Lloyd Christmas
11-21-2014, 10:45 AM
I think this could have been handled better by the staff, but I won't argue with what they did. I know we have talked a lot about the scholarship perspective of this situation but I want to look at it from another angle.
When we offered Virgil he was still a Soph/Junior (can't remember). At that point we were hoping he would grow a bit more mass-wise. That didn't happen. The Marshall type finesse spread QB will not work in Dan's system. You could argue that Dan should have known that before offering, but again it goes back to what someone said in a previous thread: We can't recruit like everyone else. We have to jump on these guys early in the process. The problem with this path is sometimes you have to make these offers based on future projections that may or may not be correct.
I actually see this offer being pulled as a good thing. It's Dan being honest with himself. Dak's success this year has confirmed to Mullen that his system really only works if you have a big boy behind center (Alex Smith is not a good counter example since they played in the WAC). Chason has great stats and I wish him the best of luck wherever he goes, but he would not do well in Mullen's system.
I also see a lot of people on here talking about how we could have put more mass on him. This is true. However, it's not all about muscle. Virgil has a small frame and will always have a small frame regardless of how much meat he packs on. In the meat-head world Chason is known as an ectomorphic body type, whereas Dak is a mesomorphic body type. Small frames will do you no favors running between the tackles in the SEC - regardless of how much muscle you pack on.
The only concern I have is that Nick Tiano doesn't really impress me. I trust our coaching staff, but the kid runs a 4.96 40. That's probably about what Tyler Russell could run.
When we offered Virgil he was still a Soph/Junior (can't remember). At that point we were hoping he would grow a bit more mass-wise. That didn't happen. The Marshall type finesse spread QB will not work in Dan's system. You could argue that Dan should have known that before offering, but again it goes back to what someone said in a previous thread: We can't recruit like everyone else. We have to jump on these guys early in the process. The problem with this path is sometimes you have to make these offers based on future projections that may or may not be correct.
I actually see this offer being pulled as a good thing. It's Dan being honest with himself. Dak's success this year has confirmed to Mullen that his system really only works if you have a big boy behind center (Alex Smith is not a good counter example since they played in the WAC). Chason has great stats and I wish him the best of luck wherever he goes, but he would not do well in Mullen's system.
I also see a lot of people on here talking about how we could have put more mass on him. This is true. However, it's not all about muscle. Virgil has a small frame and will always have a small frame regardless of how much meat he packs on. In the meat-head world Chason is known as an ectomorphic body type, whereas Dak is a mesomorphic body type. Small frames will do you no favors running between the tackles in the SEC - regardless of how much muscle you pack on.
The only concern I have is that Nick Tiano doesn't really impress me. I trust our coaching staff, but the kid runs a 4.96 40. That's probably about what Tyler Russell could run.