Interesting insight about Hunt and Simmons.
I'm not sure Curry said "lazy". Perhaps pourman added that in. Curry called it "political recruiting" or something like that. In the thread about it, the interpretation I liked was that Curry was criticizing Grobe for following up the FRESH DEACS by taking "system" players from good HS programs who may not have much higher of a ceiling compared to raw talents from NC or Pahokee players who chase rabbits.
My personal take is that the star of our defense in '04 and '05 was Abbate and Grobe was looking for more players who fit that mold. They may not be the tallest or fastest but they can make plays. The problem was our short stocky LBs didn't really make plays. They didn't have the Abbate-like instincts and sure tackling ability. Instead, they were just slow. Of course, with time our staff saw that while Abbate was a definitely good player, the money players were Curry and Arnoux, athletes who had worked their way to having a good combination of size and speed who also had the instincts and tackling ability. Problem is those players don't grow on trees and it's hard to tell which 6-3, 195 high schools LBs will be beasts after a redshirt year. Of course, that's exactly what they get paid to do. It may have been "easier" to find and recruit players in the Abbate mold. We'll see how many guys have now who are in the Curry/Arnoux mold.
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