On the show this morning ya'll talked about Dak and his stats suffering or not this season...Here is a point that I wish ya'll would have talked about.
Not that it ended up making a difference, but if you remember we heard the rumors going into the NFL draft about McKinney and not having productive numbers, etc. Of course they weren't taking into account the 1A and 1B's.
I know Dan is a team first coach, but how does he balance Dak getting the numbers he needs to make a legit run at the Heisman vs. getting the work needed to the back ups where they get enough experience to feel comfortable going into next season?
I know numbers alone don't win a Heisman, but they do go a long way with some voters. At the end of November and ESPN displays the top four guys and puts their numbers side by side, it's human nature to compare those and rank them one through four. And we all know a lot of these numbers are garnered against the lesser competition on the schedule, in our case USM, Northwestern St, Troy and La. Tech.
On one hand you want Dak to get all the numbers he can to 1) make a run at the Heisman and 2) show future QB recruits that you will get a chance to get the numbers needed to make a run. I can see our competition using this against us in recruiting if we don't give Dak the chance to run up some numbers against lesser competition.
A friend and I were talking yesterday about Robinson wanting to get the three yards against Kentucky last year and Dan not letting him get another carry. We agreed if that had been Georgia, they would have run their back as many times as needed to get those last three to get him over 200.
Enjoy the show.
Not that it ended up making a difference, but if you remember we heard the rumors going into the NFL draft about McKinney and not having productive numbers, etc. Of course they weren't taking into account the 1A and 1B's.
I know Dan is a team first coach, but how does he balance Dak getting the numbers he needs to make a legit run at the Heisman vs. getting the work needed to the back ups where they get enough experience to feel comfortable going into next season?
I know numbers alone don't win a Heisman, but they do go a long way with some voters. At the end of November and ESPN displays the top four guys and puts their numbers side by side, it's human nature to compare those and rank them one through four. And we all know a lot of these numbers are garnered against the lesser competition on the schedule, in our case USM, Northwestern St, Troy and La. Tech.
On one hand you want Dak to get all the numbers he can to 1) make a run at the Heisman and 2) show future QB recruits that you will get a chance to get the numbers needed to make a run. I can see our competition using this against us in recruiting if we don't give Dak the chance to run up some numbers against lesser competition.
A friend and I were talking yesterday about Robinson wanting to get the three yards against Kentucky last year and Dan not letting him get another carry. We agreed if that had been Georgia, they would have run their back as many times as needed to get those last three to get him over 200.
Enjoy the show.
