Why OL Development Has Lagged Behind

[stateofmind]

How does this show that recruiting failed and player development/coaching didn't? Because a recruit didn't end up contributing? That doesn't automatically mean they were a bad recruit. The '16 OL might have been a bunch of hidden gems with potential to start in the Big 12 but were torpedoed by bad coaching. How would we know?

Agreed. My guy on the staff felt they feel good if you find 2 studs each year, but one of those early years they felt they went 80-100%. This group knows how to recruit, but for some reason Manning and Meyers didn't develop like they needed. This is why I hold a lot of optimism with the new staff.

 

[cyatheart]

It doesn’t matter in this case….the same guys recruited and developed these guys. Either they sucked at recruiting or they couldn’t coach. You have to do both. They didn’t do one or both. Either way they failed.

 

[singsing]

Jon Heacock hasn't been mentioned yet? Good start to the answer right there.

 

[Gunnerclone]

Also the injury bug has hit this group somewhat hard too

It’s crazy how many more injuries happen to an Oline when they are the ones moving backward instead of forward.

 

[CascadeClone]

Recrutiing, development, and scheme are not mutually exclusive root causes to the OL struggles.

Personally, I would put it at 10/70/20. Those recruits didn't pan out, but I put a lot of that on the development issues because imho many of them flashed good initially (e.g. Simmons, Remsberg, Miller), and then seemed to regress after they got MORE time in the system. That's the absolute opposite of how OL should work.