I think BK is getting too much of the brunt here. Dude has been in Boulder, what, 18 mos? The position didn't really have **** in it. P-Rich and Clemons who largely had to be turned around by the coaching staff and taught the right way to do things. Other than that, we didn't have much. Canty has some skills but no size. McCulluch was signed in the first class along w/ Spruce and Vincent. Two of those guys are starting. As that is, they have been on campus all of one year. They are far from finished projects, we don't even know what they are yet. I have high hopes that Spruce can be a good possession receiver for us. P-Rich was supposed to be the difference maker and the elder statesman of the group but he tore his ACL. Not really the coaches fault there. There was a great buzz about Vincent in his short time here. Unfortunately he jumped into a girls shower room naked and subsequently got booted from the team. Sucks but it is what it is.
In regards to last season, we picked up three good looking kids from TX. Jeff Thomas, Gerald Thomas and P. Williams. Williams blew his knee in the TX HS championship game. Crappy luck, so we gray-shirted him. I personally thought that Jeff Thomas was going to come in and contend for a starting spot. Unfortunately some things came up with his family and good on Embree and co. to let him resolve those issues so he can focus on football in the Spring. Gerald Thomas has been one of the top 3 names at camp this year in addition to Crawley and Tupou. I expect that we are going to use him a lot.
While it sucks not having more depth at the positions, it's hardly from lack of effort. There were so many holes on this roster and the staff only had some many schollies they could plug in there. Would be great if P-Rich could be a miraculous healer and help us this season. Probably not going to happen and the top three guys we have are all going to be Embree/BK kids. What to expect from them? I would anticipate that they all get between 30-40 catches this year and take the normal steps that young players make. Until they have a chance to play, it's hard to evaluate what they are. We won't even know until their Soph. or junior seasons if they are all-conference types.
In regards to whom we have picked up for 13'... I like what i've seen from Ross, Dunston and Bobo. All are securely locked 3* guys. Ross has definite potential running out of the slot and I think Dunston has vertical speed that we desperately need. Bobo is more of a possession guy similar to Spruce and Jeff Thomas. The coaches are filling roles within the offense and stacking depth charts. You can see where guys are going to be fitting in soon. Is it as fast as we like? No, but the coaches didn't really have jack **** to work with when they got here either. This team is primed to be peaking when 13'/14' comes around. Just need folks to pay attention to the big picture. We are getting better, slowly but surely. Need some wins under our belt with an attractive style of play if we are going to pull down 4 or 5* caliber kids.
