Chronicle sports columnist John McClain makes the following rather odd observations at the outset of his column today on the quality of the Texans’ picks in the just-completed NFL draft of college football players:
“First of all, let’s reiterate that our first two choices were Vince Young and Bush, but that being said, it’s clear to anyone who knows anything about the NFL that the Texans had a terrific draft on paper.”
McClain then follows that prediction with the following observation:
“No one can accurately judge this draft until several years down the road, and anyone who pretends he can is a charlatan.”
McClain then proceeds to pretend to judge the Texans’ draft.
It’s even better than that, Tom.
A few days ago, McClain GRADED the draft!
I guess that’s the work of a charlatan, eh?
But why be consistent when your name is McClain or Justice and you work at the Houston Hearst daily? 😉
I’m sure if you asked Mr. McClain to explain himself, he would try to say that he only GRADED the PAPER POTENTIAL of the draft picks, he did not PRE-JUDGE their ACTUAL SUCCESS.
The parsing of words has now reached the sports world.
McClain is great person, very nice in person. In fact, I would call him extraordinarily kind, which is kinda rare to find in these times.