isn’t he the one from texas?

if so, the reason may be that (from what i have read) his family is friends with the (name redacted) family. so when (name redacted) had his ass shown the door, woodley was essentially stuck here far from family and friends. initially woodley didn’t want to leave the southwest, so the only reason we were in contention was because of (name redacted).

i’m sure that there are some reasons for kids picking a school, but not wanting to stick around, even before spring practice starts because you may have to work hard for the job because its not being given to you says enough about the character of this guy that i need to know.

Woodley was a pocket passer with strong ties to Kragthorpe; that ship has sailed. The kid was never going to start; I’m glad he left now so he can go somewhere he’ll be able to get consistent minutes. Either way, he was only a two star recruit – certainly no Brian Brohm, and was only going to be a band-aid over a gaping wound.

Honestly, I think everybody is underestimating the chances of Dominique Brown starting right away. We’re going to be running a spread option, multi-back offense (likely a lot of the flexbone stuff they run a Florida) that Brown is designed for. Not to mention, if you watch interviews and press conferences with Charlie Strong, he’s really high on this kid. Obviously we won’t know for sure until he’s on campus and can get some reps (and show the leadership that Froman has lacked), but I’d give it more than a 50/50 shot at this point.

I think we’ll end up seeing Brown as a four year starter with Smith coming in and redshirting next year and starting his last two years. Either that, or he’ll be good enough to steal time from Brown early ( a la Brohm 04). But I don’t see any of our current QBs getting the nod come fall for various reasons, not the least of which is the inability to show leadership from Froman and ineffectiveness in the system from Burke (and Krags was the only guy alive who would give Stein reps at this level).

It’s fun to have a scapegoat

Not sure if it happened here in Louisville, but it sounds like he had more than one of them while in high school. I don’t see it as a huge loss.

My prediction about QB:
Froman as starter, Brown comes in like Sanu, with wildcat possibility.

Froman will probably get the start this season due to high decision making and movement while under pressure. However, I think Brown may come in and either push Froman into stepping up to be a leader, or take the position himself. Don’t forget about Marcus Smith in this class as well (if he doesn’t switch positions).

Stein and Burke are smart guys, but I don’t see them having enough tangibles to really threaten for a starting position in a spread offense.

on with the decent QBs we have right now and hope we get more athletic talent in the next couple of years. Froman, Stein, and Burke are all OK, but just not super talented. Maybe I’m not giving them enough credit and the problem was the terrible offensive schemes laid out of Kragthorpe. I hope that is the case, but I’m a little leary.

Don’t you dare even say they have a chance to be sometimes equal to Strong.

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