Who's the most overrated GT football player of all-time?

JoltinJacket said:
How was he overrated? He began his career as a walk-on and the 7th or 8th guy on the depth chart. We worked his way up to starter by default almost, but he flourished once he got there. If PJ is overrated, then the same could be said for a guy like Sean Gregory.
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You're missing the point of the assignment, as are many others on the first page of the thread.
 
massive reading/reasoning comprehension fail in this thread. not even arguing the choices, as everyone is entitled to an opinion. but the lack of understanding of the point of this thread is pretty bad. it isn't the most touted to not pan out, or the least touted to become great.

it's who is remembered for being better than they actually were.

i guess another misinterpretation is "who was overhyped for a post-gt professional career that didn't pan out", though that somehow at least relates back to how "good" they really were in college, though the nfl is obviously a different game.
 
I took it as a guy who got recognition and honors in college but with perfect 20-20 hindsight may not have deserved those honors.

Based on the players mentioned in the original post, the other threads were not talking about recruiting "busts" like Hobie Holiday or this QB from the 60s.

When you have a guy who was All ACC or even better All American who was replaced easily you may be on to an overrated player. (for example)
 
MTrain said:
massive reading/reasoning comprehension fail in this thread. not even arguing the choices, as everyone is entitled to an opinion. but the lack of understanding of the point of this thread is pretty bad. it isn't the most touted to not pan out, or the least touted to become great.

it's who is remembered for being better than they actually were.

i guess another misinterpretation is "who was overhyped for a post-gt professional career that didn't pan out", though that somehow at least relates back to how "good" they really were in college, though the nfl is obviously a different game.
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I guess having data for why in retrospect you think somebody must have been overrated misses the point. The point is have an opinion with no data to support it and argue it. This is a blog for goodness sake. The lack of reasoning being demonstrated by people who don't see that reasoning doesn't belong in this conversation is unbelievable.

Did I get that right?
 
AE 87 said:
I guess having data for why in retrospect you think somebody must have been overrated misses the point. The point is have an opinion with no data to support it and argue it. This is a blog for goodness sake. The lack of reasoning being demonstrated by people who don't see that reasoning doesn't belong in this conversation is unbelievable.

Did I get that right?
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it's actually a message board, not a blog, and i have no idea what the rest of your post was about :laugher:
 
Kind of a hard question to answer, given that we've had so few players touted at a national level as being great. I can't really think of anyone that was supposed to be great or really good that didn't end up being so.

If you're talking about prospects that didn't pan out, that's a different conversation, and I'd have to go with either Hobie or Chris Edwards.
 
unforgiven108 said:
Is there an argument here, or just the bold proclamation?
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Tony Hollings dominated every game he played in 2002.

4 games, 633 yds, 11 TDs.

Yes he got hurt in a freak injury, but there's no denying just how awesome he was during his short career. Anyone that was at the Clemson game in 02 in the driving rain can attest to that. The BYU game in 02 was extremely frustrating.

Eric Henderson was one of the more ferocious DE we've ever had. He anchored the 05 defense and was a force when healthy.

If you want to argue that either player is overrated due to injuries, that's fine. But both players, especially Hollings, were dominant while on the field.
 
HootieJohnson said:
Tony Hollings dominated every game he played in 2002.

4 games, 633 yds, 11 TDs.

Yes he got hurt in a freak injury, but there's no denying just how awesome he was during his short career. Anyone that was at the Clemson game in 02 in the driving rain can attest to that. The BYU game in 02 was extremely frustrating.

Eric Henderson was one of the more ferocious DE we've ever had. He anchored the 05 defense and was a force when healthy.

If you want to argue that either player is overrated due to injuries, that's fine. But both players, especially Hollings, were dominant while on the field.
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My point about Hendu was that he was one of our best players at the time, but looking back on it, he was not NEARLY as good as other players we have had since. I think that he was just the best player on our line at the time, so we anointed him as 'great'. Don't get me wrong, I think he was a very good DE, just not as great as he was made out at the time.
 
sample size on tony hollings, 4 games isn't enough to crown anyone, you wanna crown him, go ahead and crown his ass... he is who we thought he was
 
I know I'm going to get pilloried for this but it has to be.....

George Godsey

No arm. No speed. Won games because of the Fridge and the talent around him. The only good thing you could say about him was that he didn't lose to many games. Everybody thinks he was wonderful. May have been a great guy but at best a below average QB. Just think how many games we could have won with a good QB.
 
unforgiven108 said:
My point about Hendu was that he was one of our best players at the time, but looking back on it, he was not NEARLY as good as other players we have had since. I think that he was just the best player on our line at the time, so we anointed him as 'great'. Don't get me wrong, I think he was a very good DE, just not as great as he was made out at the time.
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Hendu was a better DE than anyone since not named D Morgan. Better than MJ, Robertson, Machine, Egbu. Name me someone that was better not named Morgan or Gathers.
 
HootieJohnson said:
Tony Hollings dominated every game he played in 2002.

4 games, 633 yds, 11 TDs.

Yes he got hurt in a freak injury, but there's no denying just how awesome he was during his short career. Anyone that was at the Clemson game in 02 in the driving rain can attest to that. The BYU game in 02 was extremely frustrating.
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I think you have defined the criteria for being overrated. I have read many speculate about what "would have happened" if he completed the season. Not one speculation is that the tremendous output for those few games would have tapered. Everyone assumes the same clip would have continued, even though the level of competition was about to get much tougher.

He was leading the nation in rushing at the time. If he was truly the best RB in NCAA FB at ANY point then he probably would have made a bigger spash in the NFL. We have to allow that our gold-colored glasses may have made him out to be better than he was.

P.S.
Gailey's offensive system did seem to be good at one thing. Our featured RB always put up impressive stats, no matter who they were. I have to think the OL blocking schemes had something to do with that consistency.
 
Yooperbuzz said:
I know I'm going to get pilloried for this but it has to be.....

George Godsey

No arm. No speed. Won games because of the Fridge and the talent around him. The only good thing you could say about him was that he didn't lose to many games. Everybody thinks he was wonderful. May have been a great guy but at best a below average QB. Just think how many games we could have won with a good QB.
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Interesting that he made the most underrated and most overrated lists for someone. Both points can be defended.

OTOH, we had QBs at the time who on paper were supposed to be better than Godsey - better arms, faster, bigger. Yet he beat them out for the starting position.
 
AE 87 said:
I guess having data for why in retrospect you think somebody must have been overrated misses the point. The point is have an opinion with no data to support it and argue it. This is a blog for goodness sake. The lack of reasoning being demonstrated by people who don't see that reasoning doesn't belong in this conversation is unbelievable.

Did I get that right?
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Let me spell it out for you a little differently.

There are no right or wrong answers, but many are answering the wrong question.
 
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