'25 Northwestern Transfer OL Josh Thompson

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Blake25p said:
Everyone that’s not projecting Sanders starting at RT are wrong (with all due respect).
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I dont see the staff starting a true freshman unless they absolutely have to (boo carter). We could have ryan williams, trey smith, and jeremiah Smith all as freshmen and not a single one of them would start unless we are that bad off injury wise.

Ftr, I hate that too, MM should’ve been starting or at least getting more looks this year
 
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utvolmaniac said:
LT - Heard
LG - Karic
C - Moe
RG - Thompson
LT - Someone out of the portal.

Not saying this is what I want. Just trying to placate those portal people. Every one on this list would have come from the portal.

The problem as I see it, we did not do a lot of developing those younger guys on the roster: Satterwhite, Jeremias Heard, Lang (in portal), Warren, Bussell, Reddick, Anderson, Duncan, Grant, J Perry, Johnson, Ginther, and Umarov…not withstanding those with injuries. We, the fans, do not know if any of them can consistently get the job done. Caveat: Many players need a couple years to sit and learn (and practice).

It’s hard to recruit the 4-5* HS OL if we have a history of sitting them on the bench. In today’s world, top tier recruits who don’t play and/or get developed end up in the portal themselves.
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You just said we didn’t develop 6 guys who are true freshmen.

They’re true freshmen.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
You just said we didn’t develop 6 guys who are true freshmen.

They’re true freshmen.
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And David Sanders will be a true freshman next year.

Jeremiah Smith, Ryan Williams, and Ryan Wingo were all true freshmen albeit WRs and not OL.

Regardless, you missed the point. Recruit and develop. The portal is not always the answer.
 
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utvolmaniac said:
And David Sanders will be a true freshman next year.

Jeremiah Smith, Ryan Williams, and Ryan Wingo were all true freshmen albeit WRs and not OL.

Regardless, you missed the point. Recruit and develop. The portal is not always the answer.
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But when you come up short in recruiting and develop, the portal is the answer.

We’ve definitely come up short in the OL department so far. Maybe it’ll change.
We’ll see
 
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utvolmaniac said:
And David Sanders will be a true freshman next year.

Jeremiah Smith, Ryan Williams, and Ryan Wingo were all true freshmen albeit WRs and not OL.

Regardless, you missed the point. Recruit and develop. The portal is not always the answer.
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And my point was, you can’t judge how well a player has been developed until you’ve had time to develop him. Let’s see what those freshmen look like next year.

Naming off true freshmen who come in and play right away doesn’t show that the school developed them. That shows that they were already that good when they arrived. Development isn’t a light switch.
 
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VolsAgainstTheWorld15 said:
Figuratively speaking, he is absolutely the equivalent of our first round draft pick given the financial investment it took to get him here and the hype surrounding him. He’s gotta contribute early. Plain and simple.
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In reality speaking you don’t pencil a freshman in starting on the Oline vs SEC competition. He might be ready. I hope he is but we need a plan if he isn’t ready to play year one.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
And my point was, you can’t judge how well a player has been developed until you’ve had time to develop him. Let’s see what those freshmen look like next year.

Naming off true freshmen who come in and play right away doesn’t show that the school developed them. That shows that they were already that good when they arrived. Development isn’t a light switch.
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We got some younger posters lately or people that just don’t understand football. Guys out of high school are better than they used to be as far as nutrition, prep and strength and conditioning. I’m with you though most true freshmen aren’t going to be plug and play year one game one.

Just don’t understand the mindset that people are saying we have to play him year one.
 
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KPT_VFL said:
Kids transfer free all the time for dumber reasons.
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Everything is black and white, there’s no gray area right? If he isn’t starting he’s probably transferring…..

Maybe he doesn’t start but gets lots of reps and playing experience and is in line to start in 26?

Maybe he isn’t as impatient as you?

Maybe he realizes he wasn’t ready to start so he isn’t upset about it?

Maybe he starts because he is the best we have for the position at the time?

Maybe he starts and is dominant? Or mediocre? Or makes a lot of freshman mistakes?



There are so many possibilities between day one starter and transfers out because he wasn’t day one starter.
 
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DaddyChad said:
We got some younger posters lately or people that just don’t understand football. Guys out of high school are better than they used to be as far as nutrition, prep and strength and conditioning. I’m with you though most true freshmen aren’t going to be plug and play year one game one.

Just don’t understand the mindset that people are saying we have to play him year one.
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Right. This stuff isn’t as clear cut as a lot of people try to make it out to be. There are so many variables involved that we don’t know anything about, regarding development of young guys.

I will say this, if some ( a lot) of these 24-25 class guys aren’t starting and/or contributing in a major way next year and especially in 26, there would be no more denying a huge problem at OL coach
 
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