Phenom wrote:You guys take this way too seriously. For some reason I like Blackmon.
All of us want Blackmon. The guy is an absolute stud WR, but his antics are getting old. It kind of reminds me of the Terrence Jones situation last year (played UW, ended up at Kentucky). Ok, so Blackmon never officially said that he was going to Oregon, but he gave every indication through his twitter that Oregon was the heavy favorite. If he does end up at Oregon, he's going to need to check his ego at the door, much like Cliff Harris.
Agree...
A little bit of fun is fine. Too much just shows immaturity. Don't think Chip cares for the game players either. He's pulled the plug on a few of them last year. Would much prefer some of the more mature kids. I really wanted Farmer, that kid really sounded like he had it together for his age.
Jeez man, the kid is just tweeting. Tweeting!
WTF?! Let the kid alone. Who are you guys to judge this kid. He's freaking 18 years old, my god what has this world come to when a kid tweeting to his friends has grown men freaking out and getting all PMSy....
Phenom wrote:You guys take this way too seriously. For some reason I like Blackmon.
All of us want Blackmon. The guy is an absolute stud WR, but his antics are getting old. It kind of reminds me of the Terrence Jones situation last year (played UW, ended up at Kentucky). Ok, so Blackmon never officially said that he was going to Oregon, but he gave every indication through his twitter that Oregon was the heavy favorite. If he does end up at Oregon, he's going to need to check his ego at the door, much like Cliff Harris.
Agree...
A little bit of fun is fine. Too much just shows immaturity. Don't think Chip cares for the game players either. He's pulled the plug on a few of them last year. Would much prefer some of the more mature kids. I really wanted Farmer, that kid really sounded like he had it together for his age.
Jeez man, the kid is just tweeting. Tweeting!
WTF?! Let the kid alone. Who are you guys to judge this kid. He's freaking 18 years old, my god what has this world come to when a kid tweeting to his friends has grown men freaking out and getting all PMSy....
Phenom wrote:You guys take this way too seriously. For some reason I like Blackmon.
All of us want Blackmon. The guy is an absolute stud WR, but his antics are getting old. It kind of reminds me of the Terrence Jones situation last year (played UW, ended up at Kentucky). Ok, so Blackmon never officially said that he was going to Oregon, but he gave every indication through his twitter that Oregon was the heavy favorite. If he does end up at Oregon, he's going to need to check his ego at the door, much like Cliff Harris.
Agree...
A little bit of fun is fine. Too much just shows immaturity. Don't think Chip cares for the game players either. He's pulled the plug on a few of them last year. Would much prefer some of the more mature kids. I really wanted Farmer, that kid really sounded like he had it together for his age.
Jeez man, the kid is just tweeting. Tweeting!
WTF?! Let the kid alone. Who are you guys to judge this kid. He's freaking 18 years old, my god what has this world come to when a kid tweeting to his friends has grown men freaking out and getting all PMSy....
I just like the more mature kids.
Give me a Drew Davis or Jeff Maehl over a Jamere Holland anytime. Holland is talented, Davis and Maehl are winners!
I don't care that he's 17-18 & just "young", the kid obviously needs some maturing. And he will find that out real quick if he does in fact come here. Its not about "taking it personally", its that this kid may be on the team next year & could end up being a giant d-bag ala Diante Jackson, Chris Harper, Holland, etc. I don't think he is but the way he acts through his twitter account isn't exactly encouraging.
All signs point to him being a Duck though, regardless of what he just posted on his twitter. We've seen this before, right before his decision the kid starts talking a bunch of BS to try to throw everyone off & build up some excitement but almost always sticks with the favorite. You really think he's gonna go to a school thats in total turmoil & just fired half its staff, including their WRs coach? He'll be a Duck.
Honestly, his twitter account isn't that bad. I don't think that many can really relate to what it must be like to be 17 and to be considered to be one of the top athletes in the nation, growing up being told you are the best, having big named coaches kissing your ass, and having complete strangers dissecting every word that you post on the Internet. He just seems like a kid that is enjoying the ride and maybe letting the praise get to his head a little bit. He doesn't strike me as a locker room cancer or a dbag as others have called him. I know that a lot of people would struggle if they were in the same situation. I can't imagine what I would have been like if I had that situation when I was 17 and knew everything....
OregonFan4life -
My source just said Chip is officially back!
It will be announced at Autzen press conference tomorrow afternoon!
Phenom wrote:You guys take this way too seriously. For some reason I like Blackmon.
All of us want Blackmon. The guy is an absolute stud WR, but his antics are getting old. It kind of reminds me of the Terrence Jones situation last year (played UW, ended up at Kentucky). Ok, so Blackmon never officially said that he was going to Oregon, but he gave every indication through his twitter that Oregon was the heavy favorite. If he does end up at Oregon, he's going to need to check his ego at the door, much like Cliff Harris.
Agree...
A little bit of fun is fine. Too much just shows immaturity. Don't think Chip cares for the game players either. He's pulled the plug on a few of them last year. Would much prefer some of the more mature kids. I really wanted Farmer, that kid really sounded like he had it together for his age.
Jeez man, the kid is just tweeting. Tweeting!
WTF?! Let the kid alone. Who are you guys to judge this kid. He's freaking 18 years old, my god what has this world come to when a kid tweeting to his friends has grown men freaking out and getting all PMSy....
I just like the more mature kids.
Give me a Drew Davis or Jeff Maehl over a Jamere Holland anytime. Holland is talented, Davis and Maehl are winners!
I agree, but we did win plenty with Onterrio Smith, LeGarrette Blount, Jeremiah Masoli, and plenty of others who have done some not so mature stuff. Unless you root for BYU or something, you have to understand that we're going to take some imperfect human beings to play for us.
PDXShogun wrote:As I see it, if you're getting all bent out of shape over the tweets of a HS kid then you deserve to be messed with. He's just trying to build anticipation for his decision. Any negative reaction says more about you than it does about him.
If you look at his finalists I see no way he isn't a Duck. UCLA is a mess; they still don't have a WR coach, still unsure if Chow will be back, and still aren't even sure what offense they are going to run next year. USC is still on probation and are young and loaded at his position. At Oregon, there is room on the roster to contribute next season and if he develops, he could be our next Jeff Maehl, but with more speed and versitility, as a sophomore.
Well said ^^^+++
If Blackmon ends up choosing USC or UCLA over us then the kid needs to have his head examined. It would simply mean to me that staying close to home in his comfort zone means a lot more to him than playing for a great program, esp if he opts for UCLA.
Let's try to be at least a tiny bit objective about this. Choosing non-UO schools is often a rational decision that does not indicate the recruit is immature, a troublemaker, or mentally unsound. I'm sure you all were pretty adult about every decision you made when you were 17 though, right?
Tray Dub wrote:Let's try to be at least a tiny bit objective about this. Choosing non-UO schools is often a rational decision that does not indicate the recruit is immature, a troublemaker, or mentally unsound. I'm sure you all were pretty adult about every decision you made when you were 17 though, right?
I don't think anyone criticizes recruits for going elsewhere. There are a lot of great choices in the Pac 10 and everyone has their reasons for deciding where they want to go to school and play football.
The bigger issue is the way that Blackmon has acted throughout the recruiting process. No one has accused him of being a troublemaker or "mentally unsound", but it absolutely appears that he is quite immature (see Cliff Harris, Seastrunk, and Diante Jackson coming out of high school). It doesn't mean they are bad kids, it just means that they need to grow up. To be completely honest, I was pretty immature when I was 17-18 too, but I wasn't an attention whore. These types of kids usually change once they get to college and realize that they are no longer the best player on their team.
Agree with another poster who pointed out that George Farmer handled the recruiting process in an extremely professional manner. The same goes for Jason Gibson.
“If everybody in this room just want to be real with themselves, this game could have went either way,” he said. “We turned the ball over a lot. We beat ourself. Just be real with yourself right now. We beat ourself.”
-Jameis Winston after Oregon's decisive 59-20 victory over Florida State in the Rose Bowl
His immaturity seems predicated on youthful naivety, rather than underlying personality defect. I don't see him being a issue in the football program given our coaches prior track record of "molding young men", as it is so often said.
Tray Dub wrote:Let's try to be at least a tiny bit objective about this. Choosing non-UO schools is often a rational decision that does not indicate the recruit is immature, a troublemaker, or mentally unsound. I'm sure you all were pretty adult about every decision you made when you were 17 though, right?
I don't think anyone criticizes recruits for going elsewhere. There are a lot of great choices in the Pac 10 and everyone has their reasons for deciding where they want to go to school and play football.
The bigger issue is the way that Blackmon has acted throughout the recruiting process. No one has accused him of being a troublemaker or "mentally unsound", but it absolutely appears that he is quite immature (see Cliff Harris, Seastrunk, and Diante Jackson coming out of high school). It doesn't mean they are bad kids, it just means that they need to grow up. To be completely honest, I was pretty immature when I was 17-18 too, but I wasn't an attention whore. These types of kids usually change once they get to college and realize that they are no longer the best player on their team.
Agree with another poster who pointed out that George Farmer handled the recruiting process in an extremely professional manner. The same goes for Jason Gibson.
The poster right above me did say that if Blackmon didn't go to Oregon he needed to have his head examined. People often do accuse these kids (not just Blackmon) of pretty absurd stuff when they say anything negative about Oregon. You're one of the more sane people who are criticizing Blackmon, but not everyone is as even-keeled as you. And anyway, I think you're also being too hard on him. I just don't see anything on his Twitter that makes me feel comfortable about judging this kid as strongly as you guys are.
Tray Dub wrote:Let's try to be at least a tiny bit objective about this. Choosing non-UO schools is often a rational decision that does not indicate the recruit is immature, a troublemaker, or mentally unsound. I'm sure you all were pretty adult about every decision you made when you were 17 though, right?
I don't think anyone criticizes recruits for going elsewhere. There are a lot of great choices in the Pac 10 and everyone has their reasons for deciding where they want to go to school and play football.
The bigger issue is the way that Blackmon has acted throughout the recruiting process. No one has accused him of being a troublemaker or "mentally unsound", but it absolutely appears that he is quite immature (see Cliff Harris, Seastrunk, and Diante Jackson coming out of high school). It doesn't mean they are bad kids, it just means that they need to grow up. To be completely honest, I was pretty immature when I was 17-18 too, but I wasn't an attention whore. These types of kids usually change once they get to college and realize that they are no longer the best player on their team.
Agree with another poster who pointed out that George Farmer handled the recruiting process in an extremely professional manner. The same goes for Jason Gibson.
The poster right above me did say that if Blackmon didn't go to Oregon he needed to have his head examined. People often do accuse these kids (not just Blackmon) of pretty absurd stuff when they say anything negative about Oregon. You're one of the more sane people who are criticizing Blackmon, but not everyone is as even-keeled as you. And anyway, I think you're also being too hard on him. I just don't see anything on his Twitter that makes me feel comfortable about judging this kid as strongly as you guys are.
Fair enough.
UCLA offers a lot of great things - outstanding academics, Westwood, an awesome campus, good weather, close to home, etc. From a football perspective, Oregon is probably better. However, if it was just about football, then all top recruits would go to Oklahoma.
I definitely wouldn't blame him for choosing UCLA. If I were a top football recruit, I'd go to Stanford, even if I had offers from Oregon, USC, Texas, Ohio State, Florida, etc.
“If everybody in this room just want to be real with themselves, this game could have went either way,” he said. “We turned the ball over a lot. We beat ourself. Just be real with yourself right now. We beat ourself.”
-Jameis Winston after Oregon's decisive 59-20 victory over Florida State in the Rose Bowl
Last year I think I was one of a few who didn't blame Bryce Brown for waiting so long and most of the things he said I didn't have a problem with. Like Lightning Strikes said look how that turn out, so getting Blackmon would be great but if he chooses Oregon isn't the school for him then it's his choice, and I see no reason to not like him or get all over him.
