Teams have issues with scholarship players all the time. Players are often asked to move to other position because it's what the team needs, not the individual player.
This. In college you play the position you're asked to play.
It should be noted that the kid said that he's more comfortable at CB, and some of the analysts last night also said he was better at CB than S. But that he had the ability to play both. [Reply]
Teams have issues with scholarship players all the time. Players are often asked to move to other position because it's what the team needs, not the individual player.
Louisiana Tech went 10-3 and won their bowl game, so to say the DC made a "mistake" is completely unfounded.
What if I told you, that you can make a mistake and still win and go 10-3
We won the Super Bowl last year. I'm sure we made SOME mistakes at certain points. It happens all the time everywhere. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
One of the two is true.
If he's a better CB than S - he shouldn't have been moved to safety. This would mean that the defensive coordinator made a mistake.
If he's a better S than CB, then the Chiefs are wrong to want him as a CB.
Here I am again agreeing with dane.
He must have been the best safety they had. And more versatile than the other cbs. If you have other cbs that are good/decent there but cant play safety worth a shit and you have this guy who can, you move him and it makes your team better. Doesnt mean the coordinator made a mistake, just means they under recruited the safety position or had injuries that they couldn't account for.
Take fuller for example. I think he was a capable corner but his versatility allowed him to move to safety when thornhill went down. The redskins are putting him back at cb. They aren't wrong to do that and we werent idiots for moving him to safety. [Reply]
Originally Posted by The Franchise:
I didn’t know that Diaco was their DC. He was there the year we made it to the NC game.
He's been a long time coach that's worked his way up the ladder from a Linebacker coach to a Big Ten LB/DC.
Those are generally the most successful guys, IMO, because they've had to hustle for years at low level gigs so when they "make it", they're usually pretty damn good coaches. [Reply]
Originally Posted by New World Order:
We'll be able to move a lot of guys around. We basically have 3 guys (HB, Thornhill and Sneed) who can play the safety and slot corner positions.
We're going to have a lot of versatility in our secondary.
Quite true, quite true. Exactly the reason I wouldnt have been surprised to see the Chiefs draft one of the Utah safties, as I believe they both had past CB experience. [Reply]
Originally Posted by YontsRBake:
Absolutely loved the rest of our draft. Not a huge fan of this pick though, he just seems like the same as Watts to me.
Either way though I trust Veach and I’m sure I’m wrong.
