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And this is why we find ourselves in the position that we are in. We run our team like a Union. And it is shit.
This is a great article from Ivan Maisel. [ame="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=maisel_ivan&id=5574969"]Marcus Lattimore, Denard Robinson just part of youth movement - ESPN[/ame]
Wish we could figure this out.
This is a great article from Ivan Maisel. [ame="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=maisel_ivan&id=5574969"]Marcus Lattimore, Denard Robinson just part of youth movement - ESPN[/ame]
Today's young players aren't without problems unique to their youth. They still have to adjust to the every-single-day demands of academia. They still must deal with homesickness and learn the boundaries of their new freedoms. Upperclassmen who have paid their dues might not always cotton to newly arrived competition.
Too bad. Grobe, once a redshirter by default, believes the tie goes to the freshman.
"If an older guy is not mentally better, the young guys are going to play for four years," Grobe said. "He's going to get better and better and better. We have to challenge the older players all the time. The older guy being pushed is good. He raises his level. … As long as you're fair, and the team realizes you've got a best-players-play mentality, your team is not going to have any problem with it."
The only caveat with the young guys, Rodriguez said, is that "you just don't want to play them before they are ready and have them have a bad experience."
That seems less likely than ever.
Too bad. Grobe, once a redshirter by default, believes the tie goes to the freshman.
"If an older guy is not mentally better, the young guys are going to play for four years," Grobe said. "He's going to get better and better and better. We have to challenge the older players all the time. The older guy being pushed is good. He raises his level. … As long as you're fair, and the team realizes you've got a best-players-play mentality, your team is not going to have any problem with it."
The only caveat with the young guys, Rodriguez said, is that "you just don't want to play them before they are ready and have them have a bad experience."
That seems less likely than ever.
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