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<blockquote data-quote="vamosjackets" data-source="post: 241074" data-attributes="member: 216"><p>I have no problem with starting Chase Alford. I don't care who's older/younger, I don't care who's on scholarship. I don't even care who's bigger/faster. I care about who makes our defense better! I care about who is going to be the most productive out there play after play. I care about who is going to make every play they should make and isn't going to give up a back breaking run because they weren't in the right place. </p><p></p><p>I remember how many were saying how in trouble we were at AB when this slow, short-as-heck walkon was getting the start vs VT in the opening game. "Oh, it must be because he's the best blocker and CPJ is just trying to get the message to the other guys how important blocking is." Nope, turns out, he was just stinkin' better than the rest of 'em ... and, later we found out, better than most of the ACC. </p><p></p><p>What it means to me is that Chase beat him out. That means that Chase is better than Brant by some metric a coach can observe ... which means we should have better MLB play than we had last year when Brant was in there. And, heck we should have that anyway whether it's Chase or Brant in there because Brant should be better as well. </p><p></p><p>There have been plenty of walkons at plenty of schools who turned out to be the best player at a certain position, and plenty who have gone on to be very good players nationally. LB is a position that is more likely than some others because it doesn't require 4.4 speed (which is easy to see in recruiting) and it doesn't require a 300 lb body (which is easy to see in recruiting) - A larger portion of the population fits the size range for a LB. If you were 185lb guy in high school who could run around making plays but had no shot at getting a scholarship offer because you were a 185lb guy playing LB, then what do you do? If you really were a good football player, you walk on somewhere. And, then you get up to 205 just because you are a dude in college ... and then you get up to 225 because you're a beast in the weight room, and drop a couple tenths off your 40 ... It's not a highly unlikely event that you actually turn out to be a better, more productive player than the other guys who were recruited at the position simply because they had the size (which you now have too). The main reasons it doesn't happen more often is because a lot of times those guys either just choose not to walk on somewhere and just pursue other opportunities or because they choose to go to a smaller division. Another reason is that for a walkon to actually beat out a starter, they have to not just be as good, they have to be undeniably better ... for 2 reasons: one, you already have that guy for free and if he's starting he now is going to cost you a scholarship, and two, if a scholarship player messes up then the player looks like he needs to improve and the coach looks like he needs to develop him more but if a walkon is in there and messes up the coach looks like a fool for even having him in there in the first place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vamosjackets, post: 241074, member: 216"] I have no problem with starting Chase Alford. I don't care who's older/younger, I don't care who's on scholarship. I don't even care who's bigger/faster. I care about who makes our defense better! I care about who is going to be the most productive out there play after play. I care about who is going to make every play they should make and isn't going to give up a back breaking run because they weren't in the right place. I remember how many were saying how in trouble we were at AB when this slow, short-as-heck walkon was getting the start vs VT in the opening game. "Oh, it must be because he's the best blocker and CPJ is just trying to get the message to the other guys how important blocking is." Nope, turns out, he was just stinkin' better than the rest of 'em ... and, later we found out, better than most of the ACC. What it means to me is that Chase beat him out. That means that Chase is better than Brant by some metric a coach can observe ... which means we should have better MLB play than we had last year when Brant was in there. And, heck we should have that anyway whether it's Chase or Brant in there because Brant should be better as well. There have been plenty of walkons at plenty of schools who turned out to be the best player at a certain position, and plenty who have gone on to be very good players nationally. LB is a position that is more likely than some others because it doesn't require 4.4 speed (which is easy to see in recruiting) and it doesn't require a 300 lb body (which is easy to see in recruiting) - A larger portion of the population fits the size range for a LB. If you were 185lb guy in high school who could run around making plays but had no shot at getting a scholarship offer because you were a 185lb guy playing LB, then what do you do? If you really were a good football player, you walk on somewhere. And, then you get up to 205 just because you are a dude in college ... and then you get up to 225 because you're a beast in the weight room, and drop a couple tenths off your 40 ... It's not a highly unlikely event that you actually turn out to be a better, more productive player than the other guys who were recruited at the position simply because they had the size (which you now have too). The main reasons it doesn't happen more often is because a lot of times those guys either just choose not to walk on somewhere and just pursue other opportunities or because they choose to go to a smaller division. Another reason is that for a walkon to actually beat out a starter, they have to not just be as good, they have to be undeniably better ... for 2 reasons: one, you already have that guy for free and if he's starting he now is going to cost you a scholarship, and two, if a scholarship player messes up then the player looks like he needs to improve and the coach looks like he needs to develop him more but if a walkon is in there and messes up the coach looks like a fool for even having him in there in the first place. [/QUOTE]
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