I will bump this thread in the name of amusement.

I have to wonder if the presence of this thread on Page 1 at the time of his verbal to Ohio caused him to have second thoughts:
http://www.bobcatattack.com/messageboard/topic.asp?FromPa...

In fairness to him, I doubt anyone knows what his best path was for success. I tend to think he won't play much at Florida because it would be very difficult anywhere to come into a new playbook in the fall and master it fast enough to earn a starting job. Ironically, had he not transferred at all, he'd most likely have been the starter this fall.

But Allen, doesn't this happen at every school with every fan base? Certainly there is a Florida message board with fans saying negative things about Zaire. If a few negative posters on a message board influenced them, boy, they need to get re-evaluate their decision making process. "I loved OU coach, but some 14 year old poster on Bobcatattack said he didn't think I was any good and my dad was a jerk, so you guys are out." Really? Meh.... I'm filled with doubt.

I actually wasn't concerned about the posts attacking him and his father, for the reasons you mention. However, someone laying out a case that quarterbacks never progress at Ohio would be more of a concern to him, I would think. I thought at the time, and I still think, that the analysis was flawed because most of the data referred to the work of Gdowski as quarterback coach, and he's no longer at Ohio. I think the data is incomplete on Isphording, but that the early data looks promising.


Again, I don't think any of us knows for sure what his best path would have been. I think it's almost certain that he won't get drafted if he doesn't start somewhere. I also know that quarterbacks do occasionally get drafted from the MAC, so to me, he would have had a better chance of getting drafted as a MAC starter than he would have had as a backup at Florida or Texas.

I do think that he made a very poor choice when he decided to leave Notre Dame in the first place. He would almost certainly have been the starter there this fall, if he had stayed, and that would have been his best shot at being drafted by far.

To go back to a previous post, when it comes to evaluating whether or not a player would be a good fit at a school, I don't think I'd put much,if any,stock in the comments made on a fan site.
There's no way to know,from posts,what, if any ,knowledge/expertise a poster has.

I would think any player worth his salt would do his own research on the football programs he was considering,including their ability to develop players at his position.

Since conspiracy theories all the rage today, I'll posit that the offending post in question by finnOhio was not really by finnOhio but was the work of a hacker from Oxford, Ohio, who posted it for the express purpose of scaring him away from OHIO. This information has been brought to you exclusively by BALeaks.

Frank sent Pinder and the Leftwich twins to Fort Scott. You don't have to have fake friends and fake info to find that. You have to be innovative. You can be a groupie and crowd those that innovate or you can innovate yourself.

There is an old saying that the fans' favorite player is the backup QB, and I think that applies here. There were people who believed in Windham, and people who didn't. There are people who believe in Maxwell, and people who don't. Maxwell and Rourke, plus Keszei and Duckworth is the hand we are dealt, so let's just see how much they can improve, and how far they can take us.

In the meantime, whoever starts, there will be people calling for the others.

Great post, LC.

I was on the Maxwell train last year, and hope to be on his side again. It seems like he has the most potential since TT. However, as a RS Sophomore and plenty of starts under his belt I will have higher expectations. The offense should be ready to lead this year. My biggest concern is how much he has progressed throughout the offseason, as it was discussed at length in another thread Isphording's lack of developing some of the young men in previous years.

debunked by many, lol. Just like you saying that one day I would realize you and other board members realize that we are Zaire's best offer, and TB's agents being staunchly against him playing OLB. Your best friend, lol, what a friend you have, you need to try friending the truth and cast down your imaginations.