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Old 05-15-2008, 11:09 PM   #331 (permalink)
spartan80
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#61 Arthur Ray Jr.
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Originally Posted by Jaxon View Post
I get your point, but there are other factors with Clarett outside of football. Keith Nichol doesnt have off the field problems. He is a highly touted QB who has done nothing wrong besides lose a starting job that he thought he could win. I dont see the correlation.

Obviously, you always have to factor in character, and there is a trade off of talent vs character. Nichol has no character issue, he is just talent, why wouldnt you want him?
I wouldn't want him if adding him causes 2 other QBs to leave because they were sold a bill of goods. Look, if the other QB's are fine with it and stay, I say no problem, but is it right to tell kids here's the situation you have a scholarship if you want to come in and compete, then change the situation after the fact? Like I said if the other QB's are fine with it, AND KN doesn't turn out to be a malcontent, then alright. If one or more of the other QB's decides it's BS, I couldn't say I blame them, and I don't think it's a good signal to the rest of the team, or to recruits. Dantonio says such and such now, but what happens after I verbal?

Frankly, taking back the recruit who dumped you for a "better offer" after going on and on about how he always wanted to be a Spartan, then not even talking to you, then leaving his better team because he didn't like the competition, DOES make me wonder about the kid's character.
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