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The Late Johnie Kirton and the Story of his Senior Season
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At UW I remember fans hating him in 2007 cause he was a slow WR who couldn't catch. Now he's a pro bowl full back. Great player evaluation as always there Ty.Houhusky said:while talking about players who never reached their potential can we talk more about Marcel Reece... the guy is incredibly athletic for his size
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I don't remember anybody "hating" on him. He was just lost in the crowd... and I remember thinking "why isn't this guy a superstar?" I actually predicted to a friend that Reece would be the Pac-10 offensive player of the year for 2007.He_Needs_More_Time said:
At UW I remember fans hating him in 2007 cause he was a slow WR who couldn't catch. Now he's a pro bowl full back. Great player evaluation as always there Ty.Houhusky said:while talking about players who never reached their potential can we talk more about Marcel Reece... the guy is incredibly athletic for his size
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Agree. I don't remember anyone hating on him. He was easily our best WR, but there were fans who wanted more from him, myself included. He was a monster, but he did have average (at best) hands. There is a reason he is a FB/H-Back in the NFL. I'm glad he has carved out a role for himself and became a very good player.DerekJohnson said:
I don't remember anybody "hating" on him. He was just lost in the crowd... and I remember thinking "why isn't this guy a superstar?" I actually predicted to a friend that Reece would be the Pac-10 offensive player of the year for 2007.He_Needs_More_Time said:
At UW I remember fans hating him in 2007 cause he was a slow WR who couldn't catch. Now he's a pro bowl full back. Great player evaluation as always there Ty.Houhusky said:while talking about players who never reached their potential can we talk more about Marcel Reece... the guy is incredibly athletic for his size
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Did he "carve out a role for himself", or was he finally used properly?RoadDawg55 said:
Agree. I don't remember anyone hating on him. He was easily our best WR, but there were fans who wanted more from him, myself included. He was a monster, but he did have average (at best) hands. There is a reason he is a FB/H-Back in the NFL. I'm glad he has carved out a role for himself and became a very good player.DerekJohnson said:
I don't remember anybody "hating" on him. He was just lost in the crowd... and I remember thinking "why isn't this guy a superstar?" I actually predicted to a friend that Reece would be the Pac-10 offensive player of the year for 2007.He_Needs_More_Time said:
At UW I remember fans hating him in 2007 cause he was a slow WR who couldn't catch. Now he's a pro bowl full back. Great player evaluation as always there Ty.Houhusky said:while talking about players who never reached their potential can we talk more about Marcel Reece... the guy is incredibly athletic for his size
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That prediction was obviously a swing for the fences prediction. I mean how many times does a WR win offensive player of the year? Let alone on a team who at best was finishing 4th or 5th. I mean that was when USC was going through their run plus Oregon was decent as was Cal. ASU in 2007 just got Erickson so everyone expected them to be good as well.DerekJohnson said:I actually predicted to a friend that Reece would be the Pac-10 offensive player of the year for 2007.
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DerekJohnson said:
Did he "carve out a role for himself", or was he finally used properly?RoadDawg55 said:
Agree. I don't remember anyone hating on him. He was easily our best WR, but there were fans who wanted more from him, myself included. He was a monster, but he did have average (at best) hands. There is a reason he is a FB/H-Back in the NFL. I'm glad he has carved out a role for himself and became a very good player.DerekJohnson said:
I don't remember anybody "hating" on him. He was just lost in the crowd... and I remember thinking "why isn't this guy a superstar?" I actually predicted to a friend that Reece would be the Pac-10 offensive player of the year for 2007.He_Needs_More_Time said:
At UW I remember fans hating him in 2007 cause he was a slow WR who couldn't catch. Now he's a pro bowl full back. Great player evaluation as always there Ty.Houhusky said:while talking about players who never reached their potential can we talk more about Marcel Reece... the guy is incredibly athletic for his size
Good point. I would lean more to the finally used properly side.
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He was UW's best WR for two seasons. You really think he would have made a bigger impact at FB/HB?DerekJohnson said:
Did he "carve out a role for himself", or was he finally used properly?RoadDawg55 said:
Agree. I don't remember anyone hating on him. He was easily our best WR, but there were fans who wanted more from him, myself included. He was a monster, but he did have average (at best) hands. There is a reason he is a FB/H-Back in the NFL. I'm glad he has carved out a role for himself and became a very good player.DerekJohnson said:
I don't remember anybody "hating" on him. He was just lost in the crowd... and I remember thinking "why isn't this guy a superstar?" I actually predicted to a friend that Reece would be the Pac-10 offensive player of the year for 2007.He_Needs_More_Time said:
At UW I remember fans hating him in 2007 cause he was a slow WR who couldn't catch. Now he's a pro bowl full back. Great player evaluation as always there Ty.Houhusky said:while talking about players who never reached their potential can we talk more about Marcel Reece... the guy is incredibly athletic for his size
In a vacuum, sure, he's clearly better suited for that role. But UW had a serious lack of playmakers back then. Ty was an idiot but playing Reese at WR was not one of his bad decisions, IMO.
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I never said playing him at WR was a problem. But allowing him to be woefully out of shape from our inadequate training program combined with incredibly inept assistant coaches teaching him the position led to him being not maximizing his potential to say the least.HillsboroDuck said:
He was UW's best WR for two seasons. You really think he would have made a bigger impact at FB/HB?DerekJohnson said:
Did he "carve out a role for himself", or was he finally used properly?RoadDawg55 said:
Agree. I don't remember anyone hating on him. He was easily our best WR, but there were fans who wanted more from him, myself included. He was a monster, but he did have average (at best) hands. There is a reason he is a FB/H-Back in the NFL. I'm glad he has carved out a role for himself and became a very good player.DerekJohnson said:
I don't remember anybody "hating" on him. He was just lost in the crowd... and I remember thinking "why isn't this guy a superstar?" I actually predicted to a friend that Reece would be the Pac-10 offensive player of the year for 2007.He_Needs_More_Time said:
At UW I remember fans hating him in 2007 cause he was a slow WR who couldn't catch. Now he's a pro bowl full back. Great player evaluation as always there Ty.Houhusky said:while talking about players who never reached their potential can we talk more about Marcel Reece... the guy is incredibly athletic for his size
In a vacuum, sure, he's clearly better suited for that role. But UW had a serious lack of playmakers back then. Ty was an idiot but playing Reese at WR was not one of his bad decisions, IMO. -
Over the past 10-12 years, poor training and coaching have led to a great number of Huskies not maximizing their potential. These things were just glaringly bad under Tyrone. What that jackass did to the program and many individual players is downright shameful, as was Emmert's inaction. Emmert could have spared them from this, but he lacked (and continues to lack) the courage to do the right thing. Very sad era.
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In that case, certainly.DerekJohnson said:
I never said playing him at WR was a problem. But allowing him to be woefully out of shape from our inadequate training program combined with incredibly inept assistant coaches teaching him the position led to him being not maximizing his potential to say the least.HillsboroDuck said:
He was UW's best WR for two seasons. You really think he would have made a bigger impact at FB/HB?DerekJohnson said:
Did he "carve out a role for himself", or was he finally used properly?RoadDawg55 said:
Agree. I don't remember anyone hating on him. He was easily our best WR, but there were fans who wanted more from him, myself included. He was a monster, but he did have average (at best) hands. There is a reason he is a FB/H-Back in the NFL. I'm glad he has carved out a role for himself and became a very good player.DerekJohnson said:
I don't remember anybody "hating" on him. He was just lost in the crowd... and I remember thinking "why isn't this guy a superstar?" I actually predicted to a friend that Reece would be the Pac-10 offensive player of the year for 2007.He_Needs_More_Time said:
At UW I remember fans hating him in 2007 cause he was a slow WR who couldn't catch. Now he's a pro bowl full back. Great player evaluation as always there Ty.Houhusky said:while talking about players who never reached their potential can we talk more about Marcel Reece... the guy is incredibly athletic for his size
In a vacuum, sure, he's clearly better suited for that role. But UW had a serious lack of playmakers back then. Ty was an idiot but playing Reese at WR was not one of his bad decisions, IMO.
Ty lacked bullets on the sideline and in his brain, not so much on the roster.
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