01-14-2013, 06:01 PM
I agree that players want to put themselves in position to have success and play at the highest level, and if Stanford can develop a reputation as a place where QBs can develop into NFL calibre players, that will help. Certainly, USC in the Carroll years had a pipeline of top-rated QBs, starting roughly with Palmer and moving on through, well, Barkley. So having Burns and Hogan does not preclude the possibility of Chryst coming to Stanford.
However, I think depth charts do matter, and I assume that young players who can choose from any number of programs (and Chryst certainly looks like a player who will be able to choose from most any place), will consider who is in the program ahead of him at the various schools they are considering, as well as the track record those schools have in terms of developing quarterbacks (along with academics, geography, and everything else). Make no mistake, I'd love to have Hogan, Burns, and Chryst all in the program by spring of 2014. One never knows how players will develop, or how injuries will impact the depth chart. But I think its foolish to think that the depth chart won't play some kind of factor in the Chryst decision.
However, I think depth charts do matter, and I assume that young players who can choose from any number of programs (and Chryst certainly looks like a player who will be able to choose from most any place), will consider who is in the program ahead of him at the various schools they are considering, as well as the track record those schools have in terms of developing quarterbacks (along with academics, geography, and everything else). Make no mistake, I'd love to have Hogan, Burns, and Chryst all in the program by spring of 2014. One never knows how players will develop, or how injuries will impact the depth chart. But I think its foolish to think that the depth chart won't play some kind of factor in the Chryst decision.