10-30-2012, 09:50 PM
Look, the problem there is that it's an exercise in mental bias. Kawakami knows what ended up happening and now he's replaying history in a way that makes it look inevitable. A lot of talented guys struggle and get praised as talented but never put it together; that's why Palmer's story is notable.
So if Nunes ever puts it together, and 13 years from now he's a solid NFL QB, this SI guy will say he saw it coming all along (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/wr...index.html), Sam Schwartzstein will be vindicated (http://bigstory.ap.org/article/stanford-...-behind-qb) and so on. It'll seem as if Nunes was a struggling talent all along, when of course at the moment any such suggestion would seem absurd. I would guess the 1998 message board equivalent for Literature's Most Famous Losers features a lot of chortles at that idiot Kawakami.
Of course it's a tangent that doesn't really matter. A good majority of such players who struggle at first end up struggling their entire career. That's why Shaw and the fanbase is dissatisfied.
So if Nunes ever puts it together, and 13 years from now he's a solid NFL QB, this SI guy will say he saw it coming all along (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/wr...index.html), Sam Schwartzstein will be vindicated (http://bigstory.ap.org/article/stanford-...-behind-qb) and so on. It'll seem as if Nunes was a struggling talent all along, when of course at the moment any such suggestion would seem absurd. I would guess the 1998 message board equivalent for Literature's Most Famous Losers features a lot of chortles at that idiot Kawakami.
Of course it's a tangent that doesn't really matter. A good majority of such players who struggle at first end up struggling their entire career. That's why Shaw and the fanbase is dissatisfied.