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Message: [QUOTE="HookC22, post: 3550440, member: 10578"] To be honest, it was more so that Ahmed earned the spot. The kid just worked harder than anyone from the day he stepped on the campus and the Coaches have always relayed that message. Not taking anything away from Mike because he was just an absolute stud but his freshman class came in to the 2008 season without many real established starting roles filled from 2007. The 2007 class graduated a lot of 2-3 year starters with the likes of Mike Untiet, Larry Day and Dennis Donovan and there weren't many guys who had solidified roles coming out of 2007. So that 2008 spring, I think the majority of the guys in the lineup were freshman and sophomores. Mike was the best athlete and like you see in little league, was defaulted to SS with Pat Mahaney at 3rd. So when Mike when out in 2009 and forced Nick into the lineup, he took it and ran with it and it was an easy decision to flip Mike to 3rd. Which worked well for him because a corner spot was his more projectable position to pro ball anyway. [/QUOTE]