Did anybody see the 30 on 30 special: Marcus Dupree
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TellerMorrow34
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I watched it last time it was on and again last night. It's one of the better 30 for 30 shows they've done, IMO.
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I'll admit that I only saw the last hour..but I'm not buying the hype..the guy might have had all the talent to be a stud but from what I gathered he had minimal work ethic and wasn't mentally tough enough to be the best or even amongst the best in the NFL.
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GloryDaysRBack;3904693 said:
He didn't. He had no work ethic. He was used to just being better than everyone else. He didn't want to work hard and he didn't have the best people around him, in some cases, to be advising him either.
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We do need a short yardage back.
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KJJ;3904955 said:
He was not a great college player. He only amassed just over 1500 yards in college. He could have been a great college player, but his lack of a work ethic hurt him. He had all the physical tools, but it takes more than that to be a true success in the NFL. Even after his injury he was able to run very fast again. It just took him years to get back in shape because he didn't work at it.
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Work Ethic. I truly believe if he would have just busted his tail things would have truly happened for him but what I noticed back in Philadelphia, Miss his relatives were very laid back and it probably rubbed off on him, so he really had no one driving him including his High School Coaches. Barry Switzer was probably the first one pushing him and that didn't sit well with Marcus. On a side note two people in that Special that makes me puke is Barry Switzer and Fred Akers. The only thing I really loved was the times when SMU spanked on Akers.
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I recently read Preston Pearson's book "Hearing the Noise", written in 1985, and I found it interesting that he talked about Marcus Dupree in it. This was before all the stuff went down with Marcus, and Preston made some interesting observations that proved very foretelling. I'll see if I can dig it up and share it later.
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CowboyDan;3905160 said:
Found it...
"In basketball, and increasingly in football with the USFL, players are leaving college early to compete professionally. Millions of dollars are there for the grabbing, and it would seem insanity to continue on in college. Yet that is what is needed.
Take Marcus Dupree. He was nineteen years old when he signed with the New Orleans Breakers for six million dollars. The key is nineteen years old. Forget that he's from a small town in Mississippi and already has had trouble in college. He is nineteen. There is no way he is equipped to handle six millions dollars, much less play pro football. He can't comprehend the magnitude of what he has gotten into, and I do not envy him a bit. He is a kid going into a man's game. I don't care how well he did at Oklahoma. The pro game is completely different and he is not prepared for it mentally or physically. Mentally he lacks the maturity the pro game demands, the intense desire required. Physically, no matter what a great specimen he may be, he is still a youngster up against men; his body is not ready for the beating it is going to take. Marcus Dupree could very easily suffer a career-ending injury before his pro career should ever have begun."