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Stitt Not Messing Around
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Umista said:
Ha!
alabamagrizzly said:
Injuries and possibly inability (?) to add bulk/muscle. Rogers was always a thin and smaller looking guy. I had a WR who was injured last year tell me that if Rogers could "put some weight and muscle on" he could become real good. I can't help but wonder if his injuries came at the expense of just not having his body respond to training that would prevent them.
He had 1 great camp and vanished after that. Sadly it's happened before... in fact it's happened in many camps. Sean Haynes could be a guy that you could say had the same fate. There was a kid from Great Falls, think his name was Tony Kazmericzak (sp? - and not sure on 1st name), he played for Bobby, same kind of thing, a great spring camp one year but injuries all the time forced him to retire early. Obviously the injury issues don't speak to the character of these kids. I know the team held Haynes in high regard, I would assume the same with Rogers.
WaGriz4life
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There was also the kid from Spokane. Roberts I think his name was, any coach would tell you he would have been a flat out star if he didn't tear both of his ACL's.BWahlberg said:
IdaGriz01
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The NCAA keeps statistics on sports injuries, but they make it very difficult to access that information. What I could found is pretty old (7-8 years), and does not address the issue of "career ending" injuries. (Neither for females athletes nor males). (BTW: according to those old stats, "Football players are nearly seven times more likely to be injured during a game than in practice.")
I could not find any numbers on how many schools "honor" ("waste," in their view) a scholarship on a kid who can no longer play. My impression is ... not very many. Certainly there does not seem to be any NCAA policy/recommendation in that regard -- despite their professed "concern" for the student athlete.
Side issue: That's one of the reason why I hate it when posters "call out" specific players here on eGriz. These young people are, truly, risking a lifetime of healthy living on the chance to play college sports. Yes, those on scholarship do get a "free" education, but the risk -- especially for the "rougher" sports -- is always there. They have to put it out of their minds ... but we shouldn't/
I could not find any numbers on how many schools "honor" ("waste," in their view) a scholarship on a kid who can no longer play. My impression is ... not very many. Certainly there does not seem to be any NCAA policy/recommendation in that regard -- despite their professed "concern" for the student athlete.
Side issue: That's one of the reason why I hate it when posters "call out" specific players here on eGriz. These young people are, truly, risking a lifetime of healthy living on the chance to play college sports. Yes, those on scholarship do get a "free" education, but the risk -- especially for the "rougher" sports -- is always there. They have to put it out of their minds ... but we shouldn't/
bgbigdog said:
78 guys on the roster, 21 signed, 6 more added since, equals the 105 maximum.
So that means 10 of these players will not be able to participate in fall drills (which only allow 95), they will have to join the team after fall camp.
As far as more cuts, Stitt said, "You're trying to always make your program better," Stitt said, explaining the roster moves. "If we can find somebody late that has the potential to help us, (they can take the spot of) a lot of these kids that have been in the program a year or two and maybe haven't progressed the way we'd like."
mtgrizrule
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Tony Kazmierczak indeed is from Thompson Falls. The family is pretty well entrenched and respected in T Falls through quite a few years. Great family, and Tony is doing just fine. He still attends GRIZ games with much of their family. Too bad he had a series of injuries, and a DUI, good kid with a lot of talent. I am not sure who recalls Thompson Falls football in the mid 80's, but his uncle, Henry was 1 of the best RB's and LB's in the state. Henry could have easily played for the GRIZ and done well. For whatever reasons, he chose not to pursue the spotlight of GRIZ football though.
I have a problem with Carver being left off after I heard the reasoning behind it. Supposedly he had to get knee surgery and missed all of spring ball. That means that Stitt didn't even give him a chance and just let him go. I felt like Carver was a great player and could possibly be the #2 behind Ellis (without transfers) after the limited time he had last year as a RS freshman. I feel that Stitt sets a bad presedence with that move by showing that if you get hurt you aren't going to be on the team.
Also Rogers being released blows me away as I saw him doing big things for the Griz. Stitt is not very popular with me and I wish nothing but the best for those two young men.
Also Rogers being released blows me away as I saw him doing big things for the Griz. Stitt is not very popular with me and I wish nothing but the best for those two young men.
Joemt50 said:
I think Rogers left voluntarily.
mtgrizrule
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MrTitleist said:
Rumor has it that he wanted to pursue basketball closer to home.
