I Guess Chizik Couldn't Recruiting Linebackers

[bfross]

When a player RS FR is beat out by a RS JR walk-on that has yet to letter and a player that has yet to practice at ISU, and has lost 20 lbs since arriving on campus, it is fair to say he appears like he could be a miss imo.

Yeah, because every redshirt freshman scholly player an upper classman walk-on beat out were busts? :huh:

I don't think it is fair to call any player coming off their redshirt year a bust. Again, this isn't basketball. Ideally, we have players ready to be in the two deeps by the time they are in their Jr year. That is how you build consistency.

I thought I read that Hamlin had a staff infection that led to his weight loss. If that was the case, the weight loss hardly seems like any fault of his own.

 

[swarthmoreCY]

Yeah, because every redshirt freshman scholly player an upper classman walk-on beat out were busts? :huh:

I don't think it is fair to call any player coming off their redshirt year a bust. Again, this isn't basketball. Ideally, we have players ready to be in the two deeps by the time they are in their Jr year. That is how you build consistency.

I thought I read that Hamlin had a staff infection that led to his weight loss. If that was the case, the weight loss hardly seems like any fault of his own.

I am not trying to be fair. I do not see Hamlin contributing.
It was McDonough who had the staff infection.

 

[isu200023]

Are you saying that the LB spot is more vital to the defense than the DL? No way am I going down that road.

No kidding. Most knowlegable people contend it starts up front. While they may have been good w/ the likes of Roth, Babineaux, etc in front of them, Hodge and Greenway had troubles when the line was gone. Sorry for the Hawk analogy. A good d-line allows LB'ers to run free to the ball and helps cover up inefficiencies in the secondary. Same goes for the offense. It's fact.

 

[PGreen ISU '92]

With the spread offenses in this league we should be playing with 2 DTs, 2 DEs, and 7 DBs.