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Star Saine quits Piqua track team

A series of injuries lead to the defending D-I champ's decision to leave team.


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By Kyle Nagel
Staff Writer

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Brandon Saine, the two-time defending Division I state champion in the 100 and 400 meters, has stopped running track after a series of injuries led to unusually slow times, his coach said Tuesday.
Saine approached Piqua High School track coach Ron Pearson last week to say he would be leaving the team. The next day, Saine's sister turned in the sprinter's uniform to Pearson.
"He just wasn't having much fun any more," Pearson said. "I could tell that."

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I'm a little disappointed he won't run anymore this year but I completely understand. His gravy-train is football and he needs to get healthy for this coming season.

Here's to a quick recovery for Brandon so he can see the field in the fall!
 
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DDN Article said:
"He was physically in good shape but just mentally tired," Pearson said. "I think with two or three weeks off, he said, 'Hey, this is kind of nice.' "
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This would normally raise a flag to me, but the guys I know from Piqua say this is just Pearson being Pearson. Sounds like a certain coach is a little pissed at losing his best runner for the year.
 
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Senior spring track season is very hard to enjoy if your heart's not completely in it. I'm a little surprised considering the success he's had in the past, but he already won the state title and holds the record. My only concern would be whether or not he maintains conditioning.
 
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bkochmc;823032; said:
Any particular reason why? If he can run a 11.2-11.3 in bad conditions with his tendinitis acting up, I think he could break 11 (10.8-10.9) with a month of recovery and much better weather conditions... I may be underestimating the extent of his injury though as I don't know any particulars about it.
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A week ago 49 and I were talking about Brandon and he said he was going to quit the track team. I didnt want to post anything on here as it was kind of said in confidence but now that its out thats why I originally posted "I'd be surprised if he broke 11...".

I think Brandon is actually pretty bummed about not getting to come to OSU for spring football, being that track was the main reason he wanted to return to Piqua for the spring. Now that track is over he could've gotten a quarter done at OSU and gotten immersed in the teams activities. After watching our depth this spring also, Brandon would've gotten quite an extensive look.

The silver lining in this is to recognize the importance that football is playing in Brandon's decision making right now. The highest priority is getting ready for summer camp and being ready to compete for playing time in the fall. I've seen him play a couple times and if he comes ready in the fall, both mentally and physically, we'll be set at RB and returner. The Wells-Wells combination will carry the bulk of the load but Brandon will see some time and his return ability will help ease the loss of Teddy Ginn. I hope Brandon just hangs in there and enjoys the last few weeks of being a high school senior.
 
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Bestbuck36;831321; said:
A week ago 49 and I were talking about Brandon and he said he was going to quit the track team. I didnt want to post anything on here as it was kind of said in confidence but now that its out thats why I originally posted "I'd be surprised if he broke 11..."
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49 told me a few days after I posted that message... thanks for the explanation though.
 
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Saine will be wearing #3 in the fall. My source was piqua teammate OhioState49 a handful of days ago... the $cout post merely reminded me to post it.

He didn't know whether Brandon would be returning kicks this fall. My first thought was that JamO and he could not see the field at the same time.
 
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Saine as WR

The-Ozone mentioned Getting Brandon Saine on the field this year as a WR or for kick-off returns arguing that the need to replace Ginn's speed with like. Others freshman were mentioned in the column.

http://www.theozone.net/football/2007/2007_specialteams_newcomersoutlook.htm

What makes sense to us is to take a look at Saine as a wide receiver. He is by-far the fastest of the incoming Buckeyes with speed rivaling that of Ted Ginn. Using him at tailback would probably relegate him to the third team, particularly early in the season when he will be just learning the offense. Additionally, the Buckeyes will be breaking in a new quarterback this season, and until whoever the third tailback is learns to pass-protect, he probably isn't going to see the field much. The Buckeye coaching staff isn't going to ask a new quarterback to run for his life in the passing game to accommodate a third-string tailback. They have two tailbacks that know how to block and who to block now. It would be really tough for an incoming tailback to earn significant playing time in 2007, but one could certainly earn a backup role.
Moving Saine to wide receiver would have a lot of benefits and little downside. It probably gets him onto the field faster than at tailback for the reasons mentioned above and fills a void on the OSU offense that needs to be filled, namely a player out wide that will terrify defenses with his speed. Additionally, if the OSU coaching staff decides not to redshirt Saine, he can also fill in on kickoff returns, another area of need. That still leaves OSU short a tailback, but Herron is coming in as well and could fill that role as OSU's third tailback.
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