redshirts

[Mslacat]

In the dictionary or encyclopedia if you were to look up what an ideal example of why a college coach needs to redshirt a freshman there would be a picture of Selvig. Selvig is a very talented / skilled player, but he has been growing like a bean stalk. When he started his senior year he was listed at 6-8. By the end of his senior year he was 6-9 or so. By the time he showed up for fall classes he was being called a seven footer. Despite his height Selvig is not a power player. He can shoot, pass, drive, handle the ball better than a lot of guards, and he is also considered a very good perimeter defender. The only problem is that his body would not quit growing. I am assuming that he his body has quit growing. The Griz are putting muscle on him and he is adjusting to being a seven footer. He will most likely have to adjust his game to the college level and to his new body, But that is what a redshirt year is all about.

 

[LAGriz67]

I hate to remind everyone, but the entire purpose of athletic scholarships is to get kids into an educational institution to learn as well as play. Universities were not meant to be the adjunct to athletic programs...In the old days, not necessarily the bad ones, freshman were not allowed on varsity teams...there was no such thing as red shirting, and most kids graduated with their friends and peers....I know I am beating a dead horse, but that is a system that worked well for everyone. Now, even Stanford is feeling the heat....the two Lopez twins took up space a deserving kid should have had. That is a shame, in this day of ever decreasing opportunities for the not the greatest....