18!
The WR position is potentially even more crowded than it was just yesterday as Head Coach Pete Mangurian has listed incoming frosh QB Scooter Hollis as a "QB/WR" in his latest Tweet.
This isn't exactly a surprise as I had written on this very blog months ago that Hollis would likely play another position than QB at Columbia. But competition at WR is going to be super interesting. Hollis' speed and smarts are going to make him a great weapon anywhere he plays.
And that makes 18 potential WR's on the roster beginning this August!
The other position change I missed, but an alert reader pointed out concerns Max Keefe, younger brother of rising soph WR John Keefe.
Mangurian lists Keefe as a linebacker, not a safety, and at 6-2 and 200 lbs., he could be perfect at that position.
License to Thrill
Senior Columbia administration sources tell Roar Lions 2012 that Mangurian has been given much more authority to fundamentally change the football program than any predecessor probably since Lou Little.
This is obviously a good thing, because the program needs an overhaul and without any micromanaging from Low Library.
It looks like the administration is finally coming around to the fact that its interference may not have done any good after all these years.
But this new license comes with some drawbacks for Mangurian, particularly the temptation to control every little thing about the program and that can lead to madness when the inevitable mistakes and failures occur.
Mangurian will need our support when those hopefully small little failures happen. Because any strong reaction he may have will undoubtedly be blown up by the student press and maybe even the NY Times, (the Times ignores Columbia football unless it can ridicule it).
As I wrote yesterday, Columbia really needs to change everything about the way it does things in order to shake up its chances in the Ivies.
This means heads will roll and there will be some angry people about that. They may speak out, they may undermine their successors.
The players are "all in," the administration, (for now), is staying out of it, the fans?
Well, the fan base is almost all gone for Columbia football and will need to be revived. Winning is the only way to do that, so we'll have to wait until at least week two of the season for them to come back. But as I've said many times, the fans will come back more quickly at Columbia than any other Ivy school.
6 comments:
Will there be any kickoff or punts in Friday's scrimmage?
BB Coach Jones showed there are ways to encourage student interest in a team in addition to winning games. And, reaching out to "the student press" would be a good idea.
Jake ....cruising the Lehigh web site last year, I noticed an article about a BBQ set up for the team and alumni when they broke up summer football camp .... I thought it was a great idea to build reklationships between the team and alumni ..... it didn't mentioned who paid for it or even if there was a cost. that's not the issue .... the quesion I have is "How do we find out what football alumni/fans are allowed to do within NCAA rules ?" ....
see http://spectrum.columbiaspectator.com/sports/lions-football-shows-it-knows-the-value-of-social-media
Jake - Mangurian having "license" to do what with the football program ?
the adminstration should stay out of the day to day running of the team and processes surrounding that. however, that implies that the coach can be trusted and is a good decision maker. i have no opinion on those aspects of the current coach.
However, some observations, CU has always had problems with depth, so why cut down the number of players for the sake of cutting the number down? what happens if the next great player is one of those that has gotten cut? we will never know, but why not have the free option, it is free.
i heard the spring game was solid, but also heard about coaches and players dancing. this is a business and we werent playing Harvard. Lose the dancing and start acting like you are a player and not a side show. in my day, dancing would have called for the nutcracker and some serious pain. act like you have been here before...coaches included.
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