino http://irish.nbcsports.com/2011/02/14/mcdaniel-wins-player-of-the-year-award-in-texas-5a-football/comment-page-1/#comment-10394 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:07:29 +0000 http://irish.nbcsports.com/?p=3510#comment-10394 “…immediately bolster a punt return game that ranked 101st in the nation.”

This.

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