Broyld Article from Syracuse.com

[CIL]

Pretty easy to see why the kid was in the doghouse during his stint at Syracuse. It also illustrates why he struggled grasping any book, let alone the playbook.

 

[orangenirvana]

These quotes say it all:

• "Ole Miss was supposed to offer me if I had already graduated from Syracuse, but I didn't. So they wanted me to come and sit out a year, and I didn't want to sit out because I'm getting old. You know what I mean?"

• "When you hear the right people say, 'Hey man, you're going to the NFL,' it's hard for you to stay focused in college."

• "I'm not a school guy. I don't like going to class. But if it's got a football on it, and it has to do with how to make somebody miss, or how to block somebody, I can do that. That's my kind of school. As far as college football, it's hard. It's not for everybody. I just want to play football, that's all."

Totally understandable. He's not the only one. Which makes the whole current system kind of dumb.

• "Coach Shafer really tried to help me. Despite what people say or how they might feel about him, he's my guy, will always be. Coach Shafer knows we see eye-to-eye. He tried to help me, but I just wasn't right. I wasn't right."

• "School was not hard for me. I just was being lazy because the stuff that I was studying, it didn't catch me. I was just there so I could play football, honestly. That was the only reason why school wasn't a problem, but it was because I hated it. But you need it if you want to play football."

Broyld's problem isn't that he hates school. It's that he's had a piss-poor attitude seemingly all of his life (Remember that reality show he was in when he was in high school? He hasn't changed since then.) and seems incapable of making beneficial decisions. He's been blessed with incredible natural talent and is just wasting it away. Not only did he refuse to do what needed to be done to finish out at Syracuse, but he decides not to play for an SEC program because "I'm getting old. You know what I mean?" What the hell...

I wish this young man all the luck in the world and hope someday soon that the light bulb turns on for him.

 

[Whitey23]

Sounds like there's been zero maturity gained in the last 5 years.

 

[SUFaninNJ]

Maybe if he focused in class he'd know the definition of the word "disclosed".

 

[Toga]

Not sure if this is applicable in this case, but I've known a number of young people who simply lack the ability to be successful enough academically to obtain a 4 year degree. Nothing in that makes them bad people.

 

[orangenirvana]

Not sure if this is applicable in this case, but I've known a number of young people who simply lack the ability to be successful enough academically to obtain a 4 year degree. Nothing in that makes them bad people.

Did someone call Broyld a bad person? I must have missed it.

 

[LeMoyneCuse]

(Remember that reality show he was in when he was in high school? He hasn't changed since then.)

Can someone refresh my memory on the reality show?

 

[Toga]

Did someone call Broyld a bad person? I must have missed it.

An observation - not responding to anyone's post.

 

[money3189]

These quotes say it all:

• "Ole Miss was supposed to offer me if I had already graduated from Syracuse, but I didn't. So they wanted me to come and sit out a year, and I didn't want to sit out because I'm getting old. You know what I mean?"

• "When you hear the right people say, 'Hey man, you're going to the NFL,' it's hard for you to stay focused in college."

• "I'm not a school guy. I don't like going to class. But if it's got a football on it, and it has to do with how to make somebody miss, or how to block somebody, I can do that. That's my kind of school. As far as college football, it's hard. It's not for everybody. I just want to play football, that's all."

Totally understandable. He's not the only one. Which makes the whole current system kind of dumb.

• "Coach Shafer really tried to help me. Despite what people say or how they might feel about him, he's my guy, will always be. Coach Shafer knows we see eye-to-eye. He tried to help me, but I just wasn't right. I wasn't right."

• "School was not hard for me. I just was being lazy because the stuff that I was studying, it didn't catch me. I was just there so I could play football, honestly. That was the only reason why school wasn't a problem, but it was because I hated it. But you need it if you want to play football."

Broyld's problem isn't that he hates school. It's that he's had a piss-poor attitude seemingly all of his life (Remember that reality show he was in when he was in high school? He hasn't changed since then.) and seems incapable of making beneficial decisions. He's been blessed with incredible natural talent and is just wasting it away. Not only did he refuse to do what needed to be done to finish out at Syracuse, but he decides not to play for an SEC program because "I'm getting old. You know what I mean?" What the hell...

I wish this young man all the luck in the world and hope someday soon that the light bulb turns on for him.

Not entirely true. the TV show act was for ratings. He has made some bad decisions but he has matured. Just not at the level "we" want

 

[upperdeck]

question ? how can ol miss offer a kid who has not graduated and you can have no contact with?

 

[AAM62]

yeesh...

I mean, he passed the look test, but was he really that good? I say nay.

 

[Lou_C]

I read that yesterday and enjoyed it. I was impressed with his candor all around. There's a LOT of kids like him, just not many who will talk about it.

I hope he gets his degree like he says he will.

 

[orangenirvana]

Not entirely true. the TV show act was for ratings. He has made some bad decisions but he has matured. Just not at the level "we" want

An act for ratings? Come on, man. What did he care that the show got ratings? Was flashing kids during a basketball game not long after that show an act for ratings, too?

I hope you're right about his maturation over the last few months just for his own sake. It's possible he grew up a lot at the D2 school last fall but we'll see.

 

[money3189]

An act for ratings? Come on, man. What did he care that the show got ratings? Was flashing kids during a basketball game not long after that show an act for ratings, too?

I hope you're right about his maturation over the last few months just for his own sake. It's possible he grew up a lot at the D2 school last fall but we'll see.

Your opinions are from only what you see and know as a fan so I understand that. I've known him since he was 10. He is not a saint but there's a lot of things you don't know about him and yes the show was looking to expose the good and the bad to make it more interesting. Thats what reality tv shows do. He was told that and they choose to use him as the edgy unappreciative kid but they went overboard with it. They took the little minor things he did and made them out to be something bigger than it was. His family and coaches were very upset about that. There's a lot of things I don't share on here when it comes to players I have a relationship with.

 

[TheCusian]

Your opinions are from only what you see and know as a fan so I understand that. I've known him since he was 10. He is not a saint but there's a lot of things you don't know about him and yes the show was looking to expose the good and the bad to make it more interesting. Thats what reality tv shows do. He was told that and they choose to use him as the edgy disrespectful kid but they went over board with it. The took the little minor things he did and made them out to be something bigger than it was. His family and coaches were very upset about that. There's a lot of things I don't share on here when it comes to players I have a relationship with.

Respect you for that, for sure.

 

[Newhouser]

another must have, can't miss NY product who simply wasn't that good.

 

[anglerman]

another must have, can't miss NY product who simply wasn't that good.

Have to agree he was a massive disappointment. He just didn't have the inner drive to be all he could be. He simply lacked motivation

 

[CuseOnly]

another must have, can't miss NY product who simply wasn't that good.

Have to disagree with you. He was that good but could never get comfortable in any position, he was bounced from position to position like a pinball.

Athletically he is gifted, more gifted than anyone on the teams he played on. Tough to be a reciever when the QB can't throw the ball well, hard to be a RB when you can't study the playbook and get on the field. Then you are a RB, WR, then a slot R, then a RB, then a XB.

Kid was put in a bad spot all around by adult coaching decisions.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

These quotes say it all:

• "Ole Miss was supposed to offer me if I had already graduated from Syracuse, but I didn't. So they wanted me to come and sit out a year, and I didn't want to sit out because I'm getting old. You know what I mean?"

• "When you hear the right people say, 'Hey man, you're going to the NFL,' it's hard for you to stay focused in college."

• "I'm not a school guy. I don't like going to class. But if it's got a football on it, and it has to do with how to make somebody miss, or how to block somebody, I can do that. That's my kind of school. As far as college football, it's hard. It's not for everybody. I just want to play football, that's all."

Totally understandable. He's not the only one. Which makes the whole current system kind of dumb.

• "Coach Shafer really tried to help me. Despite what people say or how they might feel about him, he's my guy, will always be. Coach Shafer knows we see eye-to-eye. He tried to help me, but I just wasn't right. I wasn't right."

• "School was not hard for me. I just was being lazy because the stuff that I was studying, it didn't catch me. I was just there so I could play football, honestly. That was the only reason why school wasn't a problem, but it was because I hated it. But you need it if you want to play football."

Broyld's problem isn't that he hates school. It's that he's had a piss-poor attitude seemingly all of his life (Remember that reality show he was in when he was in high school? He hasn't changed since then.) and seems incapable of making beneficial decisions. He's been blessed with incredible natural talent and is just wasting it away. Not only did he refuse to do what needed to be done to finish out at Syracuse, but he decides not to play for an SEC program because "I'm getting old. You know what I mean?" What the hell...

I wish this young man all the luck in the world and hope someday soon that the light bulb turns on for him.

I never saw evidence of this alleged talent.

 

[orangenirvana]

I never saw evidence of this alleged talent.

He was a dominating player in high school and Marrone raved about him leading up to his true freshman season. Marrone found any way possible to put him on the field as a true freshman even though he didn't have a natural position and had no idea what he was doing from a mental standpoint. I thought it was obvious that he was immediately one of the most physically imposing players as soon as he stepped on the field.

 

[CIL]

It's a shame really, but Broyld's story is a common one.

In high school, players like Broyld don't have to work as hard as others, because they are so athletically gifted. Once you get to the next level, there is little room for margin of error. You hope kids mature and figure it out, but some times the light bulb doesn't go off until it's too late.

Best of luck to him. It's just tough to see all that talent lost on a few poor decisions.

 

[OrangePA]

I never saw evidence of this alleged talent.

He looked like a massive talent to me when I first saw him in the Dome.

Very disappointed that it never worked for whatever reason.

 

[money3189]

He underachieved for sure. He was a big athlete who was a tweener. He was able to do things at his size that others couldn't do but he also didn't have a pure position to settle in. Then he made some bad decisions off the field which effected his play. Tyrone Wheatley told me they never should have threw him in at RB that early. Should have been redshirted. He said the staff felt pressured to play him because he was NYS player of the year and people wanted to see him on the field. Its a combination of many things that hindered his career.

 

[upperdeck]

from the story you have to wonder if he would have even stayed in school had he not played

 

[All4SU]

It's a shame really, but Broyld's story is a common one.

In high school, players like Broyld don't have to work as hard as others, because they are so athletically gifted. Once you get to the next level, there is little room for margin of error. You hope kids mature and figure it out, but some times the light bulb doesn't go off until it's too late.

Best of luck to him. It's just tough to see all that talent lost on a few poor decisions.

Poor decisions and lack of drive.