"If you look at his game from the other night, he wasn't anything. It was nothing special on his part. It wasn't even average.”These were Larry Fedora’s words regarding DeAndre Brown’s performance in the Golden Eagles opening game against South Carolina . It is interesting that Fedora chose to be so openly critical of a player. Especially a player that is critical to the success or failure of the team. Perhaps Brown does suffer from a lack of motivation or just maybe playing against two of the top rated cornerbacks for the 2011 NFL draft had a lot to do with the poor outing. Either way, highlighting the poor effort publicly is not a good way to start a make or break campaign for Fedora. Fedora may be showing signs of the effect of the intense pressure he is under this season.
As for Brown, if he can’t get up for a nationally televised game against NFL caliber competition, then this raises all sorts of red flags for NFL scouts. The South Carolina corners are already highly regarded by scouts so this was Brown’s chance to be graded against top quality competition. He could have cost himself millions in signing bonus money with his lackluster effort.
He touched the ball four times and scored a touchdown. Maybe he could have done more with the better quarterback in the game. Maybe he could have done more if Fedora actually had him in the game on more plays. It's a pretty sad thing when a head coach blames losing on one player. One player that the coach had sitting on the bench most of the game!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Fedora would point out that all his production came in the 4th quarter when the game was already decided and that his poor effort warranted decreased playing time.
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