Noone has confused Hamilton with a good writer, but...

by Greg, seemingly ranch, Thursday, February 04, 2010, 08:44 (5970 days ago) @ Jay

...I wonder if other journalists got the same feel from being around campus yesterday. Kelly certainly put a good face on the class, but he also laid the groundwork for greater expectations next year -- and he didn't shy away from those expectations. It was awkward during those parts of the presser, because he went back and forth between building up this class and implying that the next group of kids should be better.

Of course, that awkwardness would have been decreased if Kelly had not offered kids who are such "projects" and instead could have said that the class was small but that every kid there was a great one who would see the field. So in some ways, he painted himself into the corner.

But back to The Other Brian Hamilton's point -- I do wonder if there was a feel that the athletic department was pushing the positive, or if it was just TOBH's own ingrained bias.