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[QUOTE="Lou_C, post: 1653055, member: 3201"]
Interesting.  My first reaction was What?  Doesn't make sense on the surface.

But it actually does make sense I think.  I agree with others that it's coach speak.  First of all, he acknowledges as a staff that tape will be reviewed.  But it is all about sending a message and creating an atmosphere of competition I think.

I think it's another way of saying that every position is open.  Part of that is a "fresh start" for guys who might have found themselves buried on the depth chart previously.  I bet the bigger message is that every position is open to competition, especially with a new system, but NOBODY is guaranteed anything based on last year.  And it's probably a bit of a heads up to the fans, who could be surprised by personnel moves that they wouldn't expect.  I remember when Jimbo Fisher took over as OC for FSU, he made lightly recruited/regarded sophomore Christian Ponder the QB over a guy who had been a three year starter, which raised it's share of eyebrows. We also moved to taller DBs as a philosophy, and saw effective starters basically hit the bench never to return.

Considering the system change, I bet you guys have a couple of eyebrow raisers yourself when his team takes the field next year, and I think part of this is his way of telegraphing that.
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