[Mick]

Amanam is elusive and squirmy, but he\'s not explosive, quick, or fast in the Pac-10. It\'s cool that he\'s getting a few carries and doing a decent job, but I don\'t think he has the requisite football athleticism. Squirmy is his best quality.

I blame it on his high school competition.  At the beginning of a play, Usua usually was able to pick and choose his route, and then his acceleration was so far superior to that of all other players on the field, I think he got accustomed to starting out slow, waiting for the defenders to commit, then exploding past them.  So he never really exploded out of the gate, he didn\'t really develop that skill.

[Mick]

Amanam is elusive and squirmy, but he\'s not explosive, quick, or fast in the Pac-10. It\'s cool that he\'s getting a few carries and doing a decent job, but I don\'t think he has the requisite football athleticism. Squirmy is his best quality.

I blame it on his high school competition.  At the beginning of a play, Usua usually was able to pick and choose his route, and then his acceleration was so far superior to that of all other players on the field, I think he got accustomed to starting out slow, waiting for the defenders to commit, then exploding past them.  So he never really exploded out of the gate, he didn\'t really develop that skill.