In this age of instant gratification and the great resignation, most people are learning the grass is not always greener.
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Doesn't break my heart. He ate his way and Daddy talked his way out of State College.
This only underscores how disappointing things are with Lambert-Smith so far.
What’s so disappointing? Team is 4-0. He is third on team wr in catches which was expected and they haven’t got into meat of schedule yet.
A tad of sarcasm was intended. Kids are often messed up by overbearing fathers.
Let’s be fair here, he did not “fail” because he is still playing D1 football at a respectable football school. He struggled at Penn State and he may be struggling at Florida too, but he did not fail. We don’t know the inner workings of exactly what happened at Penn State, but we do know that Shorter/his Father felt he was not being developed and used appropriately at Penn State, and we know that Shorter told Julian Fleming to go elsewhere based on his own experiences at Penn State.
He gets blamed a ton for the way the Minny game started a few years back because he didn't come back and fight for the ball more I guess. Before he came to Penn State I thought he was going to be the deep go to guy and yet all I can remember is him catching 5 yard outs. Ended up being a square peg in a round hole I guess.
Franklin said it best, Shorter's problem is he was a few cheeseburgers shy of being a TE at Penn State. Sorry, but I simply can't understand how anyone wouldn't think this kid, who if I recall correctly was allegedly the top WR in the country, isn't a disappointment and primarily of his own doing.
Agreed--it's weird though that someone is bashing him though. Not weird....childish
Other than that he was awesome
Caught part of the Ohio State game last week. After Fleming caught a pass for some nice additional yardage but nothing spectacular, Kirk H. made it sound like his coming out party. I try not to be too hard or easy on these kids, but what they need to realize, like all adults is there will be continuous competition and sometimes lack of fairness in the adult world, which includes major college football. As far as Hamler and Clifford, Clifford does tend to lock onto receivers, but in Hamler's (vs Shorter) case, he could break any pass he caught and change the game. Just catching a pass for no additional gain just doesn't cut it in major college football...I'm curious what the father/son combos of 5 stars who don't make it tell themselves what the problem was-how often it was poor coaching or fit of school....or poor parenting.
Or kids being vastly overrated by the scouting services.
The Star system has so many deficiencies that it is close to meaningless. HS coaches, unpaid player agents, and on-line unpaid football analysts (most of whom know less about football than you and I) all conspire to boost star ratings. Throw in the for profit football camps and you have an evaluation system that fails to account for “grit”, the ability to adjust to the game in real time, and in attention to maturity. JS was a five star and by the end of his first summer at PSU, it was obvious that he was going to struggle with the college game. The guy won’t even play in the CFL.
Olave was a 3 star 5.7 and rated the #74 WR in the country. Shorter was a 5 star 6.1 and rated the #3 WR in the country. Who would you pick for your team. Give OSU credit, they found a true gem with Olave. Not the first time, the WR on the Rams from Eastern Washington is considered the best WR in the NFL.
I would take Blacknall over Shorter any day. Blacknall made some great catches for us during vital game times, and I don't think I ever saw him drop one pass. That slant catch against Iowa between two defenders on 4th down was a thing of beauty.
Don't get me wrong--he's not a great player but he's producing at a big time school even if Florida isn't "Florida" right now.
Florida is Florida--stop pretending he went to a MAC school. You're being ridiculous
Being one of the top WR in his class and not getting any offers from other top programs when he transferred is reality, not ridiculous. Learn the game!
Why are you pretending Florida is a MAC school. Yes, it's telling he didn't get pursued by Bama but he was overrated. That doesn't mean Florida isn't a good landing spot. Florida isn't far off from Penn State talent wise.
