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发帖数: 1077 | 1 不是insider，但是还是想转过来。
Kodi Burns，一个失败的QB，但更是一个令人尊敬的球员，一个令人敬佩的典范。球迷
不会忘记他的贡献。看看下面的评论，不管是不是Auburn饭，少有的没有什么trash
talk。不管他以后做什么，希望他有一个光明的前途。
http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/17444/kodi-burns-sacrifice-has-endured
By Chris Low
Just think what Kodi Burns would have missed.
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AP Photo/Dave Martin
Kodi Burns' unselfish switch from QB to receiver has paid off for Auburn
this season.
He has, which only reinforces to him that he made the right decision last
preseason when the Auburn coaches first broached the subject of his moving
from quarterback to receiver.
“It wasn’t an easy decision,” said Burns, who started in seven games at
quarterback during the 2008 season. “There were some other schools who
wanted me to come there and play quarterback, and I could have taken, I
guess, what you would call the easy way out and transferred. But I stuck it
out, and look at me now.
“We’re playing for the SEC championship and hopefully more.”
If you’re into statistics, Burns’ move hasn’t had a profound impact on
the Tigers. The 6-foot-2, 207-pound senior has 10 catches this season
without a touchdown.
But if you’re into team chemistry, sacrificing for the good of the team and
being what they refer to around the Plains as “an Auburn man,” then what
Burns did last preseason, and more importantly, the way he did it, has meant
everything to an Auburn team just one win away from playing for its first
national championship since 1957.
In many ways, Burns has embodied the spirit of this team.
Four different times this season, Auburn has trailed by two touchdowns or
more, including a 24-0 deficit last week at Alabama, but the Tigers have
overcome those deficits each time and found a way to win.
It was the same way for Burns, whose heart was admittedly broken when he was
asked to switch positions. But he wasn’t going to do anything that might
break the team, especially with Gene Chizik and the rest of the staff just
getting started.
So Burns stood up in the locker room, took a deep breath, and told his
teammates that he was willing to do whatever he could to help Auburn win
football games.
If that meant giving up his dream of playing quarterback, so be it.
“I looked everybody in the eye as a man and said, ‘Yes, I’m obviously
hurt, and it’s painful, but you’re not going to see me going around and
stirring it up in the locker room and I hope nobody else in here will,
either,’ ” Burns recounted. “I just emphasized to them that we needed to
stay together as a team.
“It was about winning, about Auburn, about championships, and I think
everybody really bought in. We had a pretty good year last year, and those
same guys who were on that team and heard that speech are on the team this
year.”
Burns has practiced what he’s preached.
In addition to starting all 12 games at receiver this season, he went to the
coaches about being on special teams and became a starter on the kickoff
and punt return teams.
“I’m just trying to help the team win any way I can, and obviously special
teams are important,” said Burns, who has a touchdown run this season and
also threw a touchdown pass to Cam Newton in the Ole Miss game.
“I figure if the younger guys see me, a senior who used to be the
quarterback here, busting it out there, that they’re gong to do the same.”
As this season has progressed for the No. 1 Tigers, nobody has lost sight of
what Burns’ sacrifice has meant.
“That’s one guy who won’t leave here with any regrets,” Chizik said. “
He’s one of those guys that, when you look back at it, is going to be a
success story for a lot of guys after this.”
Perhaps so, but all Burns is focused on right now is doing his part to make
sure the Tigers finish out this season the right way.
“It’s been a bumpy road for me with a lot of ups and downs,” Burns said.
“But I’m proud of the way it’s turned out for all of us. We’ve bounced
back as a program these last two years, and I really believe we’re going to
see this thing out to the end.” |
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