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<blockquote data-quote="slugboy" data-source="post: 910340" data-attributes="member: 282"><p>I posted a couple of articles earlier that you might want to check through. Walk-ons are an important part of every team, and there are walk-ons that get playing time and start at the best schools. Likewise, in the NFL, camp invitees make the team and some end up starting. </p><p></p><p>There are a couple of different groups of walk-ons and of athletes on the team in general. You've got the players offered scholarships out of the gate. These are the players that have the best measurables or the best overall film. Then, there are the preferred walk-ons that get everything the scholarship players do except for the scholarship. Since scholarships are capped at 85, every team needs walk-ons. The preferred walk-ons are pre-slotted to make the team; that's why they're "preferred". They often look really good but there's some doubt or other reason they didn't get the full scholarship. Then you have the regular walk-ons, who show up and practice and have to hit the other players and take the hits of the other players and take their labs and all their other courses without as much support as the scholarship players. If you make it through that, you're a gritty and tough player. </p><p></p><p>Fusile starting says worlds of positive things about him, above and beyond the other players on the team. He had to do more to get where he is. It's the same with William Lay. And it even happens at places like Alabama and Notre Dame where they're pulling in top 10 recruiting classes every year. </p><p></p><p>That the recruits and transfers that we've given a lot of attention haven't panned out says something about how we're evaluating who we give scholarships to, and that's a scouting problem and possibly a coaching problem. But that's about THOSE players and not about the walk-ons. </p><p></p><p>It makes no sense to complain about Fusile starting when he's done more right to get into the starting 5 than the people who didn't. Your complaint shouldn't be with him. </p><p></p><p>For years, I saw Falcons fans complain when a sixth-rounder or a UDFA starts. It's not their fault that they're better than the first-rounder they're starting ahead of--it speaks to their credit. </p><p></p><p>If you have a gripe with the offensive line, what makes more sense is to look at it and see who is making the wrong block, who is getting a low grade, and where that comes from coaching or from a player not learning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slugboy, post: 910340, member: 282"] I posted a couple of articles earlier that you might want to check through. Walk-ons are an important part of every team, and there are walk-ons that get playing time and start at the best schools. Likewise, in the NFL, camp invitees make the team and some end up starting. There are a couple of different groups of walk-ons and of athletes on the team in general. You've got the players offered scholarships out of the gate. These are the players that have the best measurables or the best overall film. Then, there are the preferred walk-ons that get everything the scholarship players do except for the scholarship. Since scholarships are capped at 85, every team needs walk-ons. The preferred walk-ons are pre-slotted to make the team; that's why they're "preferred". They often look really good but there's some doubt or other reason they didn't get the full scholarship. Then you have the regular walk-ons, who show up and practice and have to hit the other players and take the hits of the other players and take their labs and all their other courses without as much support as the scholarship players. If you make it through that, you're a gritty and tough player. Fusile starting says worlds of positive things about him, above and beyond the other players on the team. He had to do more to get where he is. It's the same with William Lay. And it even happens at places like Alabama and Notre Dame where they're pulling in top 10 recruiting classes every year. That the recruits and transfers that we've given a lot of attention haven't panned out says something about how we're evaluating who we give scholarships to, and that's a scouting problem and possibly a coaching problem. But that's about THOSE players and not about the walk-ons. It makes no sense to complain about Fusile starting when he's done more right to get into the starting 5 than the people who didn't. Your complaint shouldn't be with him. For years, I saw Falcons fans complain when a sixth-rounder or a UDFA starts. It's not their fault that they're better than the first-rounder they're starting ahead of--it speaks to their credit. If you have a gripe with the offensive line, what makes more sense is to look at it and see who is making the wrong block, who is getting a low grade, and where that comes from coaching or from a player not learning. [/QUOTE]
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