so which LBs transfer now?

erinp

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there are 15 on the roster and Honas and assuming avery roberts just took the only 2 spots for the next 2 years.
 

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there are 15 on the roster and Honas and assuming avery roberts just took the only 2 spots for the next 2 years.
There are 15 on the roster for 4 spots, not two. Also Roberts and Honas will have to play well to beat out Young and Berry at ILB. It’s OLB, where we have the questions.
 

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Hate to bag on a kid but young has never improved from his freshman year if you watch him he's to stiff from the waist down he could get relegated to special teams
I think he was one of the worst offenders at going into business for himself and not plugging the correct hole according to scheme.
 

davecisar

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Note that one thing some arent talking much about are position changes
When Bob Stoops took over for John Blake at OU- OU got a lot better quickly because of position changes- moving kids from Offense to Defense- Defense to Offense

Pelini did some of that as well- Running Back to Linebacker (Cody Glenn), and a Receiver to DB

Don't discount having a totally new set of eyes on a situation that sees something the other coaching staff didnt- no preconceived notions
Kids do get pigeonholed- it happens on EVERY football team
Also the changes in scheme and approach mean the requirements for those positions change a bit as well
 

erinp

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NU didn't recruit Honas to sit on the bench.
true but it means a lot of other players now destined to sit on the bench when they thought they had a chance to play.
most of NEBs LBs were fairly well recruited and i'm sure expected to come here and play. its pretty obvious there are too many of them to begin with and now someone walks in and goes to the front of the line.
 

RChrisReade

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true but it means a lot of other players now destined to sit on the bench when they thought they had a chance to play.
most of NEBs LBs were fairly well recruited and i'm sure expected to come here and play. its pretty obvious there are too many of them to begin with and now someone walks in and goes to the front of the line.

If you came here expecting to play and not expecting to have to get better, to work and earn your spot, perhaps that is why we were good at recruiting high school seniors and not as good at developing college level players.