09-30-2020, 01:07 AM
McGill, Kelly, and Rouse (and maybe another Frosh OL or two) were really impressive for True Frosh in 2019, arguably the best True Frosh I have ever seen at Stanford. Even Adebo didn’t play as a True Frosh.
McCaffrey should have played way more than he did as a True Frosh, but that’s another story.
The question is will these guys and the likes of Jones and Peat get better or will they regress. Again, I’m really concerned Andres Fox and Stephon Herron Jr. won’t develop. On the heels of Ryan Johnson and Curtis Robinson, two other highly touted Front Seven players who haven’t developed into above average producers.
To stay competitive with all the relaxed transfer rules, Stanford need to start forcing guys who can’t play off football scholarships and on other ones for retirements, to make room for larger recruiting classes to address development failures. No team in the country is more constricted than Stanford when it comes to roster building. It can’t remain competitive unless it relieves some pressure on itself. The best way to do that is increase the size of each class and focus on playing guys earlier who can immediately contribute like the three names I started with on this post, and run guys who can’t produce at the needed level off the team.
Otherwise, I see Stanford becoming a bottom half of the PAC-12 program for the long haul. The transfer rules have completely eliminated the advantage Stanford once had with 5th year Seniors and low roster attrition and turned it into a massive liability.
McCaffrey should have played way more than he did as a True Frosh, but that’s another story.
The question is will these guys and the likes of Jones and Peat get better or will they regress. Again, I’m really concerned Andres Fox and Stephon Herron Jr. won’t develop. On the heels of Ryan Johnson and Curtis Robinson, two other highly touted Front Seven players who haven’t developed into above average producers.
To stay competitive with all the relaxed transfer rules, Stanford need to start forcing guys who can’t play off football scholarships and on other ones for retirements, to make room for larger recruiting classes to address development failures. No team in the country is more constricted than Stanford when it comes to roster building. It can’t remain competitive unless it relieves some pressure on itself. The best way to do that is increase the size of each class and focus on playing guys earlier who can immediately contribute like the three names I started with on this post, and run guys who can’t produce at the needed level off the team.
Otherwise, I see Stanford becoming a bottom half of the PAC-12 program for the long haul. The transfer rules have completely eliminated the advantage Stanford once had with 5th year Seniors and low roster attrition and turned it into a massive liability.