Is there a bigger f-up than Marshall Faulk being told he had to be a DB?

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Was just chatting with some friends about LA players leaving the state, and how Faulk was told by LSU that he'd have to change position.

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All the SEC schools wanted him to play DB.

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Granted, almost every school told him that and that's why he went west (correct me if I'm remembering this wrong).

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Right - MF is a relatively smart guy (I assume you've seen him do analysis since he retired) - the story goes, he said, "If I have to go down in competitive level to play RB, I might as well go to SDSU and live on the beach for 3 or 4 years."

And he did. Like a boss.

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Was just chatting with some friends about LA players leaving the state, and how Faulk was told by LSU that he'd have to change position. Granted, almost every school told him that and that's why he went west (correct me if I'm remembering this wrong). My friend said that back in that time people had the perception that RB's had to be bruisers and Faulk was a little undersized in everyone's opinion.

What are some other examples of "WTF were you thinking" with recruits?

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Sometimes it’s just impossible to quantify a players instincts and athleticism and how that transfers to the field at the next level. If it were just one school that made this assumption with Faulk, I’d question it. But there were quite a few.

That Travis Etienne miss is already looking ignorant. Not the same as telling him to come play corner or something, but it makes sense to offer the best rb's in Louisiana as early as possible.

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I believe LSU told Faulk, McNair and Favre to play DB.

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Even Southern Miss told Favre to play DB. He was a safety when he got there and then switched back to QB and was like the 5th or 6th string QB before getting a chance.

The big thing with all these guys is that the industry as a whole largely passed on them.

Faulk went to San Diego St because Curtis Johnson gave him the opportunity to play RB. Faulk credits his RB coach at SDSU for teaching him so much about football in general because after he would take his RB test before each game, the coach would give him the WR test, the OL test, the QB test, and allow him to learn and test his knowledge of the offense from every perspective. That coach: Sean Payton.

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Faulk went to San Diego St because Curtis Johnson gave him the opportunity to play RB. Faulk credits his RB coach at SDSU for teaching him so much about football in general because after he would take his RB test before each game, the coach would give him the WR test, the OL test, the QB test, and allow him to learn and test his knowledge of the offense from every perspective. That coach: Sean Payton.

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Well that's some shite I didn't know before.

LSU wasn't the only one to pass on Faulk as a RB, some major programs did at the time including the U Miami back in the day.

It's why he ended up at San Diego St.

He would not have put up numbers under Hallman.

Tell me anything in my post that isnt correct? Thanks.

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Saban recruited Pat White as a Defensive Back when he was at LSU.

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Rightfully so, regardless of how his career turned out at WVU.

White was behind:

Jamarcus - #1 OVERALL draft pick
Flynn- BCS NCG winning QB (and Offensive MVP of the game)
Perrilloux - one of the greatest wastes of talent to ever suit up for the P&G