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Fort Worth Reporter Puts 5* Alabama Recruit on Full Blast
Posted on 2/7/13 at 8:58 am
Posted on 2/7/13 at 8:58 am
"Gotta Love Recruiting, Where Size, Speed, Outweigh Lousy Effort"
The article is about A'Shawn Robinson, from Fort Worth Arlington Heights High School.
The article is about A'Shawn Robinson, from Fort Worth Arlington Heights High School.
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No hustle, and very limited effort, and he also had the mope-around attitude, particularly on the sidelines
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After the season, the all-district teams came out in this paper. I took a look, looking for the name of this kid. Again, one of the highest-ranked players in the nation was not defensive player of the year in his own district. Actually, he was not even first-team all-district.
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Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:02 am to Smoke Ring
I should have guessed. Galloway. 
If Robinson stayed with t.u. this article never sees the light of day.
If you think it sounds like butthurt, well he is
If Robinson stayed with t.u. this article never sees the light of day.
If you think it sounds like butthurt, well he is
Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:03 am to Smoke Ring
So you and this reporter are both Mad he went to Bama?
Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:05 am to Smoke Ring
Is this real? How does this guys editor think it's okay for him to shite on a high school kid like that?
Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:07 am to ProjectP2294
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How does this guys editor think it's okay for him to shite on a high school kid like that?
Galloway is one of the biggest sports names in DFW. No editor will ever go against him, or that editor would be blackballed.
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Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:07 am to Smoke Ring
Good journalism. He should work for the ajc or one of the Scout boards. Seems very balanced and fair.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:10 am to Quidam65
I just think it's shitty. Is Galloway always a tool like this?
FWIW, I loathe both Bama and Texas. I just don't think it's the job of the media to shite on HS kids. That's stooping to message board levels.
FWIW, I loathe both Bama and Texas. I just don't think it's the job of the media to shite on HS kids. That's stooping to message board levels.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:11 am to Smoke Ring
Damn, SEC is rustling some jimmies in Texas.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:12 am to Quidam65
I thought it was a well written and well reasoned article. Just not appropriate to editorialize a kid in that manner. Maybe the kid will use it as motivation to change. 
Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:16 am to WDE24
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I thought it was a well written and well reasoned article. Just not appropriate to editorialize a kid in that manner.
Agree. My point is that, given the heavy Texas bias that reporters in this state have, this article never appears if Robinson had remained a Texas commit.
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Maybe the kid will use it as motivation to change.
The Process will take care of any motivation issues.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:16 am to SDVTiger
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Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:17 am to WDE24
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Just not appropriate to editorialize a kid in that manner.
That's the only thing anyone is arguing about in this thread. This guy is obviously mad that one of the best players in the state of Texas left to play football in Alabama.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:19 am to WDE24
when I lived in the DFW area, I loved Galloway's radio show... never cared much for his writing, but he does a pretty good afternoon drive time show.
I don't really see much of a problem with the article... all of the top 100 type players are being judged from a thousand different angles... why is a negative opinion based on first-hand experience not acceptable?
I don't really see much of a problem with the article... all of the top 100 type players are being judged from a thousand different angles... why is a negative opinion based on first-hand experience not acceptable?
Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:21 am to RollTide1987
quote:I didn't take it that way. That seems like a defense mechanism that the internet has made too common. He watched the kid and talked to hs coaches and it seems the kid has earned his Randy Moss reputation.
This guy is obviously mad that one of the best players in the state of Texas left to play football in Alabama.
I just thought it was strange that he didn't feel it appropriate to name the kid's name, but provided more than enough information to make it obvious who he was referring to.
quote:It is certainly a gray area, but I think you treat high school kids much more delicately than college players and college players somewhat more delicately than NFL players. JMO.
why is a negative opinion based on first-hand experience not acceptable?
This post was edited on 2/7/13 at 9:24 am
Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:22 am to Smoke Ring
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Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:23 am to Smoke Ring
I turn the station when Galloway comes on the air.
He is like the grandpa who is old and is getting slightly senile that' just says whatever the frick he wants to with no regards to anything. 1/2 the show are the other guys correcting him, 1/4 of it are them laughing at the dumb shite he says. And the other 1/4 are te commercials.
He is like the grandpa who is old and is getting slightly senile that' just says whatever the frick he wants to with no regards to anything. 1/2 the show are the other guys correcting him, 1/4 of it are them laughing at the dumb shite he says. And the other 1/4 are te commercials.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:23 am to RollTide1987
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This guy is obviously mad that one of the best players in the state of Texas left to play football in Alabama.
that's not his style, IMO... he's taken plenty shots at UT and the cowboys through the years.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:23 am to Smoke Ring
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After the season, the all-district teams came out in this paper. I took a look, looking for the name of this kid. Again, one of the highest-ranked players in the nation was not defensive player of the year in his own district. Actually, he was not even first-team all-district.
Maybe it was due to him playing OT instead of DT his senior season.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:23 am to ProjectP2294
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I just think it's shitty. Is Galloway always a tool like this?
Yes and the alcoholic somehow got the afternoon drive radio show on ESPN Dallas radio. It's like listening to nails on the chalkboard.
Biggest bandwagon fan I've listened to also.
I wonder if he did the same thing with Henry Melton back in the day. That was a kid that was lazy and got in trouble quite often but he is now one of the top NFL free agents this offseason.
And who is he really to question a coach that has now won four national titles in the last decade? I'm not a Bama fan in any regard, but when you have a track record like Saban does, it kind of gives him a LOT more credence over some drunken writer
This post was edited on 2/7/13 at 9:28 am
Posted on 2/7/13 at 9:24 am to Smoke Ring
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Gotta love recruiting, where size, speed outweigh lousy effort
Saban needs to hire this Randy Galloway guy and put him in charge of recruiting operations.
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