Colorado CB John Walker -- grad transfer to MSU

[iaafan]

That was Walker, not Hale.

[VimSince03]

Hale needs to pass a few summer classes still. But he never has had a problem in the classroom so shouldn't be too worried.

[SonomaCat]

That was Walker, not Hale.

Ah, sorry. Didn't read deep enough into the nested quotes.

[JDoub]

Why wouldn't Hale be able to transfer?

I am not in the know, but from reading social media Naijile Hale has been accepted at MSU, BUT needs to complete summer classes to become eligible for the 2016 football season.

IMO, the whole persona of our secondary will be drastically different with GA at the helm, Hale AND Walker on the team.

If Colter or anyone has factual insight on Hale, please enlighten us!

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[Grandmaster Cat]

Interesting turn of events with Walker, to say the least. Looks like he could be a big help in the secondary. Will he be eligible immediately to play? Looking at his tweet, the hash tag appears to indicate he's a member of the 2017 recruiting class -- could just be a typo though.

[VimSince03]

Interesting turn of events with Walker, to say the least. Looks like he could be a big help in the secondary. Will he be eligible immediately to play? Looking at his tweet, the hash tag appears to indicate he's a member of the 2017 recruiting class -- could just be a typo though.

I thought the same thing when I saw that. Might just be a typo.

[iaafan]

With Walker back on board our corners are looking promising.

Walker - 10 starts at Colorado
Strong - 5 starts last season
Hale - 4 starts as true frosh at Washington
Alley - 6 starts over past two seasons
Harris, Evans, Dodd - no starts, but good athletes
Gates, Stern - difficult to say
Washington, Steele - incoming freshmen

[TomCat88]

Getting Walker back could be huge. He's a proven player. Many drop downs from P5s come in with very little experience because they weren't good enough. That's not the case for Walker and Hale.

[Colter_Nuanez]

Colorado CB transfer John Walker lands at Montana State after all
http://skylinesportsmt.com/colorado-cb- ... after-all/

[JDoub]

Colorado CB transfer John Walker lands at Montana State after all
http://skylinesportsmt.com/colorado-cb- ... after-all/

Thanks Colter -- that explains a lot.

Great to hear Choate got personally involved to dig into what was going on with acceptance.

Look forward to seeing Walker on the field, and hope he reaches his goal of playing in the league.

And for all those threads and questions here on BN about 'to turn or not to turn your head' in coverage -- just watch Walker's film. He does it right.

[Hi-Line Bobcat]

Colorado CB transfer John Walker lands at Montana State after all
http://skylinesportsmt.com/colorado-cb- ... after-all/

Thanks Colter -- that explains a lot.

Great to hear Choate got personally involved to dig into what was going on with acceptance.

Look forward to seeing Walker on the field, and hope he reaches his goal of playing in the league.

And for all those threads and questions here on BN about 'to turn or not to turn your head' in coverage -- just watch Walker's film. He does it right.

I talked with Joel Fuller and Kazz Seiwing about the "turn your headgate" conspiracy last year at our tailgate. They both told me that in practice and during the games players are graded on a system developed by the coaches. The scoring system graded each player on whether they correctly covered the WR and played the ball. Contrary to what some were saying on here in the past, no the coaches did not teach the players to not turn their heads. Instead they were coached to run with the WR and only turn their your head, not shoulder or hips, when the WR tips his hand by either his eyes or hands, and btw that is the correct way to play corner. They simply said that the corners and safties we had then and now are not that good and are always out of position, causing them to chase the WR. Which in turn makes it look like our DBs and safties are intentially trying to not turn their heads, and that isn't the case.

If have your head, shoulders, or hips turned the whole time on the backfield and QB, good luck covering any WR at any level.

[JDoub]

Correct. So to see how it's supposed to be done - in step with the receiver, in position, right amount of cushion, perfect hips, hands, head, shoulders, right position and time of breaks, watch Walker's film.


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[VimSince03]

Correct. So to see how it's supposed to be done - in step with the receiver, in position, right amount of cushion, perfect hips, hands, head, shoulders, right position and time of breaks, watch Walker's film.


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I talked with Joel Fuller and Kazz Seiwing about the "turn your headgate" conspiracy last year at our tailgate. They both told me that in practice and during the games players are graded on a system developed by the coaches. The scoring system graded each player on whether they correctly covered the WR and played the ball. Contrary to what some were saying on here in the past, no the coaches did not teach the players to not turn their heads. Instead they were coached to run with the WR and only turn their your head, not shoulder or hips, when the WR tips his hand by either his eyes or hands, and btw that is the correct way to play corner. They simply said that the corners and safties we had then and now are not that good and are always out of position, causing them to chase the WR. Which in turn makes it look like our DBs and safties are intentially trying to not turn their heads, and that isn't the case.

If have your head, shoulders, or hips turned the whole time on the backfield and QB, good luck covering any WR at any level.

Basically what it all comes down to is speed. Speed can solve a lot of problems. We have struggled with speed for about three years now at the DB and S level.