Apparently Morris is not big on JUCO

[nwahogfan1]

Players for a quick patch.  I don't see much effort to keep the ones who committed or to seek out any new ones.

[cardinalandwhite]

A coach in his sixth year coaching for his job needs immediate help. A coach in his first season installing a new system needs to make sure that those recruits actually fit his system, then he  needs yo decide if he needs them enough to offer or can afford to play a young fella and take his lumps early. Totally different scenarios.

[hogmolar]

This system is not a plug and play type system.  If you are going to spend the time teaching it, might as well be to a young freshman with potential to stay 4 years. 

[Hugo Bezdek]

He's never going to have more patience from the fans than his first year. He may decide to just recruit 4-year guys and let them get the experience.

[jackflash]

Maybe not but I look for him to try and kept Banks and Gooden

[IMABIELEMA]

This system is not a plug and play type system.  If you are going to spend the time teaching it, might as well be to a young freshman with potential to stay 4 years.

That's a false narrative in football.  There might be some positions that are harder than others, but football is a pretty simplistic sport at most positions. OL & QB might have an argument.  You can plug and play at WR, RB, Safety, DB, and the DL pretty damn easy.  It isn't rocket science.

[SooieGeneris]

That's a false narrative in football.  There might be some positions that are harder than others, but football is a pretty simplistic sport at most positions. OL & QB might have an argument.  You can plug and play at WR, RB, Safety, DB, and the DL pretty damn easy.  It isn't rocket science.

So if it's so easy to "plug and play" at those positions, why did Bert's Juco signees mostly whiff?

TQ Coleman S, Britto Tutt DB, Michael Taylor DE, Brandon Martin WR and others, almost all of his signees at those positions had little to no impact their first year in the program and most didn't have an impact at all..

Maybe he couldn't evaluate talent good enough? What?

[Tusks]

So if it's so easy to "plug and play" at those positions, why did Bert's Juco signees mostly whiff?

TQ Coleman S, Britto Tutt DB, Michael Taylor DE, Brandon Martin WR and others, almost all of his signees at those positions had little to no impact their first year in the program and most didn't have an impact at all..

Maybe he couldn't evaluate talent good enough? What?

Have u seen B.B. record ?

[Hog Waller]

I believe our past JUCO recruiting as contributed to our depth problems.

[bkjbearcat]

So if it's so easy to "plug and play" at those positions, why did Bert's Juco signees mostly whiff?

TQ Coleman S, Britto Tutt DB, Michael Taylor DE, Brandon Martin WR and others, almost all of his signees at those positions had little to no impact their first year in the program and most didn't have an impact at all..

Maybe he couldn't evaluate talent good enough? What?

I'm Ok with it. IMO, JUCO's are either a stop gap or used when your school has trouble recruiting fours. Look at BB's mentor Snyder at K. State. Made a career with JUCO, mostly at the QB position.

[ridgehog88]

There are a few exceptions, but I would say most Juco signees don't make an immediate impact, regardless of the coach

[IronHog]

JUCO can help at hard to recruit positions  like linebacker or position groups thinned by greater than usual attrition

[SooieGeneris]

Have u seen B.B. record ?

Yes, I'm quite familiar with BB's record, that's why I asked the guy with the BB avatar why his Juco signees didn't amount to much after the guy with the BB avatar implied that it was easy to find Juco players at certain positions to make an immediate impact.

And yes, I also noticed that BBs Juco signees at those and other positions usually didn't make an impact their first year, if at all.

I can see filling out the roster with a Juco or two a year to fill in gaps created by players leaving for whatever reason.

IMO, we have relied on them too much all the way back to the Nutt era, sometimes signing 4-5 in a class.

Most of them have only two years to play. If they take until their SR year to play or don't play at all, that scholarship would be better used by a 4 year player as long as they contribute and stay out of trouble.

That's my take.

[Wildhog]

I'd like to see us keep Banks, but I have no problem  putting less emphasis on jucos in the future.  The bust rate on them is high.

[hawgon]

JUCO guys seem to work better in defense than they do offense.

[311Hog]

Juco players seem to be better in year 2.  while the game on the field may not be plug and play i can promise you the class room is much harder on the Hill than any JUCO.  I would bet some of the "whiffs" above if they buy in and stay will contribute next year.

[King Kong]

Maybe not but I look for him to try and kept Banks and Gooden

I'm afraid of what this defense may look like without Gooden. Dline depth is so bad

[imtad16]

Maybe not but I look for him to try and kept Banks and Gooden

I'd like to see us keep Banks, but I have no problem  putting less emphasis on jucos in the future.  The bust rate on them is high.

Yes. I would be pleased with mixing Gooden and Banks in with the rest of the class being high school prospects.