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Dabo Swinney talks to media regarding Kyle Parker
Jun 8, 2010, 5:50 PM
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Dabo is great. I love his enthusiasm. And he's right, we
Jun 8, 2010, 5:57 PM
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won't make any excuses regardless, and we will be fine.
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A liitle coach double-speak there at the end.
Jun 8, 2010, 6:10 PM
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"Regardless of what we do, Tajh Boyd ain’t going to stand on the sideline. He’s got to play. He’s very talented and he’s going to get better and better. To sit here in June and say it’s not Mike Wade, that’s not fair to Mike Wade."
wut?
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As people here should be if he goes. Say thanks and good luc***
Jun 8, 2010, 6:19 PM
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Re: As people here should be if he goes. Say thanks and good luc***
Jun 8, 2010, 6:20 PM
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Yep
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We're doomed.
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Jun 8, 2010, 6:25 PM
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Go ahead and sell your tickets. I will give you 100 bucks
Jun 8, 2010, 6:27 PM
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for the pair of season tickets. That includes the SCU game. If no SCU game 50
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I'll sell em all for 10 bucks and a six pack of Red Dog.***
Jun 9, 2010, 8:56 PM
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Dabo is unrealistic, if not disingenuous re: KP's NFL hopes.
Jun 8, 2010, 7:24 PM
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I think it makes Dabo looks bad when he claims that Parker can be a very good professional QB-- unless he means arena football. Dabo must know that Parker is a very long shot for the NFL draft due to his 6'0" height. In the last 4 years, and 50 QBs drafted, only 4 QBs under 6’2” have been drafted and ALL were superstars: 1) 6’1” Colt McCoy-- the all-time winningest college QB-- 3rd round. 2) The speedy 5’ 11” Armanti Edwards, who is projected to play primarily as a WR & KR, not as a QB—3rd round. 3) 6’ Pat White, who is projected to play WR or situational wildcat QB/RB-- 2nd round. 4) 6’ Heisman winner Troy Smith-- 5th round.
So setting aside the two QBs who were drafted to play wide receiver (a skill set Parker doesn't possess), we're looking at 2 "short" QBs drafted-- a Heisman winner and the all-time winningest college QB (and Heisman finalist), both of whom were surrounded by stellar talent on teams that played in BCS national championship games.
The NFL values height so they draft guys like 6'3" Keith Null of West Texas A&M (who? where?), over shorter stars like 6'1" Chase Daniel, who went undrafted and landed on an NFL practice squad for $91k/yr, despite his brilliant college career at Missouri. Every once in a while, a "short" QB like Drew Brees gets drafted and makes it big in the NFL, but it's highly unlikely. MLB teams know that. The Parkers know that. Surely Dabo knows that.
For Parker to get drafted he'd basically have to become a Heisman-esque QB (next season by Dabo's stated timeline) despite being surrounded by a questionable supporting cast, including no proven wide receivers. Does Dabo really believe that Parker will be that kind of QB next season? I doubt it.
But hey... if KP doesn't make it in baseball, he can always come back to college a few years from now and play football for Dabo, like Dave Shinkskie at Boston College... except that unlike Shinskie, KP would be a millionaire. How great would it be to come back to college as a good-looking, drinking-age, millionaire starting-QB? World by the balls.
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Re: Dabo is unrealistic, if not disingenuous re: KP's NFL hopes.
Jun 8, 2010, 7:27 PM
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for a guy that seems to know it all it seems to me that you would know that you have 5 years of eligibility once your clock starts. kyle has been here 3 years so he better start hating on baseball quickly.
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Parker has 3yrs of football eligibility, so yes. But...
Jun 8, 2010, 8:31 PM
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But considering that I was joking about Parker coming back to play college football as a millionaire, it's hardly worth going into the whole Mr. KnowItAll thing, is it, Mr. KnowItAll?
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You can't refute last 4 yrs of NFL drafts, so attack ME? Ha!***
Jun 8, 2010, 7:41 PM
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There were 8 starting NFL QB's that were listed as 6'2" or
Jun 8, 2010, 7:34 PM
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less last season (That's listed height, and we know what that means). Nobody can convince me that there is any significant difference or advantage between 6'2" and 6'0". Besides, Brees has been hugely successful at 6'0" because he's good and he can play. If a QB has all the other attributes, Parker's height won't be a factor.
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6'2"? Sure. But how many 6' QBs drafted each yr? 1 in 4yrs***
Jun 8, 2010, 8:20 PM
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I would argue that most of the best QB's simply happen to be
Jun 8, 2010, 8:32 PM
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taller than 6', but are not necessarily better because they are 6'2" instead of 6'.
Even if the NFL does prefer taller QBs, it's a fact that being 6'2" and shorter does not matter if you can play.
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You can't prove yourself in the NFL if they don't hire you.***
Jun 8, 2010, 9:30 PM
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Of course, but being 6' doesn't mean they won't hire you.
Jun 8, 2010, 9:54 PM
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That was my point. Most good QB's happen to be taller (thus most that get drafted are taller), but that doesn't mean that a guy who's good enough otherwise won't get drafted and go on to be successful.
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No, it means that it's incredibly unlikely, per stats above.***
Jun 9, 2010, 3:47 AM
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I gotta say that sounds just a bit desperate.
Jun 9, 2010, 7:15 AM
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I can hear the "OH SH!+" in everything he said.
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Dabo may be better off if he leaves
Jun 9, 2010, 10:25 AM
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Dabo may actually catch a break if Parker doesn't play. Though the ACC is still weak and vulnerable, it is hard to imagine CU being as good as they were last year without CJ, Ford, and parkers security blmket in the passing game, Palmer. Dabo has pretty much had a free pass until now because he says all the right things that makes the faithful feel good about themselves. But if parker leaves, he gets another free pass. If things go wrong next fall, he will cry all fall about how they unexpectedly lost their QB and everyone will go along with that sentiment. But if Parker did come back, they would expect him to be the next Joe Namath, which he is not, and take that next step in the championship game. I don't see that happening no matter who is at QB. But if Parker is here Dabo might hear the first discouraging words.
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Re: Dabo may be better off if he leaves
Jun 9, 2010, 10:37 AM
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To me, baseball is only interesting when you get to tournement / playoff time... or when your in a bar. I never watch the game on my own, otherwise.
As for Kyle and his future, I say just let the kid go. He'd have a even chance of blowing out a knee in five or six years playing football. With baseball, he'd be healthy alot longer. And he can rake in more money.
And I think that Clemson can take the loss.
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