USC fans don't even want him, hopefully they know how spoiled they are.
Speedy would've been caught from behind last night on his TD run if he was any farther away. Doesn't make him a bad player imo. Sure DS came into town with 4.3 40 times and we haven't seen that, but what have we seen? The occassional big play when he gets in the game and a ton of injuries followed by him sitting around on the bench.
In all seriousness, has Scott really impressed anyone yet?.. I mean this guy was caught from behind by a Toledo player.. From what I've seen, its nearly impossible for anyone to say that he's better than Speedy and should be getting more carries than him..
You can be critical of Hawk for a lot of things, but I'm not sure this is one of them.. Not every big time recruit becomes a good player in college. Scott might be just one of those guys unfortunately.. :sad1:
. If he wasn't a top recruit, no one here would be wondering about his playing time. Bottom line he hasn't performed when he's been in there and he's been injury prone.
Don't forget he came in last year OUT OF SHAPE.. That's not on Hawk, its on him.
I see a lot passive play from what I've seen from Scott. I don't want to rip the guy, but to act like this guy is the next Adrian Peterson if he just got on the field is a little over the top. If he wasn't a top recruit, no one here would be wondering about his playing time. Bottom line he hasn't performed when he's been in there and he's been injury prone.
So if he gets a medical redshirt this year or drops out now after playing sparingly in 3 games does he still have to sit out next year if he transfers?
that's not entirely accurate. what scott showed last year and parts of this year is flashes of greatness. the problem is that those flashes have generally been surrounded by long periods of inactivity or ineffectiveness.
but, those flashes have been tantalizing. and, when everyone is down on the staff for their player selections, when a guy on the bench is showing flashes of being really good here and there, you are going to get an outcry for more pt.
it is just like the backup qb being the most popular guy on the team with the fans when the team is struggling. it is just an axiom of fanhood.
i'd like to see what a healthy ds could do for 4 quarters, but i don't know when that will happen, considering the way the season is going.
Yeah, I can't defend him coming in out of shape. What I do disagree with you on, is him not performing when he has been in there. I'd say he has accounted for a fair number of bigger plays. By bigger plays I mean plays of 20+ yards which we get very few of. He simply hasn't been given the opportunity to prove himself. I mean we're 4 games into the season and he has like 18 total carries. I thought he looked pretty darn good on kickoff returns too, definitely not timid in style like you describe.
Lockridge last night looked better than him on the KR than Scott.
I'm not buying Hawk is teaching him a life lesson or any of that stuff.
Darrell Scott is a bruiser. He needs an I formation and he needs a LOT of touches. I'd like to see what he does with 25 carries.
Unfortunately these stupid ****ing coaches would rather have 25 incompletions than give an RB 25 carries.
i bet he does go i been saying that for a while ...why stay when hawk wont let him play i say he may end up @ ucla though....ill being watching all our former buffs @ ucla this will be what 1 a year last 3 years......go scott.....