06-09-2010, 11:37 AM
possible attractions, like a possible Baptist connection.
I don\'t criticize Najvar for transferring. If he wants to play college ball it didn\'t look like he was going to do that at Stanford. It\'s a value judgement. If playing football was weighed and found more important than a Stanford degree, nothing wrong with that. At Baylor he might have more chance to a) play football and b) play it in front of friends and family.
But Najvar may be the harbinger of more to come. The Stanford staff seems bent on getting their hands on the best football players they can. If the academic reputation helps get them to sign on, great. If they stick to graduate, even better. It follows that this guys with this mindset came to Stanford to play football, not coast on a great scholarship ride. Â The coaching staff is focused on winning and that involves getting the best and better players on the field. We already lose recruits who look at our position depth chart and go elsewhere. We might lose more team members who were stars when they signed but now aren\'t as good as the other guys at their position. Seems crazy to give up a Stanford education, but the staff is going after guys who want to play and are capable of playing championship football.
Life in the fast lane. So far, I like it. Maybe that approach will even...work.
I don\'t criticize Najvar for transferring. If he wants to play college ball it didn\'t look like he was going to do that at Stanford. It\'s a value judgement. If playing football was weighed and found more important than a Stanford degree, nothing wrong with that. At Baylor he might have more chance to a) play football and b) play it in front of friends and family.
But Najvar may be the harbinger of more to come. The Stanford staff seems bent on getting their hands on the best football players they can. If the academic reputation helps get them to sign on, great. If they stick to graduate, even better. It follows that this guys with this mindset came to Stanford to play football, not coast on a great scholarship ride. Â The coaching staff is focused on winning and that involves getting the best and better players on the field. We already lose recruits who look at our position depth chart and go elsewhere. We might lose more team members who were stars when they signed but now aren\'t as good as the other guys at their position. Seems crazy to give up a Stanford education, but the staff is going after guys who want to play and are capable of playing championship football.
Life in the fast lane. So far, I like it. Maybe that approach will even...work.