Originally Posted by saintsmissile (Post 129375)

is an example of the American dream. Made mistakes, paid the price for them and now has a chance to redeem himself. This would certainly be a great story if he makes it. You know, you guys that are being kinda harsh on this kid seem to forget a player named Michael Lewis. Certainly didn't have any kind of college career to speak of and just worked his as* off to make it. Now, can WT do the same? That's the big question on this kid, his work ethic. We all know he has the physical talents to get it done. If he can work his butt off and stay out of trouble, the sky is the limit. BTW, the reason there is so much talk about this kid is because he's the kind of story that everyone is drawn to. It's like in old time baseball when scouts would scour the country and abroad to find that one phenom who noone knows about. Course, we all knew about WT but know that he's signed it's a damn media explosion. Everyone talks about different players to mentor WT, like Whitehead etc. I would think a guy like Lewis who had to work his way up for the VERY bottom like WT would be a great role model for him.