Say it ain't so.... Joe...

[Everfrost]

Only way I see this happening is a udfa pickup

[CatMan72]

But Silatolu dominated at Midwestern State! LOL

 

Turns out he was a beast in college because he was playing against chumps. 

[EMSMedic79]

It's when they're drafted with high picks and expected to start that I have questions.

THIS.

[davos]

Generalizing in either direction can be a bad approach for the whole small school mantra that some here have developed. 

 

If a GM sees translatable talent, get it.  For DG, he seems to have an eye for talent so I'd trust him if he grabbed one early.  Yeah, it seems to be a pattern with OLs as of late to not do that well but it doesn't mean lets say a Sambrailo or Poole would be a bad pick.   

[Ivan The Awesome]

I don't mind getting small school guys, if undrafted or picked up in a later round. Like the 5th or later.

[Semaj]

Because these division 0 school lineman have worked out so well for us so far. I prefer that we draft our lineman from division 1 schools like Utah where we obtained Gross from.

If we draft them, it shouldn't be before round 5.

[Mr. Scot]

Side Note: When I saw the thread title, my first thought was that Joe Person was changing jobs or retiring or something.

[WCUcats]

Look at Brad Hoover. Just a walk in from WCU and he played lights out. I'm for scouting them all.

Most small school players don't have Catamount heart though. Just look at how Armanti plagued us. Cutting him was the turning point in the 2013 season.

Basically we need more Brad Hoover's and less Amanti Edwards.

[MV%doe]

You got to checkout everyone, sure its more likely to find legit pros in big schools. UDFAs is where you show your worth form the smaller schools. I do think a big reason teams gamble on these D2 schools is ego driven.

Plus there's always reports after the panthers got edwards, kugzilla, and amini. __________ teams had a high rank on that player and are super jelly that the panthers 1 up'd them. SF had reports that thery almost picked amini in 1st. Other teams where upset, once the panther took edwards.... according to darrin " super app fanboy" grantt.

[ElkinPanthersFan]

Side Note: When I saw the thread title, my first thought was that Joe Person was changing jobs or retiring or something.

That is only something we can dream about sadly.

[Panthro]

Oh... and come on Zod you can't best answer your own post in your own thread. That is bush league.

I did

Teeray banned

[teeray]

What? I was just teasing Zod. He explained a mod could do it.

I was just messing around.

Don't cross the boss I guess

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

Most small school players don't have Catamount heart though. Just look at how Armanti plagued us. Cutting him was the turning point in the 2013 season.

Basically we need more Brad Hoover's and less Amanti Edwards.

 

this is next level butthurt

 

maybe now that the traditional powers are gone from the southern conference the sad sack little catamount fans can have something to cheer for that isn't rooted in "buh buh brad hoover"

[magnus]

Actually, this is where I think the change in scouting services is going to be important.

BLESTO concentrates on game performance rather than measurables. You could figure they would factor level of competition into that formula.

Few people ever seem to talk about that change, but it was made before last year's draft and we had arguably our best rookie class ever.

I actually believe that might have been a more important move than any of us realized at the time.

best point in the thread right here. 

 

Worst? freaking out because the team was mentioned in regards to a prospect - total rookie move.  One, that stuff comes from agents, so consider that.  Two, speaking to a guy, scouting a guy, even working out a guy, doesn't mean "we're clearly making this guy the cornerstone of our draft.  They talk to everybody.  That's what scouts do. 

 

Dave Gettleman said BPA.  I don't know how clearer that needs to be.