[Mick]

If you look at the talent getting drafted by the NFL we have had 10 offensive players drafted in the last 5 years, and 15 in the 5 years before that. Biggest drop off has been in the Offensive Line, the place we are hurting the worst now.  So we have either recruited the wrong guys the last 5 years or we haven't been able to develop them.  I don't know which coaches coincided with which periods.  This year I think the Offensive Line has been at best offensive.

I seem to recall reading that OLs were the most intelligent of the position groups.  Wouldn't it stand to reason that they'd be the easiest to recruit to Stanford?

[Mick]

If you look at the talent getting drafted by the NFL we have had 10 offensive players drafted in the last 5 years, and 15 in the 5 years before that. Biggest drop off has been in the Offensive Line, the place we are hurting the worst now.  So we have either recruited the wrong guys the last 5 years or we haven't been able to develop them.  I don't know which coaches coincided with which periods.  This year I think the Offensive Line has been at best offensive.

I seem to recall reading that OLs were the most intelligent of the position groups.  Wouldn't it stand to reason that they'd be the easiest to recruit to Stanford?