re: Hundley decommit....

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It's one thing to get beat by a massive, NFL first round pick. It's another to get manhandled by Arkansas's only 1st string DT, which Shananhan did often in that game.

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The guy at Ark is an elite level player. No he isn't Derrick Brown Top 10 type pick, but he's an elite level player this year. He has been dominating everyone he's played against. His PFF Rating is about 80 on the season and he's been very consistent. Him and Zach Carter of UF lead the conference by a LONG shot in interior Dline pressures on the QB this year. Both have about 30 total QB pressures. Next guys down are under 20. Those are some very disruptive players.

Again Shanahan is an average SEC Olineman this year. His PFF grade is right in the mid 60s right now which is average. HE isn't a bad player, he just isn't going to handle the SEC's best interior Dlinemen like even some of the best interior olinemen struggle with as well.

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But its apparently not ok to hold kids responsible for anything they do. Only the schools and coaches can be bad guys.

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No, it's a two way street. If you are going to call Marshall a quitter for the leaving the team, then you should call LSU a quitter for essentially kicking recruits out of the class. In both instances Marshall and LSU are doing what is best for them, but it's unfair to call one a quitter and not the other one.

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I see that as an issue because that's his ceiling. I'd much rather some young blood that can avg that but continue to grow in size and playing time that had a higher ceiling.

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If we had that he would be playing, we dont have that.

Not every position is going to be a case where we win that specific battle every game. Key is to win as many battles as you can obviously game to game. Shanahan isn't really "losing" more battles than he's winning, it's about even, so its not as big of a deal as people are making it out to be. They just see someone struggling recently against the best guys they play and freak out - which I get, but understand it's like that everywhere. Almost every non-elite player runs into someone who will get the better of them in a game at some point. Like I said as good as Cushenberry was, he got owned a few times last year himself to simply better players at times or guys who simply had better games than him.

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He’s god awful. Not strong enough to be an SEC C and gets blown up every play. Doesn’t appear to be a leader on the line despite his Ivy League education.

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The guards are the ones who have been getting blown up. Shanahan has been solid, not great, at center.

Does this add any credence to the supposed silent commits ed talked about?

I get that basic premise but the differences are huge. Marshall has been here 3 years, had tens of thousands of dollars resourced into him, tons of time and effort and over 100 players and coaches livelihoods affected because of his decision. People that count on him in varying ways. Hundley meanwhile is playing hs at IMG on scholarship, still has plenty of options, has had an average persons monthly income at most invested in him, his immediate family only affected and if we're being honest isn't actually a part of the program in any way. He's essentially a candidate for a job with a tentatively accepted offer. Does it suck and are there moral issues involved? Sure but it's an apples to oranges comparison to a player quitting on his team.
Is an NFL team "quitting" on a player when they cut him because they drafted or signed a better or cheaper player? Not in the sense this is being compared to. In fact those things are predicted and expected in a lot of cases.
If I'm being honest, I don't have any real issue with what Marshall did. Did he still quit? He did. There's no disputing it.

AMEN!!