Adrian Peterson could walk into camp and be third string, you can make 1000 excuses. We saw Daz get more carries than Brown and Irons and we know why. We know why AJ gets the carries. He has earned the title starter for life. All the fans go to the coaches and say how is AJ? I bet he will have a monster season and the coaches oblige. AJ is a great back and would start on many teams, but we have a man-child, lets unleash him. Videotape does not lie. Sprague earn the title starter for life with his victory over NIU. This is how we roll, we need to change it.

Dorian Brown is another outstanding back, don't kid yourself. On the recruiting forum I rated Irons as the best back that Solich has recruited at Ohio, but prior to Irons, that honor belonged to Brown.

If the offensive line gels, Ohio's running backs are are going to have a very good season because all of them are good.

+1 Patience is a virtue. L.C. = virtuous beyond measure. As they say, "off the charts."

It's genius argument to admit that a couple of guys are our best recruits, to see them have success on the field but to bow in reverence to the judgment of a really mediocre coaching staff (no MAcc in 11 years and last 4 years replete with crushing losses).


IF YOU START AND END WITH THE CONCLUSIONS THAT THE COACHING AND COACHES' DECISIONS ARE INFALLIBLE, THEN YOU ARE IMMOBILE AND THERE'S NO ROOM FOR DISCUSSION AT ALL.


HOWEVER, IF YOU FIRST JUDGE THE COACHING STAFF'S 11 YEARS OF RECORD, THEN YOU MIGHT NOT START AND END WITH THE CONCLUSION THAT THE COACHING AND COACHES' DECISION ARE INFALLIBLE. AND THERE MAY BE ROOM FOR DISCUSSION.


AND, YES, I AM YELLING.



#theclassicadvicemybrothergavemegrowingup:hey__,don'tbeincredibly__,__

Blocking ability had nothing to do with how much playing time Irons got last season. I initially thought that this might be the case, but a brief discussion last fall with the head man disabused me of that idea. Another strawman will need to be found. Or, one could just accept the sage explanations given by L.C., coupled with some of the reports on here about "deportment issues."

Actually, he has an agent, so he would not play at all.

Hmmm...Steve Hookfin, Riz Buckman, Kareem Wilson?

Copied from 1st Spring Scrimmage thread:

I was asking you to speak specifically to limiting a heisman trophy finalist runningback to 42 carries the previous season.

Why do you think Christian McCaffery was limited to 42 carries in 2014?

Can you answer that question?

Monroe you spent all this time to write something about nothing I was talking about.

You can't spare a few lines to answer a clearly defined question?

You can repeat this as often as you like, but that won't make it true. I believe that if you had 100 well respected coaches evaluate the backs last year, not even one would have started Irons ahead of Daz and AJ. Daz and AJ were both skilled, complete running backs. Irons had a lot of potential. His particular strengths are field vision, balance, and his ability to keep moving, all of which benefit him in the open field, but he also has things he needed to work on in order to complete the jump from High School to FBS. For example, he was very ineffective last year running inside, as his height worked against him, and he was often stood up and knocked over easily for little or no gain. The "well respected coaches" would have seen the weaknesses as well as the strengths. Most would have used him like Ohio did - working him into the rotation when they could so that he could get enough work to have some film to study, so that he could continue to improve, and trying to get him focused on becoming the best back he can be.

One thing that I'm looking forward to this fall is seeing an end to this pointless debate. Irons and Brown will both get considerable snaps, and snaps with the first team. Both of them them have the potential to be very, very good backs, and AJ is already a very, very good back. Any of the three of them could end up playing at the next level. Ohio is loaded at running back, and if there is any blocking at all this year, the running game this fall will be fun to watch regardless of which of the three is in.

your friends on this site don't believe that. Frank Solich does not believe that. Heck , you don't believe that. This is pride at this point. You have assistants saying he is AP and Derrick Henry. Let's have some integrity. He is big, fast and hard to bring down. He can catch. AJ is a great back, Daz is a great person but he was the fourth best back on the team. Stats and videotape don't lie. This was not even a respectable response. Daz will tell you.

An unnamed assistant has now become plural. Why does this assistant remain unnamed? Your argument would have so much more credibility if we knew the source. Please, yes, let us have some integrity. Coach Solich has coached Ahman Green, Tom Rathman, Kalvin McRae etc., etc.. All your continued Yip, Yap, Yip without any consideration of repeated rebuttals just gets older and older.