Nice post. I will also say this, feel free to share the Amato stories, I always love to hear them. Im sure Im not the only curious person, although I understand if they were told in confidence.

We must continue to be supportive, i’m sure the vast majority of these guys will do fine.Granted, they shouldn’t have been put in this situation in the first place.

I had no problems saying McNiel needed to step it up.

The kids were definitely robbed of the college experience they were promised. They are making the league solely on their athletic ability. Our staff was arguably the worst in the entire country.

that it is acceptable behavior for a seventy year old football coach to use the media to drive home a point to a twenty year old player of his? No coach of mine ever used sarcastic remarks in a print media interview to motivate me…or do you advocate teaching children and young adults via facebook status updates?

Now on to, “The kids being harmed notion is so lame”….Oh boy. How many young men lost their potential professional football careers to the ineptitude of this program over the last seven to eight years? The players and families who entered this program over the last decade were deceived into believing in Mr. Bowden’s house of cards. How dare you so callously toss aside the trust that these young men instilled upon the previous regime? Coach Bowden used to look a father in the eyes and say, “I will do everything in my power to make sure your boy becomes as successful as possible, on and off the field.” That spiel used to mean something…and hundreds of young men believed him. I am certain that you do not believe that Mr. Bowden did everything in his power to bring success into the lives of these young men over the course of “the lost decade”. Four years of “Go make a Play” does not mold teenagers into Men….

and would have been perfectly content not dealing with the issue at all and leaving it for the new prez

But the contrary to that is it is also where the offense puts the best tackle. He is being moved to his more natural position. He had 24.5 sacks as LDE as a freshman and in the two years since he has had 4. I don’t know about you but I would much rather him be comfortable in his system and play where he is going to make plays.

He is being moved to the weak side this year, which is normally where the lighter, pass rush first, kind of guy is positioned. SDE is usually a heavier guy more suited to play run support.

Spiller had about 30 different routes to the end zone to pick from. It was like a rat in a maze where EVERY SINGLE ROUTE takes you to the cheese without fail…..