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Originally Posted by tlinc
That is good to hear. As a St. X alum myself, I had been hoping he got an offer. There was just something about his comments that made it seem like football was just a means to an end (free college education). I don't see anything wrong with that, but it made it seem like he might be better off at Stanford or Northwestern where he could get a great education and just sort of play football on the side.
Again, I have never met him and have no idea his passion, etc. Just seems like his attitude in that article was very different than that of many of the other recruits in the class. When talking about what he was looking for in a college, he didn't once mention winning a national championship (compare to Brewster, Shugarts, etc.). He didn't mention coaches that could help him be his best (compare to Thomas, Sweat, etc.). He didn't mention wanting to compete against the best in practice (Goebel and others).
I hope you are right and he is as big of a competitor as you say and that he comes here and thrives under the pressure of competition and big expectations.
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His attitude will not be the same as those other guys in the class--but how could you expect it to be? Many of our other recruits have probably had playing football in college as a goal for many years. Greg has just had this opportunity opened to him.
...and just to share my favorite Scruggs moment: I was watching the JV X vs Moeller game before the varsity game ('06). It was a tightly contested game for the JV GCL title. At one point in the 4th quarter Greg absolutely stuffed this kid under the basket, and let out what I can only describe as a primeval roar lol. (Keep in mind that the kid's a generally well spoken and articulate person, so he's not normally running around yelling at people.) It was just great to see because it always seemed to me during my years at X that although we'd often have good basketball teams, few people showed the passion Greg played with.
Okay, story time's over.
