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Nice review of our current offensive line
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<blockquote data-quote="jacketup" data-source="post: 877538" data-attributes="member: 630"><p>Because you don't understand college football or recruiting.</p><p>The prior staff had 2 OL commits, neither of which was suitable for a balanced run/pass offense. Collins wisely decided to not waste 'ships on them. </p><p></p><p>It takes time to build relationships in recruiting. With the December signing date, most of the quality players are off the board by the time a new coach takes over. So the first year was lost, as it would be for any coach taking over this program. But you admit that you don't understand that.</p><p></p><p>So going into last year we had the 20 and 21 classes to try to build an offensive line, which should occupy about 15 of the 85 'ships. Impossible to do that. The prior guys were recruited for the option. That's no one's fault--it is what it is. Further, very few HS recruits have the physical maturity or understand the complexity of college offenses and defenses to be ready to play. Generally, they need 3 years in the program. OL are almost always redshirted for a reason. But you don't understand that either.</p><p></p><p>The staff has done a decent job of plugging holes with the portal. However, getting depth from the portal is not an easy task. No grad transfer is going to come in and ride the bench. But you don't understand that, or the injuries the OL suffered last year, either.</p><p></p><p>The only bone I have to pick is Key's lack of understanding of the depth situation. Some of the OL injuries were from practice. Key's comment was that they needed to go hard in practice to learn. What value is an "educated" but injured OL? Friedgen eased up on the OL after the season started, because we've never had great OL depth.</p><p></p><p>Your comment that "Collins chose to recruit no OL" is wrong on many levels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jacketup, post: 877538, member: 630"] Because you don't understand college football or recruiting. The prior staff had 2 OL commits, neither of which was suitable for a balanced run/pass offense. Collins wisely decided to not waste 'ships on them. It takes time to build relationships in recruiting. With the December signing date, most of the quality players are off the board by the time a new coach takes over. So the first year was lost, as it would be for any coach taking over this program. But you admit that you don't understand that. So going into last year we had the 20 and 21 classes to try to build an offensive line, which should occupy about 15 of the 85 'ships. Impossible to do that. The prior guys were recruited for the option. That's no one's fault--it is what it is. Further, very few HS recruits have the physical maturity or understand the complexity of college offenses and defenses to be ready to play. Generally, they need 3 years in the program. OL are almost always redshirted for a reason. But you don't understand that either. The staff has done a decent job of plugging holes with the portal. However, getting depth from the portal is not an easy task. No grad transfer is going to come in and ride the bench. But you don't understand that, or the injuries the OL suffered last year, either. The only bone I have to pick is Key's lack of understanding of the depth situation. Some of the OL injuries were from practice. Key's comment was that they needed to go hard in practice to learn. What value is an "educated" but injured OL? Friedgen eased up on the OL after the season started, because we've never had great OL depth. Your comment that "Collins chose to recruit no OL" is wrong on many levels. [/QUOTE]
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