Leach brings in 5 or so lineman the next year, so it's easy to get passed on the depth chart. Previous coaches haven't done this. When you recruit a couple of OL per year, it's easy for anyone with a big body to land in the two deep.
Leach gives his lineman pretty clear expectations of what he wants in terms of weight gains, and those who don't reach those goals find themselves on the outside looking in. More than a few people have left because it became clear they would never see the field. That's a biproduct of competition. Hard to stay on a football team and go through the regimen they do knowing you'll never play.
Leach gives his lineman pretty clear expectations of what he wants in terms of weight gains, and those who don't reach those goals find themselves on the outside looking in. More than a few people have left because it became clear they would never see the field. That's a biproduct of competition. Hard to stay on a football team and go through the regimen they do knowing you'll never play.
I stand corrected... how about this, the dead weight tends to leave opening up other spots more quickly?
2012 there were 7 recruits, 3 made it less than two years.
2013 there were 7 recruits, 4 made it through 4 years plus, 2 made it through 3 years, and one made it through signing day.
2014 there were three recruits. 1 made it through four years, 2 made it through less than one year.
2015 there were five recruits. 1 made it through four years, 2 made it through less than 2, 2 made it through less than one.
2016 6 recruits. 4 still on the roster means they have been around for 3 years, 2 were gone within 2 years.
So maybe I am jaded by 14/15/17 and they are distorting my numbers. It seems like he cycles through numbers instead of having them sit on the bench.