01-04-2019, 11:37 PM
Thanks for the breakdown langdude. With Barton and Chaffin not being guaranteed returners, on top of the very small number of fourth year players we would have if everyone remaining stayed, coupled with the new redshirt rule and the success of Fox, Wilson, Booker (top Sun Bowl lineman as true frosh) etc., I think we should expect and hope that more and more true freshmen should be playing moving forward. Obviously, Coach Shaw was unlucky with the timing of the redshirt rule change, and this would be one of the more dramatic shifts in program philosophy (up there with the shift toward a pass-first offense this year).
But with the spate of stars leaving before the expiration of their eligibility in the last three years (CMC, Thomas, Phillips, Reid, Meeks, JJ, Kaden, Herbig etc.), I think we should operate as if that will be the norm moving forward.
I worry Paulson will be the next to leave before the end of his eligibility, and that we will only get to see him in a Cardinal uniform for two seasons.
But with the spate of stars leaving before the expiration of their eligibility in the last three years (CMC, Thomas, Phillips, Reid, Meeks, JJ, Kaden, Herbig etc.), I think we should operate as if that will be the norm moving forward.
I worry Paulson will be the next to leave before the end of his eligibility, and that we will only get to see him in a Cardinal uniform for two seasons.