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Friday, January 18, 2008
Jackets could use more built like Causey
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Scattershooting hither and yon …
It’s a pleasure to write about people like Matt Causey, as I did in today’s paper, even when they’re a tad peculiar. Matt’s very smart, the kind of guy who’ll look at you with a strange gaze that seems to indicate either he’s nuts or he thinks the question you just asked came from outer space. He mind appears to race.
But any time a guy, or gal, overcomes, it’s a pleasure to write about. With his height, which is dad said is 5-11, not 6-feet as listed in several places, and his knee problems and injuries in general, he’s overcome.
The guy grinds at a remarkable pace, though, and it figures to serve him well.
“He’s a high-energy kid,” said his father, David Causey. “I have to hand it to my wife. He was a full-time job for her to keep up with, and people around town told me that. I think he approaches life with that same attitude, all-out 100 percent. He lives it like he plays it; he lives it hard. For that reason, I think he’s going to be successful in life.”
On other matters …
Mouhammad Faye, as many know, has landed at SMU with former UNC coach Matt Doherty. He has to sit out a season. Had he transferred to Lee University, he’d have been able to play right away with former Tech teammate Paco Diaw. Faye went up to Tennessee to meet with folks at Lee, but opted for SMU in the end.
Had everything worked out at Tech, Faye would’ve been playing a lot this season, I think. But Paul Hewitt never worked him into the rotation in the first semester out of fear that Mouhammed’s academics weren’t going to work out, and he’d be left with a hole in the rotation in the second half. Mouhammed did not fancy schoolwork.
On to football …
I’m going to write a recruiting story next week, about how the staff has gone about the process through the coaching change. I don’t do much with football this time of year, but I think it will be kind of interesting to learn about how much change there has been in the way Tech targets recruits now versus before, and how coaches ended some relationships with prospects based on how they do not fit Paul Johnson’s profile. Ditto the opposite, and how Tech has brought on board some kids who were not on — or at least way off of — the Jackets’ radar before.
No, Thomasville DT Brandon Thompson is not in play any more for Tech.
If St. Augustine DB Rashaad Reid visits another school, Tech will pull his scholarship offer. With some of the kids who’ve already committed, the Jackets apparently are more patient as they’ve looked into other possibilities. I think Reid is close to wearing out that privilege.
Back to basketball …
We’re going to write something next week about the womens team. Dunno the nature of the story yet, but it’ll be a story about blending returning talent with talented newcomers to very positive effect.
If the mens team doesn’t play well Saturday against Virginia Tech, I’ll be a surprised. If they play downright poorly, coach Paul Hewitt will have more explaining than usual to do. The Jackets were very good Wednesday night against UNC, and a fifth home loss - after going 16-1 at home last season — would leave burn marks.
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