pokefanchaz7 said:
stymeman said:
hope he doesn't pull an ACS his Junior year and bolt on us come Senior year, or that he thinks he's NFL ready...
There is a huge difference between ACS and Brett. ACS never seemed appreciative to be a cowboy and Brett loves this coaching staff and team. ACS left because they fired the guy who brought him to Laramie. He didn't like how Arroyo was let go and decided to walk with him. I was told this by a former player for the cowboys, it wasn't because he wanted to go to a bigger school etc it was because he wasn't happy as a cowboy and didn't feel he had an ally in the coaching staff without arroyo.
I also don't think he'll bolt before his senior year. He needs to get some high profile wins under his belt so that he is recognized for what he can do. His senior year is his best chance to do this. I look for him to be the Kellen Moore of UW. Give everything he has for 4 years and then try to move up.
I've heard quite the opposite from both former and current players that were on the team then. ACS left because of the coaching staff, not all, but many of them, and especially Arroyo. ACS left before Arroyo was fired. This guy was the joke of the staff and DC's biggest failure. Besides being the OC he was also the position coach for QBs, which makes sense, and for kickers, which I don't get, unless it's because they score points. Of Arroyo's 2010 reports there were:
McCoy-Graduated
Crum-Graduated
ACS-Left the University and the football team for "unknown" reasons at end of the semester.
Watts-Left school mid semester, making himself academically ineligible to get a release.
Hayward-Our on-side specialist, left at the end of season.
Miller & Woodward-Stayed on, but left soon after.
Williams-Was a red shirt and stayed on, thank God, or Brett Smith would be kicking for us as well.
So unless I'm missing anyone, only one of Arroyo's reports in 2010 played a down in 2011. With the rate that we lose players I assume that DC figured this guy can't hold onto players and he is easily the worst OC in the country based on his 4 seasons trying to figure out how to move the ball and score at SJS, Prairie View and Wyoming. Getting rid of him has turned out to be one of DCs smartest moves.
I too believe Brett will stay all four years, but unlike Kellen Moore, he'll be drafted.