Rivals rates Arthur Brown as best linebacker in the nation for 2008

[cireksu]

It's going to be fun to watch A. Brown at OU.  Hopefully he sees the field his first two seasons so we get to see him in person. 

If he goes to OU, I will hope that he sucks.

[chum1]

maybe, just maybe, we can start getting talent like we were in the days of '97-2000 will ya?

Wow.  I've been skipping over this thread for a long time because of all of the dumbass posts that I knew I'd find inside.  Bookcat deserves the king dumbass award for that beauty.  Snyder never came close to landing a high school recruit that was rated #1 at anything.  And Prince's recruiting classes thus far aren't all that different from any of Snyder's in terms of ratings.

[Pittcat]

Chum, we all know that there is much more to success in CFB than aquiring recruits with good ratings.  Of course we also tend to forget that when a touted 5* considers us.  Analyzing video and trying to see intangibles is a big part of it too.  Snyder did it, RP is too.  You could also blame Snyder's "prove your worth in your senior year" mentality for not hauling in the blue chips.

[catdude33]

Grapes?

You gotta love those strawberry/blueberries over on the phog.

[cireksu]

maybe, just maybe, we can start getting talent like we were in the days of '97-2000 will ya?

Wow.  I've been skipping over this thread for a long time because of all of the dumbass posts that I knew I'd find inside.  Bookcat deserves the king dumbass award for that beauty.  Snyder never came close to landing a high school recruit that was rated #1 at anything.  And Prince's recruiting classes thus far aren't all that different from any of Snyder's in terms of ratings.

Yeah, Snyder's best players were 3 stars and JUCO's.  Stars don't matter because there will  always be tons of guys under the radar.  You're not going to tell me that there are only 100 elite football players in America every year out of the tens of thousands that suit up in HS.  It's a matter of finding them, being able to evaluate them, and being able to develop them to bring out their full potential.  also coming up with good schemes to utilize their strengths.

[ksu_FAN]

#1 Player in the country according to Scout.

http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=4&pid=88&yr=2008

I have to ROFL @ areas for improvement, which says discipline.  This guy lives and breathes football, is a hard worker, and supposedly stays away from drinking/smoking.  However, I guess Smoke Patterson wouldn't be a good example for him...

I don't think this is a knock on Brown as much as it is a knock on how he is coached.  After seeing him on film, like most great HS players, both Browns are allowed a lot more leaway and b/c of this they do things outside the scheme often and that simply won't fly at the BCS level.  He will need some coaching up to play within a scheme b/c he's allowed to pretty much just find the ball and run to it, and at K-State he'll have more reponsibilities and assignments than that. 

[catsfan20012002]

He'll be at the Spring Game. We need to put on a show as only K-State is capable of doing!