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I heard that earlier this year, and it's a crazy number. It's a testament to how good that coaching staff is.
 
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Doc said:
I heard that earlier this year, and it's a crazy number. It's a testament to how good that coaching staff is.
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It's more than that. It's player development and a commitment to solid fundamentals and execution. Plus the wizard knows game planning and in-game adjustments. Win the turnover battle. Dictate tempo. Capitalize on your opponents' mistakes. All the little things that are non-existent @ ISU.
 
I'm not sure what it says other than Snyder does it differently. That number astonished even me, and I'm pretty close to the program. We'll see how it works in FW Saturday night.
 
CYCLNST8 said:
It's more than that. It's player development and a commitment to solid fundamentals and execution. Plus the wizard knows game planning and in-game adjustments. Win the turnover battle. Dictate tempo. Capitalize on your opponents' mistakes. All the little things that are non-existent @ ISU.
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And without these little things, a program can never become more than mediocre. So actually, these are kind of monumental things.
 
It is beyond development. It is a great job of identifying guys that were not offered that can develop into players. You have to have some level of athletic ability to play D-1 football. ISU has had a handful of walkons that have contributed, but nothing like this. It is also an amazing selling job by the KSU staff. Clearly they put a lot more effort into the walkon program than most schools, and a school that converts walkons into scholarship guys at this high rate is also going to attract better quality walkons.
 
I so want to hate old man time BUT how can you not stare in amazement of what he is able to do at K-State.

Not just what he has done but what he is able to maintain.
 
The_Architect said:
Unbelievable. Been saying this for years, nobody identifies and develops talent better than Snyder.
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This stat absolutely underscores his ability to develop talent but I think it's not a great look for his ability to judge recruits when half his roster is made up of people he didn't feel deserved a scholarship. In order to have that many walkons/former walkons on the team, there must have been quite a few misses on actual scholarship players.
 
Wesley said:
Probably the best staff in the B12.
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I suspect you've hit on something here that goes unnoticed elsewhere because Snyder is such a huge national personality. He has a great staff willing to put up with his demanding way. His line coach, one of the best in the business, told him last year that either he gets more family time or he was leaving K-State. The Stoops brothers have openly commented about Snyder's time commitment, Bobby in a disparaging way.
 
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Wesley said:
Probably the best staff in the B12.
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I would not disagree with that. Snyder really puts a lot of demands on his staff, and he has lost some coaches due to this, but at this point in time, I think most of them are aware of the way things work under Snyder.

One thing is for sure, KSU would never have a complete bone headed play like the unfielded KO ISU had against OSU, or the breakdown on kick covering following it. They just don't seem to have the WTF moments other teams do. I think that staff continuity really help them put together a consistent product.
 
Clark said:
This stat absolutely underscores his ability to develop talent but I think it's not a great look for his ability to judge recruits when half his roster is made up of people he didn't feel deserved a scholarship. In order to have that many walkons/former walkons on the team, there must have been quite a few misses on actual scholarship players.
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That...

Or... the walk-ons don't have a plethora of bad habits from high school football. The walk-ons are trying "harder" because they want a scholarship. They fight for every minute they can get because they now the Wizard will give them a fair shake. Just because someone is a walk-on doesn't make them any less talented than a scholly player out of high-school. The scholly player was just lucky enough to get noticed in high school.
 
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