I wasn't being harsh SR. I was just trying to clarify some things that many people don't understand about the UMHB program. Coach Fred's ultimate goal is to not have any freshman on the varsity and very few sophs. He says that is when we will truly have a Program. You all have to understand that many freshmen are very talented, possibly even more so than some upper-classmen. There is just a large divide there between those upper-classmen who have been through a grueling off-season and boot-camp and a green freshman. Don't take my comments as harsh, I just want to make sure people who don't know, will know.

Quote from: umhb2001 on December 10, 2007, 05:09:29 PM
I have read about a kid from Kerens, TX, by the name of Jason Russell.  I see that he was a two sport star and had commited to play with UMHB back in 06 with fellow teammate Fred Cumby.  I don't see Jason on any of the roster lists.  Is this guy no longer on the team?  What happened to him? 

After looking over our 2 Deep from the season, I see that we loose quite a few starters on offense and special teams. 

A few names that stuck out to me that I researched are FR QB Kyle Noack.  He looks to have had a pretty good HS career at Cuero.  Does anyone know how he did on JV and if he will compete for a spot next year?  Also, Doug Patton, 6-6 FR TE from Coleman.  Get this guy the ball.  We could have used him on 1st and goal from the 4 on Saturday!!  I know we have Saenz and Estrada at QB, but if this guy Noack is any good, I'd love to see he and Patton get to know each other and become a good tandem. 

Other than that, WR and DB look to be weak spots.  Does anyone know? 

Thanks, I appreciate any word you may have on any of these and other players.

Well, lets start at the top. Fred Cumby and Jason Russel, both very talented players, quit at the end of last season. Neither of them stuck around for offseason. UMHB always has extremely talented players come in for fall camp, but very few actually make it all 4 years.

As far as the QB situation, there will be a 4-way battle between Saenz, Estrada, Noack, and Howard in the spring. All 4 are talented and it will be a war to see who wins it.

Doug Patton is a talented frosh, no doubt. But why not throw it on 1st and goal to either the Sr. or 2 Jr. TE's on the travel roster? Patton was a DE until late in fall camp and moved to TE. I don't knwo if you listened to the game, but it was a Sr. TE that put UMHB in the first scoring situation. There will always be taleneted freshmen. However, programs aren't built on freshmen. If you look @ successful programs, they are built on upper-classmen who have paid their dues and proven themselves worthy to play in big-game situations. There is so much that goes into being able to play in a game like the semi-finals. Unless you're forced to, you don't want freshmen starting in them because they aren't usually mature enough to handle that type of atmosphere.

Are you trying to imply that UMHB coaches don't play the most capable players that have proven themselves? I sure hope not. If you look at the starting rost for both the offense and defense, and compare it w/the all-confrence or all-region roster, you will see that we dominated both of them. I'm sorry to say it, but there are only a few on this board who actually know something about the program @ UMHB. umhbalum39 and yessir are two of them. If you aren't around there much, you won't know what you're talking about when you try and understand the things we do.