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Derek Mason was a good secondary coach.  not sure about our guy of late.

You jest? Many think Akina one of the best. Has placed a representative sample in the NFL. Has he lost a step?

How many players from our secondary have been drafted in the last 5 years under the "best secondary coach in America?"

One.

And there's no denying the safety position has been an abject disaster over the past couple years. We have started an equal number of converted offensive players at safety as actual bonafide safeties (not converted CBs) in the last 5 years, and more converted CBs than both. Three walk-ons given scholarship at the position in three years out of sheer necessity, more than any other position group on the team by a landslide. Hell, Spencer Jorgensen might make four - he started every game on STs as a true frosh along with Brock Jones who is now no longer on the team (so I guess that scholarship is freed up).

While I agree with you, Stanford has a long tradition of converting offensive players into very successful safeties.  That we've converted offensive players into safety is not, per se, an indictment on the position.  The fact that the players we have had there are slow, couldn't cover and couldn't tackle speaks for itself.

BC

Good point, Sam, re draftees in last 5 years. Time flies. I'm still with Fullmetal; trust Akina.

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Derek Mason was a good secondary coach.  not sure about our guy of late.

You jest? Many think Akina one of the best. Has placed a representative sample in the NFL. Has he lost a step?

How many players from our secondary have been drafted in the last 5 years under the "best secondary coach in America?"

One.

And there's no denying the safety position has been an abject disaster over the past couple years. We have started an equal number of converted offensive players at safety as actual bonafide safeties (not converted CBs) in the last 5 years, and more converted CBs than both. Three walk-ons given scholarship at the position in three years out of sheer necessity, more than any other position group on the team by a landslide. Hell, Spencer Jorgensen might make four - he started every game on STs as a true frosh along with Brock Jones who is now no longer on the team (so I guess that scholarship is freed up).

While I agree with you, Stanford has a long tradition of converting offensive players into very successful safeties.  That we've converted offensive players into safety is not, per se, an indictment on the position.  The fact that the players we have had there are slow, couldn't cover and couldn't tackle speaks for itself.

BC

Good point, Sam, re draftees in last 5 years. Time flies. I'm still with Fullmetal; trust Akina.