Andre Smith may very well be the best football player in this years draft. Yet he has drawn national attention to himself through the Yahoo home page news and not for his football talents.
He came to the NFL Combine out of shape. hard to imagine a football player out of shape and even more hard to conceive being out of shape when it counts most......the combine where millions of dollars ride on the athletes performance and attitude.
It is unfathomable how he behaved at the one on one interviews. He was providing conflicting statements as to why he refused to work out at the combine and was said to be inappropriatly dressed. I personaly don't care how he was dressed, but didn't coach Saban and the good people at Alabama explain to this kid, its a jobn interview, wear a coat and tie, make a good impression on these people, they are the ones writing the checks.
Some must explain to this young man how things work, tell him there are alot of kids that would gladly trade places with him, because they were not invited.
Look at North Eastern University's tight end Brian Mandeville, Unlike Andre who played for power house Alabama, Brian played for the 2 - 10 Huskies. He hoped agains hope for a coveted invite to the NFL Combine. After the long wait his invite came. What a thrill that must have been for Brian, only to have his hopes dashed.
During the routine physical it was discovered Brian has an issue with one of his heart valves, not life threatening, but career ending, the doctors advised him his career was over before it started.
According to CNBC's Darren Rovell, who did an unofficial numbers crunch speculating how much lower he will go in the draft because of his attitude, Andre Smith may well have cost himself $23.8 million dollars. It is hard to imagine that kind of money, and in todays economy every nickle counts.
Hopefully this kid can and will turn things around before the draft and get some of those dollars back.
Obviously he is one of the most talented football players in the country and I wish him well, but am still left with the question, Andre Smith what were you thinnking?
run faster jump higher using Strength Shoes.
develop quicker hands using the same gloves Santonio Holmes uses, Weighted Agility Gloves
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