Re: Rueben Randle Food for thought, I wouldn't look into those comments by Randle's dad too much because 2 days after that comment Randle said in his own words great things about Shepard possibly throwing him the ball at LSU.
Re: Rueben Randle Exaggerating here...He's already commited to Ole Miss with Oklahoma and Miss State(Croom main reason) staying in touch. Also Mackey graduated from High School D-Lo is back at Bastrop after leaving Prep School taking classes not knocking D-Lo
Re: Rueben Randle Don't read too much into it. Rueben's dad likes to f**k with people. If you guys notice, most of the fodder comes from either his dad or his brother, meanwhile he's relatively quiet. Neither school has the edge based on QB. Basically it's an unknown QB vs. a QB who throws to the wrong color jersey too often. Either way, someone's throwing it right? LOL
Re: Rueben Randle No no...not an exaggeration. Mackey graduated from high school because they had to graduate him. That kid was doing nothing in class but sleeping, and if he wasn't sleeping he was disrupting, so it was better to let him sleep. The guidance counselor's felt he SHOULD have been in some form of special education, but it was way too late. This was unfortunately a case where his star power got him through. Teachers passed him because they were told too. When he came to us as a 10th grader after being traumatized by everything that was Katrina, he was so quiet, people wondered if he could even talk. A conversation was like talking to a statue. Then they'd put him at QB in practice and he looked like an All State QB. He didn't take over at QB until well into district just by virtue of not opening his mouth. He was given the benefit of the doubt because of what he had gone through. His junior year, he started coming out of his shell a little more with the other students. He got even better on the field. Still did nothing in the classroom. His senior year, he got even better on the field, still did nothing in the classroom, and then they finally realized they had a certified dummy on their hands. He needed (needs) a lot of work, but I hear he's getting better at his community college. So this is how it went...you pass the star player to keep the coach and community happy. You realize maybe you shouldn't have because he's learned nothing about accountability, and pretty much learned nothing besides the spread offense, period. You've passed him for so long that there is no way graduation can come around and he not graduate. How is he eligible for three years then not graduate? The state's already looking at you funny because of D-Lo's situation. You can't have another star come right behind him with an even worse situation...so he graduated. Now ask yourself this. This kid won 3 state titles in a row at Bastrop where he put up great numbers. He's a super athlete with a super arm, and he makes very few mistakes on the football field. He's been a varsity QB for 5 years including the two years he started at Port Sulphur. He doesn't have ideal size, but he's not tiny, only physical knock. He's Mr. Football in Louisiana his senior year after passing for 3000 yards AND rushing for 1000 yards. He's accounted for 50+ TDs two consecutive years. He probably should've been Mr. Football his junior year...and the best he can do is Ole Miss? He had TWO offers from major colleges, Ole Miss and Miss St. He had a soft offer from Oklahoma. The rest of his offers were from the bowl subdivision. The reason he had these issues were not just his grades, because let's be real, colleges can work with you on grades. It was because this kid could hardly hold a conversation. On sheer numbers, this kid should've been a top recruit, but he wasn't. And there's a reason that goes beyond grades...
Re: Rueben Randle pj. asignupe99 is not exaggerating i heard the same thing last year after i saw the kid play and i started asking questions and investigating as to why this kid was on kly a 3 star recruit. he was the best quarterback i had seen on the high school level besides josh booty. and there have been alot of great quarterbacks come through shreveport,and none could bring to the field what he could. mackey was just anemic in the classroom. put it this way if he had the grades id take him over russell shepard and im dead serious
Re: Rueben Randle Exactly. My info on him comes straight from the teachers, some of whom taught me, and guidance counselors currently at BHS. One of the most respected teachers at the high school, with over 40 years of experience, almost quit from attempts at bullying him into passing this kid. He was waaayyy more lenient than he has ever been with a student, but it was mostly because it was a class the kid would have to re-take if he failed it, and he was the only teacher. So he "helped" him to get him out of his life. My experience with his conversational skills come first hand. I'd love to see how he's progressed in a year's time, because this time last year, I was better off talking to this computer screen. I've heard he's made some improvement. As I'm typing, I just spoke with my buddy on the coaching staff. Apparently, Randall received invites to QB camps, but the kid was so horrible when speaking to coaches and recruiters, it was rescinded because they figured he'd never get the opportunity to show off his "eliteness" because he would never make it to a big school. My contact at a recruiting service says he personally would've rated him at the very least in the top 10 among QBs, and likely made sure he got at the very least a 4-star rating, IF, he had any abilities in the classroom. But he didn't...so here he is...not at LSU where he should be. If he was, Shep would be converting to another position...and the suspense about RR would've been over in the summer. He is a special talent at QB.
Re: Rueben Randle Mackey was the most impressive high school QB that I've ever watched play. However, asignupe99 is right about his classroom woes, its ashame really...
Re: Rueben Randle Im not saying Mackey was a genius everyone on here during his recruitment knows about his academic woes I just didnt agree with this comment " You would leave a conversation with this kid thinking he needed to be told not to lick windows." That's all I'm saying I've talked to him before and have family that stays in Bastrop and didn't leave the conversation feeling like that now.
Re: Rueben Randle I aint worried yet. And if he chooses to go elsewhere, I still aint worried. I bet it's not Bama, though. Just a hunch.
