How is Willie doing with his game preparation?
"He's doing great. He really is doing good," and Shannon, who all you blog followers should know is a straight shooter. "That's why you see him come into games in the first and second quarter making plays. We just go into a rotation and try to get everybody a certain amount of plays, then we rotate [to the second string, which Willie is amongst as a weakside linebacker, playing behind Beason], a certain amount of plays, then we rotate. But when people start doing all that nickel stuff then now his reps have just gotten cut. But it's not like Willie ain't doing his job. That's just how it is."
Now, to sum it up for you, is Willie a bust? Certainly not. Coker's already told you he's ahead of where D.J. Williams was at this stage of his career [he's referring to first season of playing, not second year in the program considering D.J. was the starting linebacker UM's national championship team his second season].
