moonshine wrote:Appsolutely wrote:And anybody who thinks Chisholm (and I like Chisholm) is faster or stronger than EB is living in an alternate universe.
Consider me in an alternate universe. I think RC is faster than EB. Not saying Chisholm is a better RB but definitely think he'd beat EB in a foot race and I'd bet my house on it. Rod would be a tailback/slot back in the Wofford offense, while EB is better suited to play the fullback position.
I agree ASU could have found a place to play EB but I think he would have been a LB/TE for App. I think he made the best decision to play at Wofford as their offense suits his skill set perfectly.
Maybe Chisholm is faster than EB, but you said everything that needed to be said when you indicated that Chisholm is not a
better running back. I think you are right, and that alone should indicate that we could have used EB, either at RB, or somewhere else. So he wanted to play running back. It's not like we haven't recruited a kid, given him a chance to play what he wants to play, and then moved him to another position later. In fact, I'd say our coaching staff has the corner market on that kind of thing (Frazier and Presley being the most recent examples). Somebody on the staff got his panties in a wad when Penn State was recruiting EB and he had no interest in App. To avoid being accused of disloyalty, insubordination, etc., I will not indicate who that was.
Contrary to the spin I have seen on this and other boards, it was not EB's desire to play RB that sealed the deal. That sounds good, but it's just not accurate. EB is the kind of kid that Jerry Moore drools over. Smart, good citizen, works hard, plays hard...bet we could have used him in that 2-back set that everybody seems to like but that we never see very much.
Look, I know perfectly well that recruiting can be a guessing game sometimes. But the spin about EB not coming to App because he would only play RB is BS.
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