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MikeWaters · 10-29-2009, 03:45 AM

there are fast kids everywhere. It's just that they are generally going to be more in demand, the ones that are fast and good and developed.

So BYU is just going to have to focus more on speed. "Sure you are a great linebacker in Idaho, you are a big strong kid, but I'm going to pass on you and take a chance on this skinnier fast kid that is raw, and hope we can coach him up."

In other words, it has to become more of a recruiting focus.

"Kid, you got great hands, you caught 80 balls your senior year, you have decent height at 6'2". But you aren't fast. I'm going to take this raw fast kid instead, he's short, but we'll take our chances."

10-29-2009, 03:45 AM	#2
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	there are fast kids everywhere. It's just that they are generally going to be more in demand, the ones that are fast and good and developed. So BYU is just going to have to focus more on speed. "Sure you are a great linebacker in Idaho, you are a big strong kid, but I'm going to pass on you and take a chance on this skinnier fast kid that is raw, and hope we can coach him up." In other words, it has to become more of a recruiting focus. "Kid, you got great hands, you caught 80 balls your senior year, you have decent height at 6'2". But you aren't fast. I'm going to take this raw fast kid instead, he's short, but we'll take our chances."