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CaribouJim
04-26-2017, 12:59 PM
https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/photo/2017/04/25/sports-illustrated-high-school-player-covers

Some booms and busts for sure. Sorry to say I remember all too many of these SI issues.

- Rick Mount tore out MU's heart in the '69 NCAA's:
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/ncaa-tournament/history/yearbyyear/1969
- Tom McMillen was the first cover boy of Letterman Magazine his senior year in high school, not too mention becoming a politician.
- Those that saw the Boston Marathon last week may have seen Bobby Carpenter pushing his daughter who severely injured her spinal cord in a hockey accident and they finished in 4:32.
- Saw Garnett in one of his last HS games at UIC - he was being a huge prick to his coach during the game, but certainly not in the bust category.
- Telfair certainly didn't meet expectations.
- And everyone knows who Steve Taylor's high profile high school teammate was!

Surprised that Jim Ryan was not included in the mix:
http://bringbackthemile.com/images/ugc/uploads/about/ryunsi3.jpg
http://bringbackthemile.com/athletes/detail/jim_ryun

TheSultan
04-27-2017, 11:09 AM
So really the only two they got right so far were KG and Lebron.

CaribouJim
04-27-2017, 12:47 PM
We can give Jabari and Harper TBD's...Bobby Carpenter had a very long, but mostly unspectacular career although he did have a studly year towards the beginning of his career that kind of teased everyone IIRC, but then I think things went back to his prior norm. Didn't know Hardy played that long in the NFL.

MUwarrior1090
04-27-2017, 01:21 PM
I'm willing to give them a "hit" on Harper. Career .900 OPS. Won an MVP award at age 22. Still only 24 and already a 4 time all star.

CaribouJim
04-27-2017, 01:31 PM
I'm willing to give them a "hit" on Harper. Career .900 OPS. Won an MVP award at age 22. Still only 24 and already a 4 time all star.

...but his hair?

TheSultan
04-27-2017, 02:18 PM
I'm willing to give them a "hit" on Harper. Career .900 OPS. Won an MVP award at age 22. Still only 24 and already a 4 time all star.


Well obviously I was wrong on that. Oversight on my part.