Peruna_Ate_My_Rolex wrote:ThisIsOurTime wrote:It is a little surprising that he is not getting more attention. However, he is white and about 5'9". Plus, Woodrow is not the most well known school being in DISD and all. So he has to fight those 3 stereotypes that are out there.
Considering that they're only one of 3 DISD schools within the past decade to have a kid(Anthony Randolph) be an NBA lottery pick...Lincoln(Chris Bosh) and Kimball(Acie Law) are the others..., I'm pretty sure they're well known. Plus they had a pretty solid team that had the misfortune to run into the buzzsaw known as the Kimball Knights in the Regional Semis.
We are talking football here. Woodrow also has the distinction of I think being the only high school with two heisman winners. However, it is not known as a football hotbed for recruits or a dominant football program. The DFW pipelines include schools like Skyline, Euless Trinity, Southlake Carroll, Desoto, Duncanville, and maybe Carter, Lincoln, SOC, etc.
Plus, DISD schools have the reputation of churning out players that have trouble academically or have off the field problems. Obviously, this is just a perception but Woodrow gets dragged into this whether it is fair or unfair. Woodrow still sends a couple of players to Div I each year or every other year but they are not a dominant football program.
In this case, though I think these other teams should be giving this player a closer look because he would be going up against some solid skill athletes in DISD competition. Usually it is the line play where DISD is deficient compared to other Texas high school programs.
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 11:34 am