[Husker] Marlon Lucky

[todd strong]

I must respectfully dis-agree with this opinion.
Green ran over people all the time.
Lucky has yet to run over the waterboy.

"Would the boy I was yesterday, be proud of the man I am today?"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Stone" <sstone at pvtnetworks.net>
To: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Marlon Lucky


> Mike wrote:
> 
>>With apologies for bringing up the "old days", I think
>>Marlon Lucky could have been spectacular as a wingback
>>in the old offense.  I think he's a pretty good open
>>field runner, but the problem is our offensive line is
>>not creating large holes, meaning it's up to the
>>I-back to choose his holes and make yards.  Lucky
>>generally is sub-par in that respect.
> 
> 
> I'd like to suggest a slightly differing perspective.
> 
> Marlon Lucky's running is strikingly similar to that of Ahman Green 
> during the first half of Green's junior year, the main distinction 
> being that Lucky's a better receiver at this stage than Green was.
> 
> The main difference is that Lucky doesn't have Pipeline III blocking 
> for him. If he had, the holes would be there so that he wouldn't have 
> to choose between them.
> 
> As for his being sub-par or even "pretty good" at any phase of his 
> game, I don't think that would stand up under close scrutiny.
> 
> Steve Stone
> 
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