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[QUOTE="PhatOrange, post: 444717, member: 229"]
[FONT=Georgia]I was adding some context to the "replenished and balanced" part of your question. The roster is way out of whack. It's going to take another couple of years to get it balanced, which is what the other poster was saying.[/FONT]
 
[FONT=Georgia]While it appears there is some scrambling going on, these are all positions where there is nobody on the roster who is going to upgrade the positions nor is a current HS kid going to do it either. Save for a couple of OL kids, it's all defensive help being sought. [/FONT]
 
[FONT=Georgia]We need immediate help at Safety and Linebacker and to some extend Defensive End. I have no clue what the backup OLineman look like but it's probably safe to assume the current kids redshirting are not ready yet. But you look at safety and lb and those are the two positions that hurt this defense the most. A HS kid isn’t going to help that in 2013. [/FONT]
 
[FONT=Georgia]The bottom line for me is that Marrone has never shown he wants to take lumps now to win down the road. The guy is about winning now. The guy has always brought in JUCO's to fill immediate roster gaps to win now and that’s what they are doing. Bringing in a HS safety or LB or OL, doesn't help the team next season.[/FONT]
 
[FONT=Georgia]You may see it as scrambling but I see it as filling immediate holes with kids who can hopefully play/impact right away. And it also seems every juco is a Jan enrollee so these are kids they are expecting to play next season.[/FONT]
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