Well I was very down on the stament made by the person that had replyed about Curtis Shaw,"The guy is made of glass". That is what you said.
I like to be very respectfull too you and this form. So what I like to say, I will not say, but I will say is this too you. You are wrong and lack the understanding of the college game of football.
I have never been part of a form in this respect of writing but I do read all the infomation about Sac. State Football and I am please to see this form under way it is shockingly modest, which is refreshing, with results of great coverage at times. However I had to write this and reply to the writer that made the reply about Shaw.
Your allegations of Shaw, come with no respect at all and is ridiculously thin to attack from the outside to what you have no realistic understanding of what goes on in the inside of a college running backs and what one must do to be at that confidence level in college football.
Shaw qualifies as a tone-setter for More often than not. A running back, it’s a position where people don’t talk a lot, so maybe people don’t recognize how important or how strong a leadership position the running back is and at times commands significantly important to his team.
I was not sold on Shaw when he came to sac state, I wanted know why a player of his recognition is comming to our Sac State. So I did some more checking up on him and what he did at The University of Washington.
First let me say he never was out of a game because of a reported injury in 12 games. Played in every game his first year of playing at UW. His sophomore year he came back home for a reason that had nothing to do with his playing or a reported injury.
When Shaw took off with the respect of his head coachTyrone Willingham, "The opportunity will be here for him to return once his family issues have been resolved," said UW coach Tyrone Willingham in the statement. "For the time being, that needs to be his focus."
Shaw was the top running back and was the #1leader of recivers by stats. Shaw left the team in August to return to his home in Stockton, Calif., for what his father said were "some serious family issues here." He came back to UW in late September with his father and met with former coach Tyrone Willingham and AD Scott Woodward and got the OK to return to the team after the season.
However since the hiring of new coach Steve Sarkisian came to be the head coach. Sarkisian also wanted Shaw back. Sarkisian said "any RB with 4.25 speed I want on him hear and playing running back full time for UW". However Sarkisian wanted Shaw to be speed power back and that is not the kind of RB he is.
Shaw is a super fast RB that runs North & South with very little East & West moves, it what people that know the game call it a (down hill runner).
So because of that reson only, Shaw moved on. I fund out that every Team in the Big Sky division offerd this kid a scholarship when they knew that he was out looking for a new college to play football. Because can produce.
O by the way coach Steve Sarkisian, found out the hard way that you can not play running backs the way he did when he was at USC because those days are gone you now go to the air 67% of time with backs that can catch the ball and run.
Sometimes you play some teams where even though you’re doing well it doesn’t show up in the box score, you don’t see that the defens is always making adjustments because you must all ways know when and where that speed is on the field. That kind of RB features backside cuts that put defensive linemen on the ground. A lot of defenders hate it, and many say it puts their knees at risk. But it’s a legal technique that plenty of teams use, to win and it is call SPEED!! Just not, perhaps, with the regularity and proficiency that Sac has not been able to embrace because Shaw was out and came back an to suffered from concussion, and then (knee), but he’s actually doing a lot of good things out there, for the team.
Did you know that Shaw had suffered the knee injury early in the first min. of the game, but he stay in the game late in the third quarter. It was Shaw that was the running back that set up the gohead TD with his big reception in the supper big win over with 36 yards reception against Oregon State late in the game That he would have taken to the house if not for the injury.
I do not think a RB that is made of glass would have stayed in the game under that kind pain. If Shaw had come out ASAP when the injury happen he would not have miss the 2011season that is what I understand from what I read in the MRI later showed.
Curtis Shaw, is is a great technician when he runs the ball you can not teach this, you have it, or you dont have it. Shaw he’s got great movement skills. He plays the game with excellent leverage. He’s the linchpin of the best offensive back that we have at Sac State! Shaw got that coordination, he's got the rhythm together, and I think that’s why you will see us running the ball effectively When Curtis Shaw in the sac state initial plans.
We need the other RB also. I do not want to disrespect the other RB on our team but Curtis Shaw is the big key to wins. Go back to the Stanford game and look at the hits that he took. If it was not for all of the call backs he would have went over 100 yards on Stanford who had one of the best defensive that year. That is why UW coach Steve Sarkisian, would not let Shaw out of his scholarship agreement if he would go to another PAC 10 school with out a sit out because he did not want for someone who can produce to come back and but him in the --- well you know what I mean.
PS. Did you know this?
Oakland Raiders #22 Taiwan Jones, Detroit Lions #44 Jahvid Best and Curtis Shaw, all ran on the same 4X4-100 Champions Junior Olympic team. What do they all have***********SPEED Shaw will be the next NFL player if he can stay on the field.
This is why Sac needs him and he needs Sac. Next time do your homework before you say, or post a Sub-topic reply with no understanding of the game. You just been given some of the best Equalizers of what it takes to be RB in college or NFL football.
Go Sac State Football and all of the players & Coaches in 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!