I guarantee that Pasqualoni has had his own set of criteria for what he wants in players for a long, long time, but his time in the NFL, especially under Bill Parcells, cemented the word "prototype" into him for good.
Parcells is the guy, that basically wrote the book on building a "prototype" football team. You lay out exactly, and I mean exactly, what you want in your players at every single position on the roster - to every detail you can imagine, and then you go find the best match, and the basics, the fundamentals, of size, speed, arm lenght in a lineman, etc., the physical specifics to each posiiton - you don't waver, if a player doesn't measure up, you don't take them, and move on to the next one that does measure up - that's professional football.
One of our own football players, probably wasn't aware of it, but had this issue with Parcells back in 2005. Alfred Fincher. A guy that Parcells scouted and was high on. He wasn't tall enough for Parcells protoype linebacker which is minimum 6'2" true height, or he very well may ahve been a Dallas Cowboy. He ended up a New Orleans Saint getting taken in the third round instead.
I highly doubt that Pasqualoni is anywhere near as rigid in his player qualities desired as Parcells, for two reasons - #1. this is college football BCS/1-A, not professional football, and #2. Nobody is as rigid as Bill Parcells when it comes to stuff like this.
It's just easier to win races when your driving a Ferrari instead of a Fiat, and it's easier to win a demolishing derby with a monster truck than a mini.
I think this is the most important part of the entire piece:
" Now there are exceptions........I'm not blind to the exception. I just don't want a team of exceptions."
