Did you see Winston’s post-game interview? He said that the game could’ve gone either way several times. Actually he said could’ve “went” but I digress. Many times he said that they beat themselves. That if people were really honest about it, really honest, that FSU beat themselves. Oregon had nothing to do with their loss. He had not one ounce of respect for the team that manhandled his team by 39 points. What an arrogant jackass. So the hate towards Winston? It’s a factor of so many times, this guy acts like an entitled jerk. If you don’t give him what he wants, he’ll try to take it from you anyway.
I think most of his statements were accurate. He did need to give Oregon more credit, but it was a close game until the two fumbles. His now famous fumble was on 4th down with everything on the line, and the play was a disaster. That game was a blowout only in the last quarter and a half as things just plain imploded for FSU. I am not an FSU fan, but I’ve generally be supportive of them the past two seasons, and that was a game that probably would have been nail biting at the end if not for the FSU mistakes. I think Oregon had the edge, but FSU has won a lot of games when the opposition had the lead in that same situation in the 3rd quarter.
I think FSU as a whole handled the last quarter horribly, giving up and looking foolish once it was lost. Most of the team also showed poor sportsmanship walking to the locker room at the end. Winston was one of the few to go out and congratulate the Ducks. The guy is raw, but so are 2/3s of the players out there at age 20 or less. He has much room for improvement in temperament and maturity. His skillset is unreal, though, if the other stuff doesn’t get in the way. As I mentioned, I’d love to see him take the offseason to refocus and mature and put together one more year at FSU. I think it would do him much good in the big picture.
The NFL scouts will likely see differently, and he’ll go for the top 5 draft position. I’ll say the happiest people if he goes pro now will be the other ACC teams and other opposition for 2015. FSU will not likely be better when he’s gone.