[Husker] Doc Lack of Talent

[Tony lambert]

Skylar, you took the words right out from under my fingers on this.


Tony Lambert
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Skylar Dodds" <sklarbodds at cox.net>
To: "'Merlin Green'" <mgreen at nebraska.edu>; <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 8:25 AM
Subject: RE: [Husker] Doc Lack of Talent


> It's not the older talent that is the issue, it's the up and coming 
> talent.
> Which there was Richardson....that's it.
>
> So yes, it is a fair criticism.  And did you really put Smith, Walker, 
> White
> and Marks on that list?  Give me a break.  They can keep a section of pine
> warm with the best of them.
>
> Maric, Verlander, even Balham I'll give you.  Perry was OK.  But you have 
> to
> realize those were all upper classmen and NOT what we're referring to now.
>
> Collier was halfway out the door and didn't bother restocking the cupboard
> before he left.
>
> --
> Skylar
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf 
> Of
> Merlin Green
> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 7:00 AM
> To: husker at tssi.com
> Subject: [Husker] Doc Lack of Talent
>
>
> I feel I need to address the idea that Collier left Doc nothing to work 
> with
> when we left.  That is just flat out wrong.
>
> Here is a list of players that Doc inherited when he got here.
>
> Chris Balham
> Aleks Maric
> Marcus Perry
> Charles Richardson
> Mike Smith
> Marcus Walker
> Jamel White
> Kyle Marks
> Paul Velander
>
> Just because Doc has a real talent for running players off cannot be put 
> on
> Collier.  And even then, Maric, Perry & Richardson were a pretty good
> nucleus.
> Collier also had a recruit named Roburt Sallie.  So to say that Doc
> inherited a big mess is just wrong.  Most of the mess is of Doc own doing.
> Also Balham and Marks
> had injury problems, but that is not Collier's fault either.
>
>
> Merlin Green
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