DRC: Position battles to watch heading into the fall

[Brett Vito]

DRC;

http://beta.dentonrc.com/sports/mean-green/2017/05/26/unt-position-battles-watch-fall-ol-merits-watching

[Eagleisland]

Fair enough write-up, but apparently he has forgotten about Isadore at QB.

[Caw Caw]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19WLfYPVcbBuwV5SGyooFkFLgSXHBaYuo8lTVTWfRyfg/edit#gid=0 Maybe it's not the QB's size but other factors that lead to durability issues, you know like 40+ hits a season...

[UNTLifer]

45 minutes ago, Eagleisland said:

Fair enough write-up, but apparently he has forgotten about Isadore at QB.

I found that interesting as well considering he stated that we didn't bring in any transfers, including JUCO's.

[Harry]

It may be that they have a new found confidence in Shanbour which is not a bad thing.

[SilverEagle]

7 hours ago, Harry said:

It may be that they have a new found confidence in Shanbour which is not a bad thing.

The way I see it, this coaching staff has given everyone a fair and balanced assessment. And Shanbour has benefited from it. Does anyone think that the previous coaching regime did a "fair" job of assessing the QB situation? Only if your initials were AM, and you were from Iowa. And as to this assessment

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Would UNT seriously consider dropping a Fine, a two-time Oklahoma Player of the Year who led the Mean Green to four of its five wins last season, in favor of a former walk-on who has sat the bench at UNT for four seasons and thrown a grand total of one pass in that time?

Shanbour has not sat on the bench for four years. After transferring from Oklahoma State, he spent one year rehabbing his turf toe. He's only been available to go out on the field for two years. He's had to learn two systems (Fine has only had to learn one), and I'm guessing that this is the first time since he's been here when making a few mistakes in practice doesn't get you sent immediately to the back of the line.

My observations (down the corridor of years) have been that walk-ons have a more stringent path than "ship" players. Just like women and men of color in the work place, they have to do twice as well as their "ship" peers in order to get any sort of recognition. Mr. Duhon is a perfect example of that theory. He is now listed in the two deep at WR, mainly because he has been almost "perfect" in his performance this spring. I don't remember him dropping a pass, and he catches anything that is even close to him.....many times while wearing a DB or LB. If a "ship" WR had done even near as well, it would be mentioned in just about every story submitted about spring practice.

The good-to-great coaches are not only great X's and O's guys, but they're also great at assessing a players potential. And through motivation techniques that don't include screaming and belittling all the time , they are great at getting the most out of them. Hayden Fry was like that.

I seem to recall that a certain walk-on named Casey Fitzgerald hung around for a few years under DD and company, and only got his shot when the new coaching regime (Todd Dodge and company) came around. The rest was history.

Edited May 27, 2017 by SilverEagle

[GangGreen]

17 hours ago, SilverEagle said:

. Just like women and men of color in the work place, they have to do twice as well as their "ship" peers in order to get any sort of recognition. Mr. Duhon is a perfect example of that theory. 

You're right. That's just a theory.