Mavric Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 POB live interview right now. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 He played linebacker on a Pop Warner team that featured two quarterbacks who would gain notoriety well before him. He picked a high school football program that went 0-10 the season before his arrival. And as a 6-foot, 170-pound freshman with aspirations to play quarterback, his resume included no game experience at the position. Meet Patrick O’Brien, the player many might have missed during his early years at San Juan Hills and as an eighth-grader on a star-studded Pop Warner team. “No one knew who I was coming in (to high school),” O’Brien recalled. “I wasn’t a big kind of (prospect).” Link Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 O’Brien grew up participating in several sports, including football, baseball, basketball and swimming. His father, Paul, swam in college and his mother, Anna, played volleyball for the Swedish national team. O’Brien’s favorite sport growing up was baseball. He played on several travel teams, often filling strong-arm positions such as pitcher, catcher and right field. As an eighth-grader, he played linebacker on a Saddleback Valley Wolverines Pop Warner team that featured Tesoro quarterback Devon Modster and Santa Margarita quarterback KJ Costello. It was around that time O’Brien began thinking about switching to quarterback. His neighborhood friend, ex-St. Margaret’s quarterback Josh Davis (now at Lafayette), encouraged him to train with his private passing coach, Steve Calhoun, and O’Brien took the advice. O’Brien said one of the reasons he picked his hometown school of San Juan Hills was the freedom to play football and baseball. He played quarterback for the first time as a freshman and after his first spring of baseball, decided to focus solely on football. Link Quote Link to comment
Thanks_Tom RR Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 OBrien grew up participating in several sports, including football, baseball, basketball and swimming. His father, Paul, swam in college and his mother, Anna, played volleyball for the Swedish national team. OBriens favorite sport growing up was baseball. He played on several travel teams, often filling strong-arm positions such as pitcher, catcher and right field. As an eighth-grader, he played linebacker on a Saddleback Valley Wolverines Pop Warner team that featured Tesoro quarterback Devon Modster and Santa Margarita quarterback KJ Costello. It was around that time OBrien began thinking about switching to quarterback. His neighborhood friend, ex-St. Margarets quarterback Josh Davis (now at Lafayette), encouraged him to train with his private passing coach, Steve Calhoun, and OBrien took the advice. OBrien said one of the reasons he picked his hometown school of San Juan Hills was the freedom to play football and baseball. He played quarterback for the first time as a freshman and after his first spring of baseball, decided to focus solely on football. Link Oh, no. Another big Swedish QB out of California. Well, I guess we are only taking one QB this class. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Another player we feel is deserving of one of the final spots is San Juan Capistrano (Calif.) San Juan Hills’ Patrick O’Brien. The Nebraska commit was strong on Saturday and although he had a couple of throws we know he wanted back in the 7v7 today, he showed, in our eyes, he should be mentioned as one of the nation’s best pure throwers. Scout 2 Quote Link to comment
STL Husker Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I don't get caught up in the competition aspect of the Elite 11. There are alot of players who do well in these situations, but struggle once they get the pads on and have a d-line coming after them. I hope he makes the finals so that he gets another session with some of the top QB coaches in the country. Of course I hope he wins, but getting the extra coaching is the real prize here. 1 Quote Link to comment
TITANIC VS LUSITANIA Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 he gets interviewed around 2:52:10 2 Quote Link to comment
Hammerhead Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I don't get caught up in the competition aspect of the Elite 11. There are alot of players who do well in these situations, but struggle once they get the pads on and have a d-line coming after them. I hope he makes the finals so that he gets another session with some of the top QB coaches in the country. Of course I hope he wins, but getting the extra coaching is the real prize here. It sounds like we already have one of those guys on our roster... Quote Link to comment
Hedley Lamarr Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 POB has an elite arm that no other QB has on our roster Quote Link to comment
Treand3 Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 POB has an elite arm that no other QB has on our roster Either they have the arm strength(Armstrong, Stanton and Bush) or Accuracy(Darlington) Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Thee spots left in the Elite 11 Finals. Two to be announced tonight. The final one on Monday. As an aside, this seems like an incredibly long time to decide the finalists. Technically they are picking 18 out of 30 guys, although 10 or so were already invited before the semi-finals. So they're picking about 8 guys out of 20 who they watched for two straight days and were familiar with before that. But it still takes a week to figure it out. That seems odd to me. Quote Link to comment
Savage Husker Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 He made the cut! Congrats POB! 4 Quote Link to comment
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