re: Jimmy Smith's chat today

Great post. Berlin is exactly who Patterson reminds me of. Better athlete though.

He is also similar to Murray. Comparable athletic ability as well. Great call by the poster who said Murray.

Franks has more upside, Patterson is safer and has a low floor. I'm a guy that has always preferred the low floor(the old Landry/George Farmer debate and the Quinn debates last year) and would in this case if Franks weren't already committed. Fact is, Franks is committed and you don't pish him out on the hopes of landing Patterson. That's bad business and just stupid. Go about it the way we are and try to bring in both but keep sight if the fact that if Patterson goes elsewhere(he will) that we have Franks in. Say we push out Franks to go all out for Patterson and then his brother bolts and Patterson follows, what do we do then? Its entirely possible and dare I say probable. We don't have a position coach spot available for his brother and there's no guarantee we will or that he'd take it. He's not tied to us. He came to get tutoring from Can and is getting that. He can take that with him wherever he ends up.