JDUB wrote:dox, just cause the coach thinks the kid is talented doesn't mean the coach is gonna start him. it means he has POTENTIAL. and players with potential get red shirted so they can better fulfill that potential.
Brock didn't have a perfect year last year, but like it was previously mentioned, it isn't all his fault. all he can do is throw it, someone else has to catch it. Oh, and by the way, that person cant catch it if he is a toothpick and gets crippled at the line of scrimmage by a DB. so much for your man summers.
I have also watched practice, and we will be fine with the receivers we have. I'm not sure who your sources are, but i think you must be mis-interpreting what they are saying.
I don't worry about a player's stature in the sense that it applies to a player like Summers.
A couple of decades ago UVA turned their football program around with a 6-6 "toothpick" reciever, named Herman Moore. I'm more concerned about whether he can run and catch, especially jump balls in the red zone. I understand that Summers is also gifted with deceptive speed and quickness. So, please, forgive me, for being "too anxious" to see him on the field this year under real game conditions.
Personally, I have nothing against a year of conditioning, and I'm sure that it will only add to his game in the end.
Also, I have nothing against going with two seniors this year, if that puts us in the best position to win, then that's what we should do.
I want to clear one thing up, I'm not trying to start a Brock-Controversay on this thread. I was just thinking out load when I suggested that Summers and someone like Mike Brown could could concievably build a great deal on chemistry practicing together as redshirts. It would be a nice back-up plan for the future, even if Brock does well this year and next year. Brown to Summers may have to wait until '09---unless Brock falls apart this year. Ideally, I'm pulling for Brock Smith to have a real break-out season in '07 and lead this team to 9 wins and the playoffs.
Lastly, JC, you're right most of the time, and your as relaible as anyone on this board.
You convinced me that I was incorrect about Summers playing this year. The only big area that we seem to disagree on is where he'd be on the depth chart, if redshirts didn't exist. If Rocco's already decided to shirt him, then I doubt that we'd see the competitor/fighter side of Summers in practice this summer. I guess, we'll have to wait a year or so to find out.
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from the equipment manager or somebody. But if somebody got something from Rocco himself, they wouldn't want to say that. Or else they may never hear anything again. You just have to know not to believe everything you read on here.
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