The Preferred Walk-On

[maroon]

Another great column by Foles.

http://buttesports.com/lets-take-this-preferred-walk-on-garbage-to-helena/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[maroonandsilver]

Another great column by Foles.

http://buttesports.com/lets-take-this-preferred-walk-on-garbage-to-helena/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Hard to take a Montana person serious that can't spell rifle.

 

[grizatwork]

Actually, I think it is a poor article that is meant the play on the heartstrings of the local yokel. It does not take in the reality of scholarship limitations and the national nature of college athletics. If you want to limit the number of out of state scholarships, might as well make MSU and UM D2 or NAIA for that matter.

 

[TheBigGriz]

This is ridiculous... Canada is Canada for a reason. In America...Best player gets to play... best recruit gets the scholarship. This is American College Football dammit... no handouts here. 'Merica!

 

[billingsgriz]

While I agree that we should sign up all of the Montana kids we can and give them scholarships, there are probably 5 in a lean year to 15 in a really good year in our entire state of 1,000,000 people that can play at the Div. 1 level.

And with the loss of 4 scholarships, our new coach will really be tasked to slice and dice scholarships and make decisions about kids' athletic and academic ability that in some cases will prove to be dead wrong.

So the coaches don't always get it right with scholarships: Tim Hauck, Marc Mariani, and Colt Anderson all walked on and they all played/are playing in The NFL. And although they originally walked on, they all later received full-rides, which they earned.

So players also have to make up their minds: do I take the scholarship and go to Rocky or Western, or do I walk on at UM and try to earn one later on ?

I do think our state government has more pressing issues to worry about than mandating the minimum number of in-state scholarships to be awarded by UM and MSU--economic development, managing our wildlife, balancing our budget, promoting the state to tourists and out-of-state businesses, building new roads and bridges, etc.

We do not need the legislature to micromanage our athletic programs. That said, we need to recruit Montana kids hard that can play at our level--this year we only have one verbal from a Montanan thus far-- and continue to give an opportunity to those kids not offered a scholarship right away to prove the coaches wrong as a walk-on that goes on to excel on the field and in the classroom and earns one later.

 

[grizatheart]

That article was just plain dumb.

 

[TheBigGriz]

That article was just plain dumb.

+1 :clap:

 

[br fan]

I likewise want to see the best players playing for the Griz, regardless of what State they come from, and that scholarships should be used to get those players. But I also understand why some people disagree, and the concern they have that their tax dollars are being used to fund the education of non-Montana residents. If I'm not mistaken I believe there's a limit on the number of non-resident academic scholarships that a school can give, but there's no limit on the number of non-resident athletic scholarships that can given from the number available.

 

[CV Griz Fan]

That article was just plain dumb.

+1 :clap:

Plain dumb pretty much sums it up. These kind of attitudes will make it hard for others to take Montana sports seriously.....Are you listening MWC?

 

[GrizGuy]

That article was just plain dumb.

+1 :clap:

+2

 

[SaskGriz]

The article is very poorly written. The CFL Canadian/Import ratio rule is done to protect a uniquely Canadian game on a national level. Football in Montana is not uniquely Montanan it's the same football played in North Dakota, and Florida, and everywhere in the US.

His statement about the Butte kid who is was awesome "despite getting held on every play", makes him sound like a homer-whinner. That sentence only makes sense when applied to Wags. lol

Also No Country for Old Men is a classic, so this guy blows.

 

[Buttegrizzle]

Nobody gets sarcasm? Foley is a generally a great sports writer. And a total homer (which is fine). I agree with one belabored point - the Griz should have offered A ride to Daum. He would fit in well with the Stitt offense.

 

['68griz]

Nobody gets sarcasm? Foley is a generally a great sports writer. And a total homer (which is fine). I agree with one belabored point - the Griz should have offered A ride to Daum. He would fit in well with the Stitt offense.

But, elsewhere it's been mentioned several times that he wants to major in some sort of engineering -- hard to do at UM.