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Message: [QUOTE="SUFan44, post: 1396654, member: 39"] Plenty of true freshmen have been highly touted. Plenty have failed to live up to expectations in the past. You cannot - I repeat, you CANNOT - pin expectations on kids until they step on the football field and prove something. Robert Washington could be the best RB we have seen in 30 years - or he could be completely average. How do you know what is going to happen in 3 years? What we do know is that we have a 5th year QB who has had his ups and his downs. We have a rising sophomore WR that has shown some promise, two junior running backs that have also shown glimpses but have been both injury plagued and inconsistent. We have an OL that did not stay healthy last year and that underperformed, IMO. And we have a defense that loses its top 5 tacklers and 7 of its top 8. And that doesn't even include Crume & Welsh, two 5th year senior starters. There was a thread started on the board last week RE: Who SU's best player was. The consensus seemed to be Ron Thompson - Thompson has a world of potential, don't get me wrong. But hasn't shown to be a game changer over his first two years. Could it be injuries and playing out of position? The proof will be shown this coming fall. But if Ron Thompson is seen as our best player (with Erv Phillips and Steve Ishmael, two rising sophomores who again showed glimpses but have only one year under their belt, second and third) then you can see why there's hesitation to be all gung ho about this year and this coaching staff. Do I think we have some potential at certain positions? Absolutely I do. Do I think there's hope? Yes, of course. There's always hope. There's hope that Lester is the answer. There's hope that our offensive line coach isn't a complete baffoon. There's hope that Shafer can make key decisions at key times, and can figure out when to punt and when not to. But up to this point, from what has actually been SEEN on the field, I can see why some would have the opinion that anomander does. [/QUOTE]

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