I for one, am getting effin' tired of the Thorell bashing!
I tend to agree. Obviously he's not an All-American. But I thought he played fairly well overall. Yes, he got beat a few times. But he played steady if unspectatcular. Tied for 7th on the team in tackles - despite limited playing time - finishing ahead of Evans, Dennard and Fisher. Not saying that makes him better than any of those guys (quite the understatement on Dennard) but people tend to remember the few times he got beat rather than the larger number of run-of-the-mill plays. Easy to do when he really only had one highlight for the year but that doesn't make him terrible.
I understand....and yes, I tend to load up on Thorell (in fact, earlier in this thread).... I understand that he is obviously better than anyone else, or the coaches would have them out there....and yes, I know that he is 10000000 times better than me.... but, as I sit up high in the south endzone at every game, watching from a "coach's" perspective, he gets BEAT a lot... and a lot of those "tackles" you are referring to, occur AFTER his man caught the ball and he is making the tackle....
I support all the players, but not afraid to state my opinion.....Heck, I am a Tmart fan for the most part...people don't have to agree with me, that is why it's an opinion... and my opinion is that Thorell gets beat a lot more than a "BLACKSHIRT" should. This is as much on the staff for not getting other guys ready or recruiting better. He is the best we can put out there.... and yes, I cheer loudly when he does well.
He reminds me of Pat Ricketts.... catches a lot of garbage from fans, only Rickets made quite a few more plays his senior season.