[NU Sports] The Deadly McManis

[Brian H. Winkler]

Living in Peoria, I had heard about McManis as a local talent so it was 
great to see him sign with the Cats. 

I suspect his injuries early in his high school career kept him off the 
radar screen.  He went to the same school as the Sutter LBs and Rick 
Telander

Here's a nice article on him prior to his college decision:

http://www.pjstar.com/sports/allstars/football/2005/ALL_B8BVV4JH.077.shtml





"Jeff Beamsley" <jeffb at hilgraeve.com> 
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Who recruited this kid?  It couldn't have been that lame ineffective DB
coach could it? <g>

How was he able to recruit someone like this to a school that supposedly
wasn't attractive to the sort of athletes that are needed for that 
position
(or however the argument that appeared on this list a while ago was 
supposed
to go)?

Now we have another of perhaps equal skills waiting in the wings?

I'm telling you folks, Fitz understands that defenses win titles and we 
are
going to see the end of the era of weak "bend don't break" defensive
philosophy at NU. 

If we are going to have an attacking defense that can put pressure on the 
QB
(what a concept), we have to have strong DB's that can cover 1 on 1.

OSU won't have Troy next year.  Henne is gone from UoM the year after 
that.
The two major road blocks for NU to win the BT are going to be breaking in
young QB's over the next two years and we're building an aggressive 
defense
that can stuff the run and put pressure on the QB. 

I like it!

Jeff 

-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Roy Lamberton
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 8:03 AM
To: 'Dennis W. Brandt'; nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] The Deadly McManis

I would suggest that at least one of our commits, Mabin, has similar
characteristics to McManis...

And so does the kid from Evanston.

Fast and Aggressive makes a good CB 

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Dennis W. Brandt
> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 7:15 AM
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: [NU Sports] The Deadly McManis
> 
> 
> There have been some comparisons of McManis to Ismaeli. 
> Ismaeli's only
> really great year was '95 when Barnett put him in an experienced 
> secondary and assigned him the duty of creating havoc all over the 
> field.  He was a wild card that had to have concerned opponents.  Once 
> ensconced at cornerback, though, his effectiveness diminished because 
> he wasn't a great cover man, exhibited by the fact that he never had 
> an NFL career.  McManis is already the best NU cornerback I can 
> recall.  He made some NFL-caliber cover plays yesterday against a 
> quality receiving corps.  We need more players like Sherrick McManis.
> 
> Does he play basketball?
> 
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