Welcome to the Friday Feedback, willing to do whatever it takes to help the team. Granted, the team may change, but the intent will not.
Let’s begin with David Sills the Fifth, who will enroll at El Camino College Monday. I’m pretty proud of the discussion we were able to have here. No one alleged Sills was “screwed,” but no one put this directly on Dana Holgorsen, either. His continued quest to recruit, sign and develop a blue chip quarterback prospect continues, but I really do think it continues irrespective of what Sills decided. It seems you all do, too.
No one’s turning on Sills here, but let’s be honest: He was a four- or five-star prospect after he committed to USC. His spot near the top of the 2015 recruiting rankings dropped through the years, and he wasn’t as celebrated or as coveted as he was before. There are different explanations, but they all seem to agree he either wasn’t as good as what was projected or he didn’t evolve as expected. Either way, there was only a loose consensus about him.
Rivals gave him four stars and ranked him 15th nationally among pro style quarterbacks. 247Sports chose three stars and No. 19 among pro style signal-callers. Scout went with three stars and No. 38 among all quarterbacks. ESPN settled on three stars and No. 26 among pocket passers.
Translation: Good prospect. Not a blue chip. Not a lock. Not the guy who should have been expected to validate Holgorsen’s reputation. It doesn’t help that this was a prospect with a lot of potential who got away without hardly any development at the position he was brought here to play, but this is seemingly more about a player who wants to be something he wasn’t going to be here.
Onto the Feedback. As always, comments appear as posted. In other words, lay low.
Mack said:
Currently on the WVU Sports Blog with Mike Casazza, there is a story about a magician that plays for the Philadelphia Eagles, but there is still no coverage of women’s flat-track roller derby. Explain it!
Can’t. Won’t.
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