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who is the best ath to come thru new diana in the past 10 years...

Well this is a tough one to answer, the Hendricks boys were pretty good, Beau Brewer is quick and ok, but I hate to say this but ND really hasn't had a real good football player since the early to mid 90's when they were wrecking shop. From 1990 to 1995 ND went to the Quarterfinal's 3 times and since then it has been pretty slim picking's. I dare say that since 1995 ND has not fielded one team that could have beaten any of the teams from 1990 to 1995. I know I will probally upset some people about this but I'm just telling it like it is. Sorry folks but this is the truth.

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Well this is a tough one to answer, the Hendricks boys were pretty good, Beau Brewer is quick and ok, but I hate to say this but ND really hasn't had a real good football player since the early to mid 90's when they were wrecking shop. From 1990 to 1995 ND went to the Quarterfinal's 3 times and since then it has been pretty slim picking's. I dare say that since 1995 ND has not fielded one team that could have beaten any of the teams from 1990 to 1995. I know I will probally upset some people about this but I'm just telling it like it is. Sorry folks but this is the truth.

 

You hit the nail on the head. When the Hargett regime left, so did the heart. Nothing against McDaniel, but the teams have not been as tough. I remember when you could count on a good fight during a ND game. I got your back on this one bama.

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Well this is a tough one to answer, the Hendricks boys were pretty good, Beau Brewer is quick and ok, but I hate to say this but ND really hasn't had a real good football player since the early to mid 90's when they were wrecking shop. From 1990 to 1995 ND went to the Quarterfinal's 3 times and since then it has been pretty slim picking's. I dare say that since 1995 ND has not fielded one team that could have beaten any of the teams from 1990 to 1995. I know I will probally upset some people about this but I'm just telling it like it is. Sorry folks but this is the truth.

 

hopefully another group will emerge and resemble those nd teams from the 90's. i know the kids have definately improved since coach adams' arrival, but it takes the "right mind-set" as well. it has to be a priority. willie is an awesome coach and friend of mine. he had an incredible record and streak of playoff appearances. getting back to that level won't happen overnight, but i think it's headed in the right direction.

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Hollis and Westbrook were good baseball players and great young men but I have a hard time with anyone who is a "one-sport specialist" being in contention for the best athlete. They may be the best for their specific sport but an athlete is one who is well-rounded and participates in several sports. I would have to say Terry McDanial would be the best athlete New Diana has produced in the last 10 years. He is the only Division 1, athlete of any kind that has come out of Diana in a long time and one of the few in years dating back long before the 10 years in this post. McDaniel participated in football, track and powerliftring so he meets the qualification of a multi-sport athlete. He also was starting as a red-shirt freshman at Texas Tech last year as an offensive tackle until he had his leg rolled up on and broke last year in the Nebraska game. Not may athletes in East Texas can say that, much less from New Diana. I know many people thought he had it easy in New Diana, and maybe he did, but his level of collegiate accomplishments are by far over and above that of any other athlete from New Diana.

 

As for the program notbeing what it was back in the Hargett days, it is. Not saying that Hargett was not a good coach. He was and still is. The program at New Diana went down when they had someone inside the coaching staff who penalized kids for playing anything but a certain sport and that took many good athletes out of other sports. As far as I know, the current staff, headed by Coach Adams, encourages athletes to participate in all sports and they assist with and work with each other making this possible.

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Hollis and Westbrook were good baseball players and great young men but I have a hard time with anyone who is a "one-sport specialist" being in contention for the best athlete. They may be the best for their specific sport but an athlete is one who is well-rounded and participates in several sports. I would have to say Terry McDanial would be the best athlete New Diana has produced in the last 10 years. He is the only Division 1, athlete of any kind that has come out of Diana in a long time and one of the few in years dating back long before the 10 years in this post. McDaniel participated in football, track and powerliftring so he meets the qualification of a multi-sport athlete. He also was starting as a red-shirt freshman at Texas Tech last year as an offensive tackle until he had his leg rolled up on and broke last year in the Nebraska game. Not may athletes in East Texas can say that, much less from New Diana. I know many people thought he had it easy in New Diana, and maybe he did, but his level of collegiate accomplishments are by far over and above that of any other athlete from New Diana.

 

As for the program notbeing what it was back in the Hargett days, it is. Not saying that Hargett was not a good coach. He was and still is. The program at New Diana went down when they had someone inside the coaching staff who penalized kids for playing anything but a certain sport and that took many good athletes out of other sports. As far as I know, the current staff, headed by Coach Adams, encourages athletes to participate in all sports and they assist with and work with each other making this possible.

 

 

Your kidding right? He has a ton of size and potential, but he is a very raw football player. The tapes don't lie, thats all Im going to say. He may be at Tech right now, but he was never starting. Whenever he did play mop up duty at Tech, he got man handled. He has the frame to be a good offensive linemen, but he has a lot of work to do. If you think Im just saying this, go watch some tape of him from last year and in high school.

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Your kidding right? He has a ton of size and potential, but he is a very raw football player. The tapes don't lie, thats all Im going to say. He may be at Tech right now, but he was never starting. Whenever he did play mop up duty at Tech, he got man handled. He has the frame to be a good offensive linemen, but he has a lot of work to do. If you think Im just saying this, go watch some tape of him from last year and in high school.

 

 

MeanGreen, you obviously must have slept through last season where McDaniel started several games before becoming injured breaking his tibia and tearing some ligaments in his knee. I watched several games where he was starting. You need to check your facts on that one.

 

"LT Terry McDaniel was starting at left tackle prior to his knee injury and I think he had the potential to hold that position for the remaining three years of his eligibility." This was copied from doubletnation.com and I am attching the link as well.

 

http://www.doubletnation.com/2010/1/5/1234...t-season-awards

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MeanGreen, you obviously must have slept through last season where McDaniel started several games before becoming injured breaking his tibia and tearing some ligaments in his knee. I watched several games where he was starting. You need to check your facts on that one.

 

"LT Terry McDaniel was starting at left tackle prior to his knee injury and I think he had the potential to hold that position for the remaining three years of his eligibility." This was copied from doubletnation.com and I am attching the link as well.

 

http://www.doubletnation.com/2010/1/5/1234...t-season-awards

 

 

Well Im not a Tech Fan, but every game I watched Olson was starting at LT and Mcdaniel only came in for mop up duty. I still don't see him as being the best athlete Diana has had in the past ten years. I played against Diana and they certainly had better athletes than him.

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MeanGreen, you obviously must have slept through last season where McDaniel started several games before becoming injured breaking his tibia and tearing some ligaments in his knee. I watched several games where he was starting. You need to check your facts on that one.

 

"LT Terry McDaniel was starting at left tackle prior to his knee injury and I think he had the potential to hold that position for the remaining three years of his eligibility." This was copied from doubletnation.com and I am attching the link as well.

 

http://www.doubletnation.com/2010/1/5/1234...t-season-awards

SaltyI, you must be outside your mind if you believe that T Mcdaniel is the best athlete to come out of ND even his senior year much less the last 10 years.

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Haha salty is probably Mcdaniel.

 

 

Yea, I think the same thing. He is not even close to some of the other kids that has been at ND the last ten years and he is way behind a bunch of the kids in the late 80's and early to mid 90"s.

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Nope, I'm not McDaniel. I would imagine he has better things to do than get on here and worry about what anyone has to say on here. People used to say he wouldn't get a scholarship and then after he did, they said he wouldn't play. Guess those words must taste pretty good right now.

 

Green, maybe you missed him after he was hurt or only watched one of the first 3 games of the season. He started 4 weeks in a row starting with Houston.

 

Roll, you got any better ideas about a better athlete? Any other ones go D1 in any sports, much less start for a D1 school? Sure ND has had some good athletes but without the accomplishment McDaniel has had at the next level.

 

I will say thought that Derrick Peoples might deserve the honor as best athlete in a while. He didn't have the God-given size that TM has but he made up for it in heart. He was a multisport (football, track, powerlifting and even baseball for a while) athlete and was on scholarship to West Texas A&M as a nose-tackle. He also excelled in the classroom and as a young man there were no better. I'd probably go with him as best all-around athlete.

 

Oh and for the late 80's and early 90's, they aren't in consideration as it was supposed to be in the past 10 years. If we want to go back that far, we can compare those Diana athletes to the athletes that I was a part of at Daingerfield. Too many D-1 players to name and several teammates (T. Everett, E. Everett, D. Whitmore, G.Evans, D. Mims) went pro after going 46-1-1 in 3 years.

 

 

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