Quote Originally Posted by Hasu Dackds View Post
I am not sure I agree with this. You are a coach and have hands-on experience, and probably know better than me. However I have never thought specialization, in any way, was good for development, until you have topped out in ability. For example, the best high school players (that are good enough to go to college) usually can do many more things and can be versatile, while the guys where high school is their peak, are better off specializing.

I do agree about the MS production part. MS produces tons of defensive talent and not nearly enough offensive line and skill and when they do, they are incredibly raw. Not always a bad thing, just have to know it going in.
Well think about it this way. If I'm a kid and I play 3 positions on the field, and let's say I have 15 hours of position practice a week (just going with a number because it varies), there's a good chance I'm spending roughly 5 hours at each position. Some other kid down the road is spending all 15 of his hours at one position. You do that for 2 years of varsity football over let's just say 20 weeks of practice per year. The kid playing one position gets 600 hours of practice at that one position. The kid splitting time gets 200 hours of time at that same position, but his other 400 hours are spent at other positions he won't play in college.

That's 400 hours less of running routes, learning the intricacies of the position, doing the little things that make you better at that position. I think that's a huge difference.