[NU Sports] Parsing the latest Commit

[Roy S. Lamberton]

Walker always had a group of RBs in the pipeline, and it took Sutton to
break thru as a true frosh to break that up.

If you think back to Walker's era, he almost had a different 1,000+ rusher
every year, and that rusher was either a RS Junior or Senior. 

Sutton came in and blew away the competition (the way RW thought he would)
but Walker wasn't there to help mold the future RBs.

I think Fields, & Co. will be good down the road, with a better O-Line, and
more practice. Persa is very fast - and with him and a decent runner behind
him, we should see an improved running game.

Remember that the "pundits" were wrong about Kafka too.

rsl

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-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Beamsley, Jeff
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 11:49 AM
To: Scott Zeller; nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Parsing the latest Commit

Didn't know much about the kid, but before the decommit he was promoted
by NU/press as a "stud".

The larger question is who else do we have in the pipeline?

We all have expectations that the O line will get better as a result of
experience and another year in the weight room.

The disappointment this year is that nobody really jumped up and took
over the RB job in the ways that Sutton, Herron, and Wright have in the
past.   

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com]
On Behalf Of Scott Zeller
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 11:38 AM
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Parsing the latest Commit

The young man who decommitted and went to Iowa State, Shontrelle
Johnson, wasn't exactly a "stud" commit -- he was another little guy RB,
sort of an Arby Fields, ranked as a 3-star. He did have a great senior
year that raised his stock, but there were many folks who weren't that
impressed with him when he was an NU commit.

Of course, once he jilted us, he became an outstanding RB who would be
the savior of the program, who no doubt would have scored untouched from
the 5 in the Outback Bowl. Sort of like the ex-girlfriend who seemed
plain and whiny when you dated, but now seems like a beauty queen
because she is dating some cool guy.

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 6:12 AM, Beamsley, Jeff
<Jeff.Beamsley at covisint.com>wrote:

> That can only be good news.
>
> I wasn't very optimistic about Kafka before the start of the season, 
> but he proved that he could throw even better than he ran.
>
> If Persa goes through a similar transformation, the future is bright.
> If not, we may struggle next year with a freshman (did Watkins 
> redshirt?).
>
> I'm also concerned about the running game.  We didn't really have 
> anyone step up this year and become "the man" and our stud RB recruit 
> decommitted.
>
> Jeff
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> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com]
> On Behalf Of Roy S. Lamberton
> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 7:59 AM
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: [NU Sports] Parsing the latest Commit
>
> Interesting quote from Kain Colter - NU's latest QB commit:
>
>
>
> Looking at how they're going to lose (senior Mike) Kafka, and then 
> there are only two guys (freshman Evan Watkins and sophomore Dan 
> Persa) coming back, that was a big deal," Colter said. "Its' just 
> going to be me and this other kid from the class (Siemian) competing. 
> I just want to be able to play early and I think I can compete for a
spot.
>
>
>
> You have to figure Persa as the #1 guy on the depth chart, just 
> because he's got experience, but you get a feeling that NU is telling 
> kids they can break thru and compete - the same message Randy always
had.
>
>
>
> Anyway, it's in a story from Scout.com
>
>
>
> http://northwestern.scout.com/2/937876.html
>
>
>
> rsl
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> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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> Roy S. Lamberton - Senior Associate & Unix Guru.
>
> Computer Applications & Support Associates
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> -------------------- Also ----------------------
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> "Commissioner" Delaware American Legion Baseball
>
> Retired Senior Chief Cryptologic Technician [R]
>
> Northwestern University - Speech 1974 -
>
> Chi Phi: Pi 1974, KD 1968
>
> Publisher Emeritus: Purple Reign (Fox Sports)
>
> ==========  Go Cats -  Beat 'em All  ===========
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> Congress '06 - Unemployment 4.3%
>
>   Obama '08 - 6.5%
>
>      Depression '10???? - - 9.4%
>
>
>
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