Quote Originally Posted by BrunswickDawg View Post
I never understood your hate on Staley. I get the issue with his HS coach giving him a little cloud - but by all accounts he is a stand up guy who wanted to compete. FYI - that coach he had the blow up with has only had 1 winning season at Wheeler and is in a talent rich area.

Staley is a Boobie Dixon type - fun Fun Fun
The Staley character assasinations were always way overblown. My understanding is that he did well in the classroom and was a likeable teammate for the most part. You are right when you say that he has somewhat of a dynamic personality like Boobie and that probably rubs some people the wrong way. The biggest criticism out there for him is that he just wasn't a very good quarterback. How much of that was due to just not developing and how much was due to flirting with basketball for too long is up for debate, but when you look at his JUCO performance and end destination it is pretty obvious that he just didn't pan out.