Morning Sports Thoughts
EARLIER THIS WEEK U-S-C COACH PETE CARROLL CRITICIZED HIS JUNIOR QUARTERBACK MARK SANCHEZ FOR JUMPING SHIP EARLY AND DECLARING FOR THE N-F-L DRAFT… HE SAID THINGS LIKE, “MARK IS GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN ON THIS DECISION AND HE KNOWS THAT. THE FACTS ARE SO STRONG AGAINST THIS DECISION, HE SHOULD HAVE STAYED FOR ANOTHER YEAR. HE LOST OUT ON A CHANCE TO FULLY PREPARE HIMSELF. THE FACTS ARE THERE’S A 62 PERCENT FAILURE RATE FOR UNDERCLASSMEN QUARTERBACKS.“
NOW IT’S MY TURN TO CRITICIZE COACH CARROLL… I’VE NEVER MET THE MAN, FROM AFAR THOUGH - I’VE ALWAYS LIKED THE GUY… BUT I DON’T THINK HE’S DOING ANYONE ANY FAVORS BY PUBLICLY SPEAKING SO AGGRESIVELY AGAINST HIS QUARTERBACK’S DECISION… AND HE MAY TRULY HAVE SANCHEZ’S BEST INTERESTS AT HEART, BUT IT LOOKS MORE LIKE SELFISH SOUR GRAPES… WHAT’S THAT SAY TO FUTURE RECRUITS?... HE SAYS SANCHEZ COULD BENEFIT FROM MORE EXPERIENCE, WHICH MATT LEINART AND JOHN DAVID BOOTY GAINED IN RETURNING FOR A SENIOR SEASON - LOOK AT THEM NOW… COMPARED TO MATT CASSELL, THE PATRIOTS QUARTERBACK WHO DIDN’T START ANY GAMES AT U-S-C… HE WAS ONE OF THE N-F-L’S BIGGEST STARS THIS YEAR… SOMETIMES STATISTICS ARE OVERRATED… THAT’S HOW I SEE IT, LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK
