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Frank C said...
By Jason Cole Wed, Feb 20, 2013 1:08 AM EST
As news spread over the weekend that USC quarterback Matt Barkley would not throw at the NFL scouting combine this week, two NFL personnel men had a similar, withering reaction.
"Here we go again, another L.A. movie star quarterback who needs his own day to throw," a veteran scout said, the sarcasm splashing from his mouth like a wave hitting a seawall.
"And you wonder why guys from Southern California [are bad]?" a veteran team executive said, referring as much to the region as to Barkley's alma mater. "Everything is like they have to draw attention to themselves."
When it was pointed out to the executive that Barkley supposedly hasn't been cleared to throw by doctors, the anger only seemed to grow, not subside.
"I'm telling you, it's always [something] with guys from down there… not just USC, the whole area. I don't know what it is."
Whatever it is, the concern about quarterbacks who have come out of everywhere from Santa Barbara to San Diego is nearly 30 years of failure at the NFL level. This year will mark 30 years since John Elway, a graduate of Granada Hills High in the San Fernando Valley, was drafted No. 1 overall.
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Dizzo said...
Why did they leave Troy Aikman out of the discussion? Born in West Covina, CA which I'd consider SoCal. Finished his college career at UCLA, and drafted #1 overall in '89. Just because his family moved to Oklahoma in the middle he gets completed excluded from a discussion about quarterbacks who were born or played college ball in that area?
Probably because it did not help the point that they author was trying to convey in this article.
This post was edited by hvsiii on 2/21/2013 at 8:13 AM
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Frank C said...
By Jason Cole Wed, Feb 20, 2013 1:08 AM EST
As news spread over the weekend that USC quarterback Matt Barkley would not throw at the NFL scouting combine this week, two NFL personnel men had a similar, withering reaction.
"Here we go again, another L.A. movie star quarterback who needs his own day to throw," a veteran scout said, the sarcasm splashing from his mouth like a wave hitting a seawall.
"And you wonder why guys from Southern California [are bad]?" a veteran team executive said, referring as much to the region as to Barkley's alma mater. "Everything is like they have to draw attention to themselves."
When it was pointed out to the executive that Barkley supposedly hasn't been cleared to throw by doctors, the anger only seemed to grow, not subside.
"I'm telling you, it's always [something] with guys from down there… not just USC, the whole area. I don't know what it is."
Whatever it is, the concern about quarterbacks who have come out of everywhere from Santa Barbara to San Diego is nearly 30 years of failure at the NFL level. This year will mark 30 years since John Elway, a graduate of Granada Hills High in the San Fernando Valley, was drafted No. 1 overall.
Continue reading the article here.
I've attached the graphic.
And yet .... the recruits keep feeding on the recruiting machine BS from that area.
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Yahoo Article on Southern California QBs