Great player, better person

[hifigator]

Self-explanatory

www.seniorclassaward.com/athletes/brandon_mcarthur/

[guru]

DWLLWGAF

[hifigator]

GFYBDSITYT

[RDF]

Are you EXPLETIVE kidding me? Hifi--get this FECES and delete this thread. It's friggin worthless and NOBODY CARES.

If this continues-you should be banned. You've been around long enough and just continue to share propoganda from Florida. I honestly don't get you.

[PhillyHoya]

Since when would we care? Yeah he's a good kid. But we've got plenty of those on OUR campus thanks. Goodbye now.

[jerseyhoya34]

This thread is terrible. It is not relevant to anything. Hifi's post is opinion, not fact. There is no citation to the Washington Post, so this thread is dangerously speculative and does a disservice to the player and his family.

If that is not enough to shut down the thread, I hear this guy punched Vernon in the Florida locker rooms. I encourage others to willfully violate the board rules to shut down this MANURE PILE of a thread.

[PhillyHoya]

I hear this player is transferring to Georgetown but it's not on GUHoyas. As Gordon Ramsay would say, SHUT. IT. DOWN.

[hifigator]

In all seriousness, he's a great kid and a proud representative of any institution. I love to hear stories of this sort. The "news" is full of so much of the opposite. Granted, it pains me when such individuals battle through this from Syracuse or FSU, but even still I will give this type of individual his dues.

I'm not going to comment on this again, and locking the thread is fine by me. But in all seriousness, if I didn't post this, then in all likelihood, most of you would never hear about it unless we make it to Omaha. Granted, that would be great, but either way, I would hope that we would all be proud of such individuals, regardless of what colors they wear.

I'm done.

[hifigator]

Here's a final article on a student-athlete that makes me very proud to wear my colors:


www.gatorcountry.com/baseball/article/call_him_warrior/6538


I think most of you will enjoy it if you just disregard the fact that I posted it.

[RDF]

The only thing I'm happy about--is your school got bounced in the NCAA's--GOOD RIDDANCE and keep this GARBAGE on the UF sites--you scumball TROLL!

[FLHoya]

Jun 8, 2009 15:56:53 GMT -5 RDF said:

The only thing I'm happy about--is your school got bounced in the NCAA's--GOOD RIDDANCE and keep this GARBAGE on the UF sites--you scumball TROLL!

WHAT A PLAYER...WHAT A MAN!!!!!!! [/Lundquist]

[hifigator]

OK, I honestly didn't expect any "praise" coming my way. Don't want it ... don't need it ...

But I would be praising someone of such a determined progression over adversity from GU ... or more importantly, even Georgia, Maryland or Duke. Although I would do so somewhat reluctantly were the kid from Syracuse or FSU.

I honestly do think that it's good to hear stories like this and if they were relegated only to the home board, then most of us wouldn't. For the record, I wasn't going to bring this up again most likely, and certainly not while the Gator season was still going on. But when I read this article, I thought it appropriate as a follow up.

Nuff said on this.

[The Stig]

Jun 8, 2009 21:46:08 GMT -5 hifigator said:

But I would be praising someone of such a determined progression over adversity from GU ... or more importantly, even Georgia, Maryland or Duke. Although I would do so somewhat reluctantly were the kid from Syracuse or FSU.

Really? I highly doubt it. I can't recall you ever starting a topic to praise a non-Florida person. How come EVERYBODY here knew that this post would be about a Florida person even before they clicked on it?

Here's some advice - When in doubt, if it has ANYTHING to do with the University of Florida, DO NOT POST IT HERE! If it's important enough that we'd actually care, I'm sure somebody else will post it.

[hifigator]

Stig, I've posted links to positive things about many non-Florida people. In fact I posted positive things about Mutumbo and Mourning on a very "local" scale to those here. I have also posted -- albeit reluctantly -- an article highlighting Derrick Brooks and Warrick Dunn's benevolent activities. Granted, I probably made some snide remarks as to the apple falling rather far from the tree, but that's not the point. Granted, if I come across similar awards for a Syracuse alum/student, then I might "delay my enthusiasm." In any case, trust me on this one: I won't go promoting some guy as a great person just because "he's a Gator." Nor will I defend someone just because "he's a Gator." Ask RDF and he will reluctantly admit that I haven't been timid about recognizing noteworthy activities/accomplishments from the enemy ... see Myron Rolle. Nor have I rationalized any and all Gator-related behavior ... see Avery Atkins among others.

Finally, I don't want to hijack my own post, so I finish with this: as you mention, if it is "important" enough, then someone else will post it. Had Florida made the College World Series, then it would have been "important" enough. But we didn't. But can you honestly and with a straight face, say that it isn't important enough because the Gators didn't make the College World Series?

In fact, I would venture to say that there may very well be coverage of this during the College World Series, but I have no way of knowing. Regardless of what you are saying or implying, with all the negative stories that we are lambasted with on a daily basis from the plethora of sports celebs, I can honestly say that I enjoy and am encouraged by hearing the stories of guys like this, regardless of the colors they wear. But I won't deny that there are certain colors that I have more trouble enjoying.

[HoyaFanNY]

Self-explanatory

deadspin.com/5274607/not-even-tasers-can-stop-the-gators

deadspin.com/5270734/whats-a-little-theft-and-fraud-between-teammates

bleacherreport.com/articles/190958-hey-coach-meyer-are-the-florida-gators-the-new-thug-u