[CrazedZooChimp]

Seems odd to have that much certainty that Shittu and Martinez would've left. Anderson and Parry stayed -- and each of them, I'd argue, were more accomplished than Shittu and Martinez. They might've left...but on the other hand, they might not. That we missed out on the option value for a combined 5 tackles in 2012 seems like a poor allocation of resources.

Weren't they both coming off injuries?  Or am I mixing up the years they were hurt?

The real question for Aziz is if he could have redshirted last year after the injury, would he have stayed.  An oft forgotten aspect of not redshirting a frosh who doesn't need it (ie. can contribute and might leave early) is that the redshirt can be used if there's an injury down the road, and sometimes injuries also cause guys to spend that extra year in school.  Brennan Scarlett is kind of an example of that.  Skov another obvious one.

[CrazedZooChimp]

Seems odd to have that much certainty that Shittu and Martinez would've left. Anderson and Parry stayed -- and each of them, I'd argue, were more accomplished than Shittu and Martinez. They might've left...but on the other hand, they might not. That we missed out on the option value for a combined 5 tackles in 2012 seems like a poor allocation of resources.

Weren't they both coming off injuries?  Or am I mixing up the years they were hurt?

The real question for Aziz is if he could have redshirted last year after the injury, would he have stayed.  An oft forgotten aspect of not redshirting a frosh who doesn't need it (ie. can contribute and might leave early) is that the redshirt can be used if there's an injury down the road, and sometimes injuries also cause guys to spend that extra year in school.  Brennan Scarlett is kind of an example of that.  Skov another obvious one.