[Hank 91]

Did anyone else watch the Elite 11 on ESPN?  I understand that the show can be edited to make a player look any way they choose to, but it was interesting to see how they handled Rosen.  Plenty of ammunition there for Stanford if they decided not to offer based on attitude.  Plenty of ammunition there for UCLA if they offered based solely on physical tools.

I just watched this this morning, and I had the same reaction that most have had here. "Now I see why we didn't offer him." Before this show, it never made sense -- the consensus top quarterback in America WANTS to come to Stanford, and he doesn't get an offer. I kept thinking about something Shaw said about Andrew Luck after the Washington game his senior year, when they rushed for 446 yards. Shaw apologized to Luck for the lack of passing opportunities, and Andrew said he thought it was the best game he had ever played because he felt like he had checked into the correct run play almost every time. Kind of the opposite of Josh Rosen.

But in Rosen's defense, this is a 17- or 18-year-old kid who just won the California state championship. It will be interesting to see if he learns anything from what he saw the other night. His initial reaction was about the music, not the fact that he was portrayed as a pompous ass. We'll see.

https://twitter.com/josh3rosen/status/50...2502532096

[Hank 91]

Did anyone else watch the Elite 11 on ESPN?  I understand that the show can be edited to make a player look any way they choose to, but it was interesting to see how they handled Rosen.  Plenty of ammunition there for Stanford if they decided not to offer based on attitude.  Plenty of ammunition there for UCLA if they offered based solely on physical tools.

I just watched this this morning, and I had the same reaction that most have had here. "Now I see why we didn't offer him." Before this show, it never made sense -- the consensus top quarterback in America WANTS to come to Stanford, and he doesn't get an offer. I kept thinking about something Shaw said about Andrew Luck after the Washington game his senior year, when they rushed for 446 yards. Shaw apologized to Luck for the lack of passing opportunities, and Andrew said he thought it was the best game he had ever played because he felt like he had checked into the correct run play almost every time. Kind of the opposite of Josh Rosen.

But in Rosen's defense, this is a 17- or 18-year-old kid who just won the California state championship. It will be interesting to see if he learns anything from what he saw the other night. His initial reaction was about the music, not the fact that he was portrayed as a pompous ass. We'll see.

https://twitter.com/josh3rosen/status/50...2502532096