Hell if anything he could use this to his advantage. It's more of hit to a players ego than it's actually hurting them. The coaching staff is basically saying we want you but the position you play isn't needed in this class and you aren't ready to steal snaps away from any of our current players.
Lets say UofL went ahead and signed him instead of offering the greyshirt. He most likely would be sitting for a year and that year is gone forever unless they redshirted him. I understand he would be training with the team, but 4-5 months is gone in the blink of an eye. To an 18-19 year old kid 4-5 months seems like 3 years, but us old f&*ks know that is a blip of time in the grand scheme of things.
If the kid has shelter and food he can hit the weight room, do sprints, and other drills. I'm sure he is allowed to look at UofL playbooks or no? This could be turned into a positive thing, IF he uses the time wisely. On top of that the coaching staff would probably appreciate a kids dedication for accepting a greyshirt and down the road that can pay off for him as well.
Damn why is everyone so negative.
"No grayshirt success story is better than Kansas State senior safety Ty Zimmerman. Coming out of Junction City (Kan.) High in 2008, Zimmerman was a two-time all-state quarterback. But colleges didn't flock his way and his only options were Division II Washburn University and a grayshirt offer from Kansas State. Zimmerman always dreamed of playing for the Wildcats, so he accepted the grayshirt offer even though it wasn't the most ideal situation.
"It sucked at first," Zimmerman said. "It wasn't really the ego part for me. Just the fact all my friends were off going to college, and I was stuck back at home. All my friends were off at college having fun, playing football and everything like that. That was the hardest part for me, talking to them on the phone every day and hearing about how much fun they were having. It took a lot of patience, but it really paid off for me in the long run."
It sure did. Zimmerman developed into one of the best players in Kansas State history and will someday have his name on the K-State Football Ring of Honor. He earned All-American honors as a junior and senior and became the first player in Wildcats history to receive all-conference honors all four years of his career."
This post was edited on 2/3 4:39 PM by chiphunt1
Lets say UofL went ahead and signed him instead of offering the greyshirt. He most likely would be sitting for a year and that year is gone forever unless they redshirted him. I understand he would be training with the team, but 4-5 months is gone in the blink of an eye. To an 18-19 year old kid 4-5 months seems like 3 years, but us old f&*ks know that is a blip of time in the grand scheme of things.
If the kid has shelter and food he can hit the weight room, do sprints, and other drills. I'm sure he is allowed to look at UofL playbooks or no? This could be turned into a positive thing, IF he uses the time wisely. On top of that the coaching staff would probably appreciate a kids dedication for accepting a greyshirt and down the road that can pay off for him as well.
Damn why is everyone so negative.
"No grayshirt success story is better than Kansas State senior safety Ty Zimmerman. Coming out of Junction City (Kan.) High in 2008, Zimmerman was a two-time all-state quarterback. But colleges didn't flock his way and his only options were Division II Washburn University and a grayshirt offer from Kansas State. Zimmerman always dreamed of playing for the Wildcats, so he accepted the grayshirt offer even though it wasn't the most ideal situation.
"It sucked at first," Zimmerman said. "It wasn't really the ego part for me. Just the fact all my friends were off going to college, and I was stuck back at home. All my friends were off at college having fun, playing football and everything like that. That was the hardest part for me, talking to them on the phone every day and hearing about how much fun they were having. It took a lot of patience, but it really paid off for me in the long run."
It sure did. Zimmerman developed into one of the best players in Kansas State history and will someday have his name on the K-State Football Ring of Honor. He earned All-American honors as a junior and senior and became the first player in Wildcats history to receive all-conference honors all four years of his career."
This post was edited on 2/3 4:39 PM by chiphunt1
