Great article on his improvement during OTAs
http://bigeasybeliever.com/2015/05/28/as-first-round-of-saints-otas-end-wr-coleman-emerges/
http://bigeasybeliever.com/2015/05/28/as-first-round-of-saints-otas-end-wr-coleman-emerges/
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Agreed, very nice...On a personal note he also went back to Rutgers and finished his degree.
1st class guy all the way, easy to root for.
I am not sure he was really ripped by fans. I think you are wrong here.He deserves all the credit in the world. He played through a torn MCL and was ripped by many fans for not doing enough his last season at RU. Got his degree and now will catch footballs from one of the best QBs in the game. He gave us many exciting moments during his time at Rutgers. Hope he does the same for fans in the Big Easy.
While I am glad for him if he emerges, in retrospect, how much better off would he have been if he had sat out his Junior season to rehab (or have surgery on the MCL), and come back strong and then been a 2nd or 3rd round pick? How much money did that injury cost him?
I am not sure he was really ripped by fans. I think you are wrong here.
It was obvious to ANYONE watching him that he was hurt that Junior season. He lacked the athletic explosiveness that he showed in his Sophomore season, that made him essentially uncoverable - and anyone with a half a brain could tell he was having trouble physically moving and cutting, and getting that explosive separation.
What had astounded me in his Freshman and Sophomore years that no matter who was covering him, on any route longer than 20 yards he ALWAYS managed to get separation ... always ... he simply could not be covered on the long pass. In his Junior season he almost never got separation.
While I am glad for him if he emerges, in retrospect, how much better off would he have been if he had sat out his Junior season to rehab (or have surgery on the MCL), and come back strong and then been a 2nd or 3rd round pick? How much money did that injury cost him?
Though if you think about it ... her did pretty well as a Junior considering he was playing on a torn MCL.
While I agree that most everyone knew he was hurt, it's revisionist history to say he wasn't ripped by the fans. At least on the boards, there was a deluge of criticism during the season and on his decision....
That's pretty much how I remember it also. But diceman will spew what he wants to spew.No.. Jellyman is correct. Coleman was not ripped by fans. Nova was. And most fans thoughts on Coleman were that he should not be playing hurt and that other receivers should be developed.
There was a lot of back and forth as to whether he was hurt or that Nova forgot how to get him the ball. The consensus.. and A STRONG CONSENSUS that should represent what "the fans" thought... was that he was injured. That is not "getting ripped by fans".
+1Maybe I'm wrong, but I remember quite a few people ripping him for having "stone hands."
While I agree that most everyone knew he was hurt, it's revisionist history to say he wasn't ripped by the fans. At least on the boards, there was a deluge of criticism during the season and on his decision.
Baffles me though that you are still questioning his decision. He has his degree now and he is in the league for the 2nd year. When/if he gets to his next contract the 2nd/3rd round money that you mention will go out the window. And his odds of doing that are now better than the chance that he would have become a 2nd/3rd round pick if he stuck around. How many players really come back that strong the first year after surgery? There are a ton of variables, but at the end of the day - again - he got his degree, he pursuing his goals and he got an extra year of earnings doing it.