07-26-2006, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by craigblitz
Am I looking into this way too much, but ND wants Martin as a LB and he will be playing LB in HS now. Maybe his coach knows that he is going to ND and wants to get him as many reps as possible there. Or is Lasalle very thin at the LB spot and need him to play there for the team to have a succesful year?
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Don't read anything into it at all... It's simply to do what's best for the team.
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07-26-2006, 11:07 PM
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His team plays a 34 defense I think, so I'm guessing a player with his skills is need more at LB than DE...
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07-26-2006, 11:09 PM
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07-26-2006, 11:28 PM
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Originally Posted by craigblitz
Am I looking into this way too much, but ND wants Martin as a LB and he will be playing LB in HS now. Maybe his coach knows that he is going to ND and wants to get him as many reps as possible there. Or is Lasalle very thin at the LB spot and need him to play there for the team to have a succesful year?
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The reason for Martin playing LB has little to do with his recruitment by the Irish. I have this on good information. As a DE in high school, it is just easier for teams to run away from his side of the field. At ILB he will be free to be creative and teams can't scheme away from one half of the field. This was actually talked about last year at LaSalle as a way for Ben to become an even bigger factor on defense....but I assure you, he prefers DE. |
07-27-2006, 01:19 AM
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The people I've talked to from LaSalle said he was playing LB because defenses would just try to run away from his side at DE(as I believe I stated earlier in this thread but I'll repeat it). Being at LB frees him up to make more plays.
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07-27-2006, 12:19 PM
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07-27-2006, 07:13 PM
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Jamie Newberg gives a breakdown of Ben. Nothing new...
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