Cheywypoke
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The more I think about this ACS situation the more I think he may be taking a big risk. I'm just throwing some things out here for the sake of discussion.
QBs have transferred before and been successful. One example is Troy Aikman. However, Aikman's situation was a little different. He was a starter at Oklahoma, but then got hurt if I remember right. With Aikman on the shelf, Switzer switched to an option type (wishbone?) offense with Jamelle? Holieway (sp?) and OU went on to win a national championship. OU kept the wishbone and Holiway at QB relegating Aikman (a drop back passer) to second string. That is when Aikman transferred to UCLA, an understandable move.
The ACS situation is different. First, here's a guy who has pretty much been handed everything from the fourth game of his freshman year on. Although UW did get away from the spread offense some during the past year, I haved not heard anything indicating that UW is permanently getting away from the spread to a more run oriented offense.
Plus, the timing couldn't have been any worse for ACS to announce he was leaving. Many if not most college coaches were gathered at a convention/conference. You don't think that fact that ACS was leaving wasn't going around to the MWC coaches during the convention and anyone else who might have been around or overheard when his departure was being discussed.
Christensen hasn't and probably won't say anything derogatory about ACS to the media. I might be wrong on this, who knows. However, off the record, in a bar with a bunch of his fellow coaches? He probably wasn't quite as reserved. And you know how thing change, get embellished, etc. when things reach the rumor mill. Things could start with Christensen saying ACS thought he was bigger than the program, and as the story is passed from person to person it is then told that ACS was more concerned with his stats than winning (possibly true), then its told as he's a prima dona, then that his father was tough to deal with, then that his father tried to run the team, then that ACS couldn't get along with teammates and on and on and on as the story continually makes the rounds.
Sure he will probably end up somewhere, but I highly doubt that his reputation won't make it through the process unscathed. Also, there are rumors that his father has been shopping him around since the end of the season. If so, there evidently aren't a lot of people interested or he wouldn't be going to a junior college.
QBs have transferred before and been successful. One example is Troy Aikman. However, Aikman's situation was a little different. He was a starter at Oklahoma, but then got hurt if I remember right. With Aikman on the shelf, Switzer switched to an option type (wishbone?) offense with Jamelle? Holieway (sp?) and OU went on to win a national championship. OU kept the wishbone and Holiway at QB relegating Aikman (a drop back passer) to second string. That is when Aikman transferred to UCLA, an understandable move.
The ACS situation is different. First, here's a guy who has pretty much been handed everything from the fourth game of his freshman year on. Although UW did get away from the spread offense some during the past year, I haved not heard anything indicating that UW is permanently getting away from the spread to a more run oriented offense.
Plus, the timing couldn't have been any worse for ACS to announce he was leaving. Many if not most college coaches were gathered at a convention/conference. You don't think that fact that ACS was leaving wasn't going around to the MWC coaches during the convention and anyone else who might have been around or overheard when his departure was being discussed.
Christensen hasn't and probably won't say anything derogatory about ACS to the media. I might be wrong on this, who knows. However, off the record, in a bar with a bunch of his fellow coaches? He probably wasn't quite as reserved. And you know how thing change, get embellished, etc. when things reach the rumor mill. Things could start with Christensen saying ACS thought he was bigger than the program, and as the story is passed from person to person it is then told that ACS was more concerned with his stats than winning (possibly true), then its told as he's a prima dona, then that his father was tough to deal with, then that his father tried to run the team, then that ACS couldn't get along with teammates and on and on and on as the story continually makes the rounds.
Sure he will probably end up somewhere, but I highly doubt that his reputation won't make it through the process unscathed. Also, there are rumors that his father has been shopping him around since the end of the season. If so, there evidently aren't a lot of people interested or he wouldn't be going to a junior college.
