This would be a good time to revist this thread.
After almost a year, its hard to put into words how I feel about this thread.
Im far from 100% wrong and im far from 100% right.
Back when I originally made this thread, I had no idea that BUSH would get drafted by my beloved SAINTS.
Then it happened. With the 2nd pick of the draft, The New Orleans Saints select running back REGGIE BUSH. LOL.
Being the optimist that I am, I imediatly went into a different mode, hoping that I had him pegged wrong all this time.
The following are some of my comments I made a year ago, and I will comment on my prior comments here.
This is trully a conflicting thread here. DONT know if I was dead wrong or dead right. I still dont know. :::::::
Any team dumb enough to pick a punt returner with the first pick of the draft deserves to pick at the top spot. Not saying this guy is not going to have the occational great play in the pros but Dante Hall is not first pick of draft material.
I dont see what all the hype is over about a guy with a great O-line running through the pac10.
Well, cant say im right or wrong here. He has made the occational great play, but is it enough to justify the 2nd pick of the draft?
Here is a bet that GO2GUY offered me.
I'll bet anybody online with the money to be paid heads up that Bush will be offensive R.O.Y. next season. I'll let you pick two players and I'll take Bush. If I win you owe me a dime, if any of your two players win I'll pay you a dime. Funds to be held by a trusted 3rd party. So anybody else that wants to talk shit about Bush, bring it. Name someone in college right now that has the tools this kid has.
Well after he made that post, I came in with this offer.
I will take
Laurence Maroney for the limit
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I wish I would have made this bet, even though neither one of them is going to win,(COLSTON) will be the ROY. But Maroney is pretty much a lock for 2nd place right now. I sure I could have gotten a bet out of him on who would finish highest.
later comment from Go2GUY
Sorry it took me so long to answer Chop but I had to get up off of the floor from laughing my ass off after reading your reply. Maroney is good no doubt but he's no Bush.
Are you through laughing your ass off yet?
Here is another comment I made in that this thread.
NO MATTER WHERE HE GOES barring injury.
Thats the big if with bush. He will not be able handle the pounding of the NFL. Sure he will lead the league in punt return yards and Kickoff returns yards. But he will be nothing more than a 3rd down back in the NFL.
I would much rather have someone like a Maroney who can carry the ball 30 times a game.
Do not laugh at this but Reggie Bush reminds me of Kevin Faulk. Kevin Faulk was the most legendary high school football player in the history of Louisiana when LSU signed him. Went to the Patroits and has become a nice player but certainly not a great player.
That comment is starting to look so accurate its almost scary!!!!!!!
He reminds me more and more of Kevin Faulk everyday.
Before you go laughing. There were about 4 people in this thread that compared him to Gyle Sayers, only faster, LOL, and Barry Sanders, only quicker, LOL.
At this point he is a whole lot closer to kevin Faulk than those 2 guys dont you think?
So I said all that to say this,
Reggie Bush has been on the football almost exactly the way a predicted him to be.
A guy thats inconsistant, that will make the occational great play.
With all that being said, I left off a few very important things.
I did not know that he was such a great guy off the field. What a great human being. One of the most humble people in his position that you will ever meet. The guy has already donated millions of his own money to help the hurricane efforts. The guy is the ultimate team player, and hes a leader. I can honestly say the Saints would not be 5-2 without him, despite his modest stats.
So I dont know If I was right or wrong on this one.
The Saints had to take him no matter what, If he never gets another TD the rest of his career, he already saved the franchise from moving to L.A or some other place. There was not another player on the board that could have done that.
The Saints sold out because of his rock star status. He will probably go down as the most important player in SAINTS history, even if he is not even the Best Running back on the team, or even if he was not the best player the saints drafted this season, (COLSTON).
For now, hes one hell of a decoy.<!-- / message -->
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