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Message: [QUOTE="billsin01, post: 1060824, member: 837"] Fair enough. I don't believe it's that black and white most of the time. Character is a mercurial thing and difficult to judge. And talent is something you can judge fairly accurately. It's also absolutely essential and arguably as important any other aspect of a program. I have to believe -- and perhaps I'm only a hopeless cynic -- that character largely translates to 'do we believe this kid is capable of essentially keeping his nose clean for four years and do we believe he'll work pretty hard at being a football player.' (and even that's tough to judge.) That's a far cry from recruiting a bunch of civic-minded, well-rounded student athletes who are volunteering time to help underprivileged and special needs children each week and carrying a 3.5 in engineering. Just my opinion as a person who has heard plenty of statements uttered by football coaches in my time. [/QUOTE]