Will Stein named backup quarterback
by Mike Rutherford on Sep 3, 2009 8:39 PM EDT
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PrintSteve Kragthorpe has reportedly made the surprise move to name redshirt freshman walk-on quarterback Will Stein as the primary backup to Justin Burke in week one.
Stein beat out fellow reshirt freshman Zack Stoudt, as well as ailing JuCo transfer Adam Froman for the title of QB2.
Stein, who broke Brian Brohm's single-season touchdown record en route to a state championship at Trinity High School in 2007, has been praised often by the coaching staff for his leadership qualities and overall understanding of the game.
A big victory for a little guy who wears my favorite number and who multiple people have said reminds them of me.
We should probably hang out. Or I'll just support your football career from the stands. Either way, man.
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I bet Stoudt transfers
Stein is a joke. This is just like the description of that new recruit who is a “blue chip caliber student.” Stein doesn’t have near the talent to be a D-1 quarterback. Stoudt, from what I’ve read, has at least the tools to perform. Kragthorpe is clueless.
Okay
There is absolutely no way Kragthorpe is keeping his job after this year. He puts a 5"8 walk on who can’t see over the line as the backup instead of the RS freshman who should be starting anyway and the JUCO star who many thought would be the starter.
He must know he’s gone and wants to embarass the university and the fans as much as he can, even at his own expense.
Flat and simple. The guy is a crappy coach. I usually reserve my anti Krag comments because I truly do think he is a good guy, but this takes the cake. I mean, hell, why not just start the walk ons over the better players? That’s not to say I don’t respect and admire the walk ons for all they endure (with little reward), but having Stein as the backup is ridiculous. This has got to be a joke or a motivational tactic, I hope Krag is smarter than this (wouldn’t surprise me if he wasn’t though).
If he was not Notre Dame’s head coach in 1975, he may have started Rudy every game. Here’s to the Kragthorpe farewell tour.
In that second paragraph
I was going to start with “Flat out,” then wanted to change it to “Plain and simple.” Didn’t mean to combine the two. That is also Kragthorpe’s fault. Our team is a punch line and my grammar skills are declining rapidly. Get this guy out of here.
Slim Pickens in Blazing Saddles
Ole Slim said it best: “What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is goin’ on here?”
i agree with 1,2, and 3
this is crazy. he is a walk on. how does any d1 school with 3 qbs on scholly have a walkon as second string. so if burke goes down are hopes are stuck on a 5 foot nothing walk on. nothing against stein in fact congrats to him. but the truth is that we used to have cantwell as a backup just 2 years ago and now… geez tough times in cardinal country
by Cambroni Cardinals on Sep 3, 2009 10:48 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Sadly...
I can’t see Stoudt staying either, now.
Kragthorpe must go.
"It's not the South, it's not Chicago, and you don't think of it as you think of New York or L.A. It has some Southern romanticism to it, but also a Northern progressivism, this weird urban island in the middle of the state of Kentucky...For us, Louisville and the surrounding areas are the center of massive creativity and massive weirdness." - Jim James, My Morning Jacket
maybe we're reading a bit too much into it?
We are playing the shittiest team ever in our first game after all. Maye the staff just wants to see how the other back ups handle it? Who knows what the catalyst was, if it’s indeed true that stoudt has all the tools and will stein has none.
If stoudt transfers instead of trying to earn the spot back it just proves that he’s a pussy.
Yea, just saw him on Fox41
and just exactly how tall is this guy? Is he 5 feet? And seeing Krags blank stare as he describes the communication he has with the guys in the booth and how it’s really good, I’m thinking really? Not sure how horrific this year’s ride may be.
Go Cards!
I really don't understand this.
Why have the other guys on scholarship if this 5’ walk on is apparently better.
You are being too hard on him
According to Espn.com, he is 5’10, which last I checked, was nearly 6 feet tall and not midget like. Unlike the picture posted, it says he is #2, not #5. What all-pro qb wears #2? Matt Ryan. Do you know who else was a walk-on qb? Kerwin Bell from Florida. All he did was throw for 7,585 yards as Florida’s starting quarterback from 1984-87. He rose from the bottom of the depth chart to lead the Gators to consecutive 9-1-1 seasons in 1984 and 1985. Seems to me, ol’ Willie Stein is pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay good.
No offense to Stein
but I have to figure the odds of ring the Bell are about a gazillion to one. And if he is 5’10" then Tom Cruise Mapother is 6’3". You are drinking Krapthorpe Kool-Ade.
Stoudt
Could be injured for all anyone knows.
Or Kragthorpe could be a nincompoop (apologies to DF).
Did I spell that right?
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