I got some bad news for some of you... If Jalen Hurd, Charlie Garner, Montario Hardesty, James Stewart, Travis Stephens, Chuck Webb and Jamal Lewis (among many others) were doing drills on Haslam Field in practice this afternoon, Hurd would be the one holding the dummies and setting up cones.
I wish the kid luck; I am aware that he is a talented athlete, and I am also aware that any time any starter leaves the team it is going to be newsworthy, BUT COME ON, why all the doomsday talk?
The guy's career game was 150 yards, on over 30 carries, against a losing team in a relatively meaningless game. His next "best" game was 125 yards, against another losing team, in overtime...Averaged under 5 yards a carry in each of those games...
In 30 plus starts he had exactly 2 multiple touchdown games (rushing). For his career (some 600 carries) he had only 20 TD's total.
He was a relatively poor between the tackles runner, yet he also lacked the ability to break long runs at the same time. He often had an ability to lose yards almost as fast as he could gain them due to a lack of vision and fast-twitch quickness on cutbacks (not his fault/guy is just long)
We didn't just have a "star player" leave the team, rather we lost a well publicized player. And to his credit Jalen knows this, which is why he is trying to re-invent himself skill wise.
Both Butch and Jalen were trying to put a square peg in a round hole. It didn't work. Life is not over for either one. But one side handled things better than the other. Not aware that Butch ever quit on Jalen.
I wish the kid luck; I am aware that he is a talented athlete, and I am also aware that any time any starter leaves the team it is going to be newsworthy, BUT COME ON, why all the doomsday talk?
The guy's career game was 150 yards, on over 30 carries, against a losing team in a relatively meaningless game. His next "best" game was 125 yards, against another losing team, in overtime...Averaged under 5 yards a carry in each of those games...
In 30 plus starts he had exactly 2 multiple touchdown games (rushing). For his career (some 600 carries) he had only 20 TD's total.
He was a relatively poor between the tackles runner, yet he also lacked the ability to break long runs at the same time. He often had an ability to lose yards almost as fast as he could gain them due to a lack of vision and fast-twitch quickness on cutbacks (not his fault/guy is just long)
We didn't just have a "star player" leave the team, rather we lost a well publicized player. And to his credit Jalen knows this, which is why he is trying to re-invent himself skill wise.
Both Butch and Jalen were trying to put a square peg in a round hole. It didn't work. Life is not over for either one. But one side handled things better than the other. Not aware that Butch ever quit on Jalen.
