re: Interesting comment from Shep

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Not bashing on Shep at all...But do you remember the Georgia game where the team had to call 2 timeout on the goal line when Shep when in to run the wild tiger...Shep needs to understand his role - How hard is it to run the wild tiger...Maybe the coaching staff was asking him to learn too much (RB, WR, WT) plays when they should have focused on one position - Wild Tiger...Also, I believe this is part of Sheps personality to toy with people...Keeping the suspense...Shep will play in all the remaining games - No Doubt

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On Russell Shepard’s transition into college ball...
“Well, it’s a very difficult one for anybody. What happens is when you’re in high school and you’re the player of the school, the high school coach coaches you, and the other guys get the information around and after you get it because certainly when we go out onto the field, that’s the one guy that has to get the information, and then, the supporting cast will be filled in. They’ll get it peripherally after the guy is operating extremely well. What happens is you come to college and you realize that there is a quarterback, receivers, running backs and a number of guys who get their opportunities and just to coach you would be inappropriate, but we’re going to coach the room, and that room’s responsibility is to get that information. Well, many times when a high school player comes to college, he figures, ‘Well, certainly they are going to grab me and go over that when we get onto the field.’ They don’t necessarily need to take that in their mind that coaching in the classroom to the field with them. Certainly, the coach will tell them again, but what happens is, we call the play and we haven’t told you again, but we’ve called the play. This is your opportunity to demonstrate now what you’ve learned in the classroom.

“That is a transition for all freshmen. I think that when you change positions, and we’ve asked him to do a lot of things. We’ve played him at quarterback. We’ve played him at running back. We’ve played him at wide receiver. I think we certainly multiply his issues with how much we’re trying to put on his plate. It’s quite a transition. It’s a transition certainly for him and for many.”

On what we can expect from Shepard after Saturday’s performance...
“We could expect very similar things that we’ve done with him in the past. I think he’ll get an opportunity to catch it. I think he’ll get an opportunity to throw it. I think he’ll get an opportunity to run it, and hopefully, we’ll see some more runs like he had Saturday.”

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