re: John Emery Unavailable for FSU

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John is a really down to earth kid. Really nice guy

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Jacob Hester is still really close to the program and has gone to bat on air for Emery numerous times. And he doesn’t do that for just anybody. He, naturally, spends more time talking to running backs than any other position and has said that Emery is a good kid with good character, and it’s not a matter of effort with him. Or at least it hasn’t been since he’s fallen behind. But again, it’s cumulative. Once you fall behind, it’s hard for even good students to catch up. Obviously even harder for poorer students. For every “F” he made, he had to make a “A” to balance it out. If he lacked credit hours, you can only take so many per semester.

I think the fact that Kelly hasn’t just cut bait and Emery is still on the team speaks to the fact that he’s putting in the work. Kelly even said they put everything in front of him he would have to do to play this year, and he did every single one. Waiting on the NCAA to clear him and not being sure if he’d be eligible would explain why he was running 3rd team all camp, even behind guys who weren’t healthy.

Regardless, we have plenty of RBs, and long ago should have tempered expectations for him, prepare for him to not be a big factor, and acted like anything he’s able to give us at all is just lagniappe. But the constant shitting on him is just being a fricking a-hole. He doesn’t owe anybody here anything.