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Trubisky mystery solved
When did Mitch Trubisky all of a sudden become Mitchell
Trubisky? Inquiring minds want to know.
All we know about Trubisky is he has started 13 collegiate
football games, became the darling of the National Football League college
draft gurus and has rocketed to the top of the quarterbacks board.
Oh and he played his high school football at Mentor High
School, located about 15 miles east of downtown Cleveland along the shores of
Lake Erie.
At the beginning of the 2016 college football season, he was
just another quarterback named Mitch. Not Mitchell. Just Mitch.
He was Mitch for four seasons at the University of North
Carolina. (How did Ohio State miss out on his talent?) He was Mitch when he
wasn’t good enough to start for his first three years at the school.
He was sill Mitch when he started racking up big games for
the Tar Heels in his senior year and attracting attention from NFL scouts and draft
gurus.
Only his mother most likely called him Mitchell, especially
when he was in trouble or required to perform a chore. Most mothers address
their sons in formal fashion in those instances. As in, “Mitchell, clean your
room.” And “you don’t live in a pig sty, Mitchell.” Or “take out the garbage,
Mitchell.”
But now that he has been anointed by many of those gurus as
the best quarterback in the current college draft class, he has become
Mitchell. Just plain Mitch has disappeared.
What changed? I have no idea. He just became Mitchell
overnight and no one seems to be questioning why.
A sudden thought: Is it possible Mitchell Trubisky is not as
good as Mitch Trubisky?
Update: Aha, it was the mother thing after all. “It’s really not that big a deal,” Trubisky told the NFL Network. “If you call me Mitch, that’s all right. I did it for my mom because she calls me Mitchell. She’s like 'I want people to stat calling you Mitchell.’ . . . I’ll do that for my mom.”
Update: Aha, it was the mother thing after all. “It’s really not that big a deal,” Trubisky told the NFL Network. “If you call me Mitch, that’s all right. I did it for my mom because she calls me Mitchell. She’s like 'I want people to stat calling you Mitchell.’ . . . I’ll do that for my mom.”
A henpecked mama's boy - just what the Browns need! But in reference to your last column, I'd take this guy over Geno Smith. Smith's a proven loser in the NFL on what was an otherwise decent team - Trubisky may end up being the same, but he hasn't proven it yet, so I'll take unproven rookie over proven veteran loser. I doubt the Browns will get Trubisky anyway, and sure hope they don't waste any time on Smith.
ReplyDeleteDW
A guy respects his mother and you start the name calling---nice!
DeleteAs usual, southie, you misinterpret what I wrote. In no way was I disparaging his mother. Only pointing out that most mothers call their sons by their formal name when upset with them. Nothing more.
DeleteOnce again, you jump off the deep end in a rush to judgment. At least you are consistent.
Hi DW,
DeleteUnder normal circumstances, I would take Trubisky over Smith, too. But these are not normal circumstances. Not by a long shot.
First of all, Trubisky will not play his first season. He's way too raw. The Browns need to fill too many holes elsewhere on the roster before wasting a draft pick on someone who won't play for at least one season.
What they need is a fill-in quarterback until the 2018 college draft, a class that will feature a much stronger quarterback field than this year's.
Who would you rather have? Mitch Trubisky or Sam Darnold? I'd rather have the latter.
Geno Smith is one of those fill-in types. So are Ryan Fitzpatrick and a few others. Journeymen who are just hanging on.
Rich, my response was not to you, it was to DW who jumped in with the name calling("hen pecked mamma's boy"). Now who's "jumping off the deep end"?
DeleteIf you consider jumping to conclusions jumping off the deep end, guilty as charged.
ReplyDeleteJust not in your genetic make-up to say "Gee, I was wrong, I'm sorry." is it?
DeleteHey Rich, I agree it wouldn't make sense drafting any of those three QBs coming out this year. However, I do believe Garapollo would be worth trading for as long as they don't give up that #1 pick for him. I say this not because he backed up Brady, but because I hoped the Browns would draft him coming out of college - I thought he had a very high upside then and still believe that.
ReplyDeleteDW
Hi DW,
ReplyDeleteAt the risk of sounding repetitious, this team needs to fill many holes on both sides of the ball, especially in the trenches and secondary before addressing the quarterback situation. Garoppolo will not make this a better team. Fix the ancillary parts first.
So who carries the torch temporarily while we ignore the QB position for another year?
DeleteColin Kaepernick? For one year only until they get their QB of the future next year.
ReplyDeleteJust what this fan base needs, an unpatriotic, unAmerican clown with nothing left in the tank! I'd rather go 0-16 than watch that prick sit thru the national anthem every week.
DeleteKap?!? A one-trick pony whose trick has already been figured out by DCs around the league? Rich, if that's what you want then just bring Griffin back, he'd be cheaper and give you the same thing. I do have a question for you - I know you want to draft BPA at 12, but if the Browns are going to use it on a QB, who would you prefer to see them get - trade for Garapollo, draft Trubisky or Watson, or trade for Cousins?
DeleteDW
Trade for Cousins. Then BPA . Do not want Garoppolo or Trubisky.
DeleteSouthie,
ReplyDeleteRead somewhere recently that Kaepernick said he will not kneel this year. He is currently involved in some way with an air effort to get food to the starving in Somalia.