Agreed. No reason to root against a guy still on his rookie contract (i.e., cheap) who's careeer has been derailed by injuries (ie., bad break).
Although some of these responses do provide good fodder for the ignore pool...
As are you, if you think Buddy had insight into every draft eligible player, including Troup.
Area scouts are responsible for putting together reports on players in their territories. Since Buddy's focus/expertise is on the SEC, what makes you think he had input on a kid from Conference USA?