Scheel
- Thread starter NCHawker
- Start date
ColumbusHawk
Well-Known Member
He's never been healthy.
He saw limited playing time, but he wasn't all the way back from his injury issues. I'll be very interested in seeing what spring practice looks like for him, he should be close to all the way back by now. He, and the other receivers, to me will be the X-factor next season. if a couple of them step up to make defenses respect them, the offense and the team in general will have a much higher ceiling.
chadfrey
Well-Known Member
Nice Andrew Ridgeley reference. Seriously. Well done.
Did you actually know his name or did you have to look it up? lol. I hope you had to look it up
I think you're being sarcastic, but just in case your not, KMM and Vandy both played significantly as freshman, just to name a recent few. There has to be a need and you have to earn it, but it's not unheard of at Iowa.
Stanzi
Well-Known Member
Not to mention Jerminic Smith just this season.
Derrick Willies? I wouldn't be poking fun at how good he is. He was a JUCO All-American last year, so yes, he is very good. Far better than anyone we trot out there at receiver. He'll be playing on Sunday's. We could use his talent here since we don't have a receiver that can consistently get separation.
HawkeyeWalker
Well-Known Member
He chose to leave. He was good and talented....likely would have started and helped a ton this year, but he quit. I don't care how talented he was.
I'll choose the guys that didn't quit. And are Hawkeyes.
hawkeyebob62
Well-Known Member
Word!
GrandpaHawk
Well-Known Member
Great Juco doesn't make you a good D1 player.
Fryowa
Administrator
Big fish/small pond. Wegher looked like Walter Payton and Barry Sanders had a love child when he played at Morningside.
Willies is playing against defenders who by and large could never even make a D1 team.
STILLBUSTER
Well-Known Member
Fryowa
Administrator
Yea ... 1-loss Carolina is a puddle.
What part of Wegher being in a small pond at Morningside did you not understand?
STILLBUSTER
Well-Known Member
I clearly understand Morningside is a "small pond", NAIA is about as small as you get. I'm not quite sure you understand the phrase.
Generally, when someone says, "big fish, small pond" the implication is that the guy isn't really as good as his stats / honors because he's playing lesser competition. It also implies he would fail against the big boys.
I get you trying to apply the phrase to Willies. In your opinion, he's succeeding because he's playing against a bunch of JuCo talent, not because he's actually a D-1 talent. Of course, this is only your opinion (many would disagree) but we won't know for sure for a couple years. Wegher made an NFL roster. Not just a roster but the roster of one of the best NFL teams. He really is that good. The phrase doesn't apply.
Hope this helps your future use of idioms and cliches.
