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The new kid from valley city is a pretty good all around athlete.  Played goalie for Jamestown for a few years and I believe was all state for them ( @sioux rube may need to clarify for me).

VCSU male athlete of the year.  Lets see how he makes the jump. 

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14 hours ago, Mama Sue said:

So I watched our OC press conference and then I watched the Bison conference….I think we got the better end of the deal….

I have yet to see a press conference win a game. 

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1 hour ago, Wilbur said:

The new kid from valley city is a pretty good all around athlete.  Played goalie for Jamestown for a few years and I believe was all state for them ( @sioux rube may need to clarify for me).

VCSU male athlete of the year.  Lets see how he makes the jump. 

You are correct...he was a monster for VCSU and a great all-around athlete in high school.

Thing is...he's a 230-ish lb NAIA defensive end.  Ben McNaboe was undersized, and Gerhardt is 15-20 lbs smaller.  If he's going to play OLB that could be an option as a pass rusher but color me skeptical.  The North Star Athletic Association to the MVFC is a massive jump.  I hope he surprises but I'm not expecting much...

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8 minutes ago, UND08 said:

You are correct...he was a monster for VCSU and a great all-around athlete in high school.

Thing is...he's a 230-ish lb NAIA defensive end.  Ben McNaboe was undersized, and Gerhardt is 15-20 lbs smaller.  If he's going to play OLB that could be an option as a pass rusher but color me skeptical.  The North Star Athletic Association to the MVFC is a massive jump.  I hope he surprises but I'm not expecting much...

His position was listed as LB on the signing day graphic. Based on last season's performance, the bar is incredibly low for a pass rushing OLB. He can't be worse than what we witnessed all year. 

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1 hour ago, Wilbur said:

The new kid from valley city is a pretty good all around athlete.  Played goalie for Jamestown for a few years and I believe was all state for them ( @sioux rube may need to clarify for me).

VCSU male athlete of the year.  Lets see how he makes the jump. 

Yes he was a really good goalie too 

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1 minute ago, sioux rube said:

Yes he was a really good goalie too 

Coached baseball against him multiple times. Above average catcher and solid hitter. Really impressed me with his physical appearance compared to the rest of the athletes on the field. Definitely loves to compete.

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44 minutes ago, GoHawks said:

Yup. Most of his tape though has him at the DE/OLB spot so be interesting where they put him.

That's why my hopes are tempered here...he's a classic "tweener"...not big enough to play DE at the D1 level...not sure if he's quick enough to be an every-down MVFC OLB.  If he was coming in as an 18 year old kid I'd be thrilled...but he's got one year.  That's not a developmental signing...it's an impact signing.  I really hope I'm wrong because by all accounts he's a great kid and a college grad...but we need help on D, and I'm not sure we're going to get much here.

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33 minutes ago, UND08 said:

That's why my hopes are tempered here...he's a classic "tweener"...not big enough to play DE at the D1 level...not sure if he's quick enough to be an every-down MVFC OLB.  If he was coming in as an 18 year old kid I'd be thrilled...but he's got one year.  That's not a developmental signing...it's an impact signing.  I really hope I'm wrong because by all accounts he's a great kid and a college grad...but we need help on D, and I'm not sure we're going to get much here.

Good observation that I agree with but I think this is a shot we take, agree with the attempt.  

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2 hours ago, UND08 said:

That's why my hopes are tempered here...he's a classic "tweener"...not big enough to play DE at the D1 level...not sure if he's quick enough to be an every-down MVFC OLB.  If he was coming in as an 18 year old kid I'd be thrilled...but he's got one year.  That's not a developmental signing...it's an impact signing.  I really hope I'm wrong because by all accounts he's a great kid and a college grad...but we need help on D, and I'm not sure we're going to get much here.

while we do need every down help at DE and LB, our biggest need is getting off the field on 3rd down……specifically 3rd and 7 or more   Not going to fix everything all at one time but if the staff can find a way to get one or two guys here that can rush the passer consistently, and improve a little on the back end, the defensive numbers will look better   
 

I agree though, I don’t know enough about this kid to know if he’s that guy   

 

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1 hour ago, The Sicatoka said:

I thought their last guy was but he's now at USC coaching LBs. 

The USC gig aside...you saw the trajectories these teams took post October 14th, 2023, correct?   Apples and oranges my friend, big time.   

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7 minutes ago, Shawn-O said:

The USC gig aside...you saw the trajectories these teams took post October 14th, 2023, correct?   Apples and oranges my friend, big time.   

#ourSuperBowl

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3 hours ago, homer said:

while we do need every down help at DE and LB, our biggest need is getting off the field on 3rd down……specifically 3rd and 7 or more   Not going to fix everything all at one time but if the staff can find a way to get one or two guys here that can rush the passer consistently, and improve a little on the back end, the defensive numbers will look better   
 

I agree though, I don’t know enough about this kid to know if he’s that guy   

 

I agree...and I definitely think it's worth a flyer (especially if not a full ride).  But I saw we had an offer out to a 265 lb. JUCO DE that has the body type I think we should be looking for in a DE.  I'm just not sure this kid is twitchy enough to be an OLB at the FCS level.  But he wrecked a whole lot of NSAA offensive linemen!

There are talent upgrade needs along our entire defense.  I would like to see us address them more aggressively than we have...and typically that involves players from a higher level.  Maybe we swing and miss...but I'm to the point where that would be preferred to going down with the bat on the shoulder...

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1 hour ago, UND08 said:

I agree...and I definitely think it's worth a flyer (especially if not a full ride).  But I saw we had an offer out to a 265 lb. JUCO DE that has the body type I think we should be looking for in a DE.  I'm just not sure this kid is twitchy enough to be an OLB at the FCS level.  But he wrecked a whole lot of NSAA offensive linemen!

There are talent upgrade needs along our entire defense.  I would like to see us address them more aggressively than we have...and typically that involves players from a higher level.  Maybe we swing and miss...but I'm to the point where that would be preferred to going down with the bat on the shoulder...

Offer out to a couple D linemen. One of them had a tweet out that he was deciding in the next couple days.

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