More Pryor Dissention at Ohio State

The thing that gets me about this is that Ohio State allowed this guy to be hyped as the best player in the Big Ten.

His teammate pretty much says; "look, he's just not that good right now". You'd have to think that Tressel et al. were aware of this fact when the season started. But where are the Paternoesqe "he's talented, but he's got a long way to go before he maximizes that talent" quotes.

Avoiding that might have helped Pryor's ego in August, but the weight of those expectations are killing him in October. Maybe Tressel deserves some blame for not trying to keep expectations slightly more realistic here.

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Thanks for the encouraging

words bestest friend DeVier Posey. Posey should have just forced open Pryor’s mouth and taken a dump – would have been just as supportive.

I agree, it’s on the coach to manage egos.

One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's

by rahpsu92 on Oct 21, 2009 4:21 PM EDT reply actions

It's almost scary how similar the QB14-Pryor comparisson is becoming.

Coach won’t bench him, defends him despite his glaringly obvious faults (which don’t seem to be improving). Fans turning on him and while Morelli was never hyped to the level of preseason BTOPOTY, he came into our program with huge expectations following him, and even after a season of mediocre play, we all had our hopes that with the year of experience, he’d finally get his apprehension and mentality under control, only to find that he was completely uncoachable to be a QB at any level other than HS.

Minus Pryor’s rushing ability anyway. Every time Morelli ran, my heart stopped because if he got hit, that ball was coming loose pretty much every time (although Pryor does seem to have a fumbling problem, right Mark Rubin?)

by dawsonPSU10 on Oct 21, 2009 7:19 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah, this is like the QB14 situation times five. QB 14 didn’t have the national spotlight on him. He wasn’t being hailed as a Heisman hopeful his freshman year. There are a lot of extras that make this an even bigger turd sandwich.

I just pray that it still stinks when we play them. I don’t want Sweatervest changing gears and utilizing Pryor as a running QB that only throws on 3rd and 10+. I’d prefer to see him drop back 10 steps and throw up a good ol’ arm punt from his heels.

Luring recruits with my new "Posting HD" scheme since '08.

by 06Lion on Oct 21, 2009 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Fallacy

I think he’s running about as much as anybody would want him to – their problems are execution, not playcalling.

by InScoresOfOtherGames on Oct 22, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Right...

Morelli was never hyped to the level of preseason BTOPOTY

Imagine if rolling in to 2006 Morelli was Preseason BTPOY. Paterno would have nipped that shit it the bud right away. Tressel just let everybody think he was awesome.

Beat Michigan.

by jesse. on Oct 21, 2009 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions

just wait for pryor to have a turn around

in the outback/alamo/texas classic/whatever the #3/#4 bowl is now, be hyped again to have his “redemption year”, and then fail again.

We decide when you hear the snap count...

by thedrizzle on Oct 22, 2009 9:04 AM EDT up reply actions

C'mon Nov 7th

by penntatefan on Oct 22, 2009 7:37 AM EDT reply actions

Not all OSU's fault

Fans, media, coaches – everyone is responsible – including many of the people who frequent this site – for the overhyping of Pryor. Just like Willie Williams, and even back to Ron Powlus, there are too many factors (even some that are out of the control of the athlete) that determine how successfully players translate to the next level.

Either way, this should be a reminder for everyone here and who follows the game not to get so wrapped up in recruiting. You want good players coming into the program, but you can’t be too focused on single cogs. QB14/MRob/DC17, Poz/Chris Colsanti – those should be all the lessons we need to remind us that hype does not translate to production.

Also, Pryor still has a hell of a lot of time to develop and by all means OSU could roll in to HV and beat PSU this year.

by InScoresOfOtherGames on Oct 22, 2009 12:05 PM EDT reply actions