| 11 July 2009
Duane, what do you think the chances are that Hyde ever plays here, doesn't JT have a tendancy of not giving guys who don't make grades a second chance? I sure hope he comes here, but that doesn't seem to be the trend.[/quote]
I can't get that question out of my mind. Hyde is going to be away from football for a year while Rod Smith, no question a better back and more important to this situation specifically a better big back than Hyde, will be coming in off a full football season. We could use another scholarship in this class. The year away from football is a huge factor. You have to be concerned about his weight too. He does not have the team surrounding him to push him. He does not have a coach calling him to make sure he is in the weightroom. I loved the kid. I thought he was much underrated. Think about it this way. We hear about comebacks. How many comebacks are successful? That is what this amounts to. I love Carlos Hyde coming in off a year of football. I don't like any player coming in off a year layoff. I think for me the question is more one of, does he have an impact if he comes here? I say the odds are not good. The other question is, how much of a chance does a kid with such borderline academics have of making it once he does come here? He will also have been away from being a student for a year at that point too. I say that makes his chances of ever having an impact here all the more suspect. That leads me to the biggest question. It is hard to argue with the points I make here. Based on that, do we still want to see him here?
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