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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Do you recall Freddy Adu?"

I do and DC United would probably say it was a waste of time and money. He stunk because he was too small physically and never did anything of any note and borders on bust. I think if the same choice were presented now, Freddy would have been a nice D1 player and the team would have signed the 6 foot 18 year old. They went for potential and got burned. [/quote]

Your recollection is slightly flawed.  I think the bone density scan showed that Freddy was a 24 year old 17 year old.   He came from a third world country to the US and as it turned out, was a grown man.  The example of Freddy is proof to the point of picking the younger player with potential.  [/quote]

My recollection is spot on and says nothing about his age. I wouldn't have wasted the team's money because I would have taken a good look at Mom and Dad to see how big the kid might be. There is a reason it's called exceptions when Messi and Russel Wilson make it as undersized athletes in sports. Most of the better players look like Rabil, Ronaldo and Tom Brady. I'd have the same eye on holdbacks. If a kid is a holdback and is dominant then I want to make sure he's going to continue in that manner down the road.

As for the MadLax 16 year old holdbacks and 15 year old 9 month holdbacks playing in 8th grade, if they are going to top out at 5'10", I'll move on to the next player regardless of age. But I don't want my 13/14 year old child getting crushed by them in the near term. [/quote]

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