UT, drafts, and J. McClain (not die hard)

John McClain, I have listened to your opinion for over a decade and come to respect many things you say. That being said, when you go after my beloved Longhorns is when I draw the line. Little John decided to put out a die hard article out about Longhorn players being selected in the top 10 of the NFL draft have which have been bust, or have not reached their potential. He wrote this article, telling people that you should not be surprised if Brian O'Sackpo is not drafted in the top 10.

Now that you have the background, I want to tell the whole world that The University of Texas in Austin is no "country club". John, if I want to know something about Baylor I will call you. Since you haven't spent a day in the shoes of a Longhorn, don't put garbage out there that may raise some doubts about a player that should have been drafted in the top 10. Your opinion is your opinion (just like mine is mine - I'm just right), but I would like you to think about what you're saying about these players. The facts are simple, Texas players have been solid in professional sporting careers; Vince Young, who has had two solid years, had a tough year last year and Little John is ready to call him a bust.

Michael Huff plays for one of the most ridiculous teams in the NFL and yet you call him a bust when maybe if he were in a better situation he would be a better player. Both Ricky Williams and Leonard Davis have been very serviceable players. I will give you Mike Williams as a bust, but to write an article about all the Longhorns taken in the top 10 are not worth anything is just the wrong thing to say. When you have a program like UT you will have a lot of players going to the NFL and because a few of them may not work out, you call the program a country club. I never hear people talk about the players from OU that don't work out in the NFL, but TEXAS gets all the [negative] attention.

Like it or not John, it may be time to hang it up; you've done this job for a while and I feel you could consult for the newspaper, from time to time, but your opinion(s) in your latter years aren't worth much. Have some dignity and go ahead and bid us a farewell -- you will not be missed!

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