Preseason roundtable video - Printable Version
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Preseason roundtable video - yvonne - 08-04-2012
Stanford athletics has put together a high definition video with Dave Fleming, Todd Husak, and John Platz analyzing the team at every position. It's a really nice video.
http://youtu.be/1QXWIlgI1_4
This is an excellent, worthwhile video - Redrum - 08-05-2012
Round table was Dave Flemming, Todd Husak, John Platz. It was great to hear guys with long experience around Stanford evaluate things in a way not constrained by the 20 seconds of air time between plays. Very worthwhile watching, but a few things I noted:
** Mild suprise: Raves for OL Cameron Flemming. Read from a distance, the Spring game comments about Cameron posted around the net ranged from "work in progress' to pretty harsh. One poster said he looked almost clueless out there. DL beat him like a red haired stepchild. But in this round table there was talk of both he and Yankey being top 5 NFL picks.Â
 Brain fart, name-mix up corrected elsewhere.
** The logic for Nunes as the QB starter. Helps to know a pretty good Stanford QB, Todd Husak, framed the case for Nunes. Said Stanford's offense works by being efficient. Physical mistakes usually won't kill it, but mental mistakes will. QB doesn't have to be great, just make the right decision, don't make mistakes. Nunes, he said, is better in this aspect of the game. Sound familiar?
**The counter argument is that the emergence of Montgomery as a dominating receiver (which the participants think is likely) might tip the scale for Nottingham, who has "A+ physical tools" that can best maximize Montgomery's downfield abilities.
** After the usual praise for Stepfan Taylor, Kelsey Young came in for praise as a "spectacular speed athlete" who stands out in every practice and coaches talk about continually.
** Husak's observation on keys to the coming season: Special teams, somewhat below par the last couple years, have to return to more productivity seen a few years ago. Winning field position and scoring on returns will become more important to Stanford's chances of winning. Unspoken, but by implication a perspective into the departed Coach Pollian's
weaknesses.