newenglandhusker
Special Teams Player
Elmassian was actually quoting Bear Bryant when he said "for every freshman you start you lose a game."
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Rickey Thenarse says...........
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admo
Heisman Trophy Winner
Yep. I'll add that a lot of young guys more than likely thought that as well, but just havent said anything.
FriscoTXHusker
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Addison Mode said:
Yeah, and Harrison Beck thought he should be on the field rather than Taylor. Every player thinks they should be on the field. If they don't maybe they should be in class.
HuskerInKC16
Four-Star Recruit
Rickey was tackling machine in high school. I was so surprised he didn't get into the action sooner. It kills me that guys like Tierre Green, Ben Eisenhardt, and Larry Assante got the nod over him. And what happened to him playing corner anyway?
Eisenhardt and Green gave it their best but were not so effective. Asante, on the other hand actually played fairly well. His coverage skills are not developed yet (remember he was young and will improve) --- but his form tackling and run support was actually good (by the end oft the year). I think by the end of next season you'l see that Larry Asante is a very good football player. I'd like to see him moved to WILL LB actually where he could be awesome.
Anyway, I concur with your sentiment, Thenarse should have been given more chances. My only modification is that Asante is a developing quality player. Mark my words, next year people will be quite pleased with larry Asante --- and he has two years left. When all is said and done Asante will be proven to be a very good player indeed.
BIGREDIOWAN
Mods
All I have seen out of this kid is fire when there was none. If you look at all of our kickoffs pretty much either him or Eisenhart were the first ones there. The kid has a meanstreak in him and needs to play next season.
bethelbacker
Special Teams Player
I'm surprised Thenarse has been able to hold his tongue this long. Watching the guys in front of him tackle like a Pop Warner team has to have chapped his a$$ the past couple of years. Here's to hoping he comes out with something to prove in '08.
I totally agree with Thenarse. He should have been played more. Also, I love how just because Callahan wasn't a fan of Bowman, he benched our best player. Bowman will be drafted in the first round or two of the NFL draft, and Callahan had him riding the pine behind a freshman. Bill just acted like a child throwing a tantrum.
Blue did so-so in Bowman's place, but there is NO WAY he was better than Bowman.
Blue did so-so in Bowman's place, but there is NO WAY he was better than Bowman.
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melscott62
All-Conference
I think if Bo comes here you will see that. I wouldnt mind seeing our LB being asante W, dillard M, and culbert strong side
Mel --- I am with you. Put Dillard in the middle Asante at Will and Culbert at SAM --- and have L. Washington and RSFreshman Stafford backing up on the outside.
I do not like this idea at all, I think Asante should stay at Safety, he already has one year of learning the safety spot why start over and make him learn a new spot.
Also Culber is undersized at the WILL, and would be extremely undersized playing SAM. Who is going to take Asante's spot at safety, the only safeties we have returning besides Asante and Thenarse are Matt O'Hanlon and Eric Hagg, I would much rather see Asante on the field instead of O'Hanlon or Hagg.
Also we have a lot of young talent at LB why put another good player at that spot and just keep one of those talented young guys off the field, when we could have someone like Blake Lawrence and Asante on the field at the same time. Callahan did the same thing with Culbert this year when he moved him to RB when we had plenty of depth their and Major jsut sat on the bench, when he could have been making plays on D.