CONFIRMED: Neuheisel names Prince starting QB
by Meriones on Apr 30, 2009 1:08 PM PDT
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Just caught it during lunch at the end of ESPN's College Football Live telecast. No link, no crawl at the bottom of the screen -- just a statement, along with the anchor saying, "Let's just hope for UCLA's sake that he can stay healthy..."
If anybody has anything new on this, feel free to bring it.
M
UPDATE: CONFIRMED -- It's up on the official site. Congratulations to Kevin, and to the coaching staff on such an important decision.
As stated therein (emphasis added):
"We're going to name Kevin Prince as our starting quarterback," Neuheisel said on a conference call with the media. "It's no secret that he was getting the lion's share of reps with the first team. We just felt like he had requisite skill set to be given that opportunity and we wanted to see what he would do with it. While there were some growing pains, I still believe he showed the necessary poise and the understanding of what Norm Chow is trying to get taught, not only at the position, but also managing the game, that we think there's just a huge upside for Kevin. ...
And as for those Bruins that are new to the party: (a) Read more BN(!!!); and (b) here's the bullet points:
"I think that he has all of the things you look for. He has great poise. He has size. His arm strength is what you look for. His understanding of the game will only get better and certainly his understanding of our offense will only get better. I'm excited about his progress and I think our team will rally around him."
Notably, CRN has NOT decided who the primary backup will be, as Craft and Brehaut are still under orders to keep competing for it. Given that we still have youngsters on the line -- even though they are improving -- that's the right mentality to have.
In any event, you gotta keep loving the fact that we have a coach with this kind of vision for the kind of QB we should have:
"I think we are going to have ourselves a position that we can be proud of. I think we will get the quarterback position back to where we all believe it should be, which is one of nation's finest. I believe we have that in our coach and now it's time to play like that, so hopefully we can do it.
"It won't happen overnight. He's a freshman. There's going to be some growing pains, but I do believe it is the right move and I'm anxious to see how it progresses as we get into fall camp."
Again, congrats to the (new) Prince of Westwood.
M
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Good deal...
Prince looked the best at the Spring Game last weekend.
As a redshirt freshman that puts Prince 1 year ahead of Brehaut, right? If so, Brehaut has the prospect of sitting for 3 years in front of him…
All hail the Mighty Bruins!
by seernst on Apr 30, 2009 3:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Technically...
Brehaut is a frosh, as is Prince. If Brehaut does not RS, which appears undecided at this point, Brehaut could sit for four years behind Prince.
If Craft beats Brehaut out for backup, I would imagine Brehaut would RS and be one year behind Prince. If Brehaut beats out Craft, he would obviously not RS this year, but possibly in a future year depending on Crissman’s development, recruiting, etc.
by AllHailMightyBruins on Apr 30, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My guess is we'll go into the season with Brehaut as the backup
and if Prince gets hurt in the first 4 or 5 games, Brehaut will step in. If we get to game 5 or 6 and Prince is still playing, Craft will step into the backup role and Brehaut will redshirt.
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Apr 30, 2009 3:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
If we are lucky enough
to have a blowout going in one of our first 4 games…then whom do you bring in for garbage time? Brehaut or Craft?
But hey, what do I know. I’m just the 800 lbs bruin in the room.
by tasser10 on Apr 30, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but...
should Prince get injured in the second half of the season, as a fan it would be really hard to swallow throwing away games for the sake of a redshirt two years in a row (also not meant as a shot against Craft, but from all apparent reports he has not shown much improvement from last year). I understand the need to build this program for the future, but there is only so much abuse fans and the team can take.
by Sideout11 on Apr 30, 2009 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
As soon as CRN starts thinking about the fans during the game
he needs to be fired. If the coach starts thinking about what the fan can or cannot take during a game, he should no longer be in charge. CRN needs to think about what’s best for the program and player development to pick up future wins.
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Apr 30, 2009 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
To be honest, Craft didn’t really get much of a chance to compete for the back up role, let alone the starting job. He would get about 1 snap to Prince/Brehaut’s 20. Those snaps usually would come with the third unit.
by ydg2008 on Apr 30, 2009 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I only saw the spring game
but I thought Brehaut played a bit better. Prince had one pic and almost a 2nd. It did look like Prince had a slightly better arm though…
by captainqtp on Apr 30, 2009 7:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Which team defense?
I believe I heard that the second team defense was in most of the time Brehaut was in. I could be wrong, though, I was not there. I am still very excited about Brehaut and Prince. I trust the coaches, and am very excited for next year, just ask my wife, who can’t stand how often I check this site for every scrap of news I can get, haha.
by sponkey21 on Apr 30, 2009 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree
the coaches know what they are doing… I just thought Brehaut was making better choices on scrimmage day.
by captainqtp on May 1, 2009 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let's just hope
I remember when we had a freshman start. He was number 18 — Cade something or other. I would be content with numbers like Cade had, especially 4-0 against justsc.
by Fox 71 on Apr 30, 2009 9:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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