Another OL leaves the griz program...
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 5:02 pm
An OL, Ganoung, left. Various rumors over at egriz. Their depth took a bit of a hit.
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Re: Another OL leaves the griz program...
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 8:35 pm
Wow. Two lineman quit mid-season. One was a starter. Seems like trouble to me. Where there is smoke, there is fire.
Re: Another OL leaves the griz program...
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 10:20 pm
Maybe, maybe not. Elijah Dotson, SSUs stud running back left mid-season. Utah's QB left after getting benched. And those are just the ones I know about off the top of my head.
The world is pretty upside down right now. Not remotely surprising that some of these guys who may have graduated a couple years ago decide to hang it up.
Re: Another OL leaves the griz program...
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 10:32 pm
One of the rumors is he thought he would be a starter but got beat out by a transfer from wsu cougars.onceacat wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 10:20 pmMaybe, maybe not. Elijah Dotson, SSUs stud running back left mid-season. Utah's QB left after getting benched. And those are just the ones I know about off the top of my head.
The world is pretty upside down right now. Not remotely surprising that some of these guys who may have graduated a couple years ago decide to hang it up.
Re: Another OL leaves the griz program...
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 11:26 pm
Div I college football is a tough road. Players walk away all the time. Nothing to see here.
Re: Another OL leaves the griz program...
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2021 6:57 am
They do, but it's usually not in the middle of the season. This is probably just a coincidence and the COVID/extra year/already-graduated thing is a factor for sure. The odds of losing two, former starter, offensive linemen in the middle of a season are very small.
Re: Another OL leaves the griz program...
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:30 am
Re: Another OL leaves the griz program...
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2021 4:23 pm
Yep. The other thing I think has been very impressive about the new coaching staff is that we've lost relatively few players. A bunch of people thought there would be a mass exodus and while we have lost a handful of players, really not bad at all - especially when you're seeing programs that didn't have a new coaching staff come in, have lost more.TomCat88 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 6:57 amThey do, but it's usually not in the middle of the season. This is probably just a coincidence and the COVID/extra year/already-graduated thing is a factor for sure. The odds of losing two, former starter, offensive linemen in the middle of a season are very small.
Re: Another OL leaves the griz program...
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2021 6:36 am
Totally agree. Usually a coaching change results in a significant amount of attrition...Vigen and his staff have done an incredible job keeping this group together. I'm becoming more impressed with Coach V as the season progresses. If the Cats win in Ogden...I'll be all in.catatac wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 4:23 pmYep. The other thing I think has been very impressive about the new coaching staff is that we've lost relatively few players. A bunch of people thought there would be a mass exodus and while we have lost a handful of players, really not bad at all - especially when you're seeing programs that didn't have a new coaching staff come in, have lost more.TomCat88 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 6:57 amThey do, but it's usually not in the middle of the season. This is probably just a coincidence and the COVID/extra year/already-graduated thing is a factor for sure. The odds of losing two, former starter, offensive linemen in the middle of a season are very small.
Re: Another OL leaves the griz program...
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2021 9:26 am
Not to take anything away from Vigen and the job he's done, but I think players looked at how good this team was and the trajectory of the school and facilities, and knew they should stick around. Most of the time when a new coach comes in there's some sort of turmoil, but MSU was and is on the way up. I think MSU just needed to find somebody decent to keep guys around. I happen to believe MSU found somebody a lot better than decent though, and Vigen can take this program to another level.catatac wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 4:23 pmYep. The other thing I think has been very impressive about the new coaching staff is that we've lost relatively few players. A bunch of people thought there would be a mass exodus and while we have lost a handful of players, really not bad at all - especially when you're seeing programs that didn't have a new coaching staff come in, have lost more.TomCat88 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 6:57 amThey do, but it's usually not in the middle of the season. This is probably just a coincidence and the COVID/extra year/already-graduated thing is a factor for sure. The odds of losing two, former starter, offensive linemen in the middle of a season are very small.
Re: Another OL leaves the griz program...
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2021 7:09 pm
I 100% agree that Vigen looks like he can take the program to the next level. And I also agree 100% about the overall trajectory of the University & the facilities, etckennethnoisewater wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 9:26 amNot to take anything away from Vigen and the job he's done, but I think players looked at how good this team was and the trajectory of the school and facilities, and knew they should stick around. Most of the time when a new coach comes in there's some sort of turmoil, but MSU was and is on the way up. I think MSU just needed to find somebody decent to keep guys around. I happen to believe MSU found somebody a lot better than decent though, and Vigen can take this program to another level.catatac wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 4:23 pmYep. The other thing I think has been very impressive about the new coaching staff is that we've lost relatively few players. A bunch of people thought there would be a mass exodus and while we have lost a handful of players, really not bad at all - especially when you're seeing programs that didn't have a new coaching staff come in, have lost more.TomCat88 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 6:57 amThey do, but it's usually not in the middle of the season. This is probably just a coincidence and the COVID/extra year/already-graduated thing is a factor for sure. The odds of losing two, former starter, offensive linemen in the middle of a season are very small.
But someone correct me if I'm wrong...Choate left pretty late into the coaching carousel cycle. It would have been tough for a lot of the players to get scholarship money considering how late that happened.
Re: Another OL leaves the griz program...
Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2021 5:01 pm
Hauck said in the post game loss to Sac that Robbie Hauck will be playing OL, QB, RB and Safety next weekend.
Re: Another OL leaves the griz program...
Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2021 5:07 pm
Re: Another OL leaves the griz program...
Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2021 5:25 pm
Doing that griz math in my head be like:coloradocat wrote: ↑Sat Oct 16, 2021 5:07 pmThey'll leave their current QB in so that when he turns it over Robbie can get credit for tackles as the RB.
