Comprehensive, 25-year list of every Husky football player who truly excelled as a true frosh.
Comments
-
The trve Doogs are the people that don't think Peterman will recruit a better qb than Browning in the next three years.
Keanu.jpeg -
If Browning and whomever are tied, redshirt him. If he's clearly better, play him. If not, we're probably talking three starters (technically four) in three years. That's a lot of turnover.
-
Sark. duhTTJ said:
Who am I forgetting? -
I would add Kikaha. He was already excellent by the end of his freshman season.TTJ said:Who am I forgetting?
-
And yet somehow overcame the devastating setback of a redshirt season to become an All-American.The_Undertaker said:
I would add Kikaha. He was already excellent by the end of his freshman season.TTJ said:Who am I forgetting?
-
And why did he redshirt again?TTJ said:
And yet somehow overcame the devastating setback of a redshirt season to become an All-American.The_Undertaker said:
I would add Kikaha. He was already excellent by the end of his freshman season.TTJ said:Who am I forgetting?
-
This.RoadDawg55 said:
And why did he redshirt again?TTJ said:
And yet somehow overcame the devastating setback of a redshirt season to become an All-American.The_Undertaker said:
I would add Kikaha. He was already excellent by the end of his freshman season.TTJ said:Who am I forgetting?
Try to keep up, Bin Laden. -
If the claim is that redshirting somehow impedes a player's development, then success after delayed redshirts disproves it just as readily as success after first-year redshirts does.
When it comes to QBs, there are tons of examples of RS-FR QBs that had prolific success. Including two of the past three Heisman winners. Where are the splashy true frosh QBs?
If redshirting is so harmful, why does any program ever do it? -
I think those guys would have even better as true sophomores.TTJ said:If the claim is that redshirting somehow impedes a player's development, then success after delayed redshirts disproves it just as readily as success after first-year redshirts does.
When it comes to QBs, there are tons of examples of RS-FR QBs that had prolific success. Including two of the past three Heisman winners. Where are the splashy true frosh QBs?
If redshirting is so harmful, why does any program ever do it?
You're not good at this, at all. -
No, it does not disprove anything. A player can improve with a good coach. A player can improve more with a better coach. Redshirting does not retard your growth. A player can improve from the previous year simply by being on the team and red shirting. He will improve more by actually playing.TTJ said:If the claim is that redshirting somehow impedes a player's development, then success after delayed redshirts disproves it just as readily as success after first-year redshirts does.
When it comes to QBs, there are tons of examples of RS-FR QBs that had prolific success. Including two of the past three Heisman winners. Where are the splashy true frosh QBs?
If redshirting is so harmful, why does any program ever do it?
The comparison is not between rs-frosh vs true frosh. It is between rs-frosh and true sophs. You are the only person on this bored that believes Baker and Jones and Dissly would have been equally prepared for 2015 had they red shirted last year vs actually playing last year.
Teams redshirt players because most true frosh are not good enough to earn playing time. Coach James redshirted nearly all of his frosh, yet the majority of his first round picks did not redshirt. Because they were really, really good.
The goal is to get a team that is so deep, few, if any, true frosh can crack the depth chart. And as Coach James showed, in the rare instances where the true frosh are good enough to crack the depth chart, you play them. If Browning emerges from fall camp as the best qb, play him. If Lindquist or ACS is the best, you play them.
