Horton On Fleming: "I Need Him To Grow Up"

stchamp98 · Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Posts: 52953 Location: Havre, Montana

Rookie cornerback Jamell Fleming, however, is apparently in a totally different place. The third-round pick was a healthy scratch last week, and Horton said after Fleming was excellent early in the season (most notably in New England) his play fell off and thus, so did his playing time.

“I need him to grow-up, mature and be professional and in my opinion he’s not at that point yet,” Horton said bluntly. “He came in and was very productive, very productive in the New England game. I think he had a sense of lull or complacency. I talked to him about that. I think he probably thought, ‘There is nothing to this league, I don’t have to prepare, I don’t have to study, I don’t have to challenge myself.’ And you really do, every day, or you get run by.”

Fleming said his reaction was just to do what Horton said

http://blog.azcardinals.com/2012/12/14/horton-doesnt-want-to-forget-seattle-and-flemings-struggle/

Talk about an eye opener. Thoughts on this revelation guys?
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JohnnyV · Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Posts: 2205 Location: Chicago, Illinois

younggun1273 · Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Posts: 7145 Location: Tempe

Ugggggghhhhhh....

"Fleming said his reaction was just to do what Horton said. Asked if he too thought he had become complacent, Fleming said “You could say that. I don’t know if I would say that myself, but something like that.”

That is disappointing to hear. The opposite of this is Bobbie Massie who was complacent at the beginning of the season, but after getting worked over in his first few games saw the need to actually prepare and study his opponent and is now doing better. That is what we need Fleming to do, especially since he has the ability to a legitimate starter for us.
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Justo on the sig

Yibbyl · Joined: 21 Apr 2011 Posts: 2177 Location: Redding, CA

I was afraid of this. Doesn't really sound like he is taking responsibility for this, yet. He's young and can certainly take this and make it into something very positive. Being taken under PP's wing certainly couldn't hurt.
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HighMotorGuy · Joined: 17 Sep 2012 Posts: 500

This sounds like a future head coach

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