I respectfully disagree here. I do believe there are some really talented freshmen on this team. Time will definitely tell it all- we’ll have to wait for a few years though.
This offseason will be the most critical one for them all. We need to see how they take all of these experiences and use them during the winter/spring/summer.
Most of them were in HS during spring ball so they weren’t really preparing like everyone else they were destined to be on the field with such as UCF, Boise and even Rhode Island. And when they arrived during the summer, the field workouts are absent coaches. And preparing in the weight room, most of them had no real training prior to arriving on campus. And these are the kids who we are mostly relying on defensively. Do you realize that every team we played against so far had winter and spring weight training at the collegiate level and our freshmen had zero?
In HS, these offenses are as vanilla as can be. These kids were not facing teams that had studs, grown men at almost every skill position on the field. It’s almost like a culture shock.
Give them an entire winter, spring and fall in the weight room along with the experience of getting their butts whooped and at least knowing what to expect.
They’re gonna be better next year. Much better. It will start to slow down for them.
