He probably has one of the easier tracks to starting at OSU as opposed to others. But I still wouldn't sleep on Dunn, or the fact that there are a number of HBs that can steal a large amount of carries if you're not working hard enough. I'm sure Zeke schooled him to what it takes to be a starter at tOSU last year. He had a front row seat to see one of the greatest RBs to wear S&G, hopefully he took notes
Solid, yes, but not great. In the C+/B- range with Beanie being the outlier at, I'd say now at a B+/A- and Lydell Ross on the other end. In fact, you left out the other two I would've included next: Pittman and Herron. That just kind of proves the point, though. Beanie was probably an A before Elliott, but Urban has moved the markers. I think the current staff is better at evaluating talent, coaching it up, and then implementing it. The choice of Zeke over Green is just one example of this.
Very valid point, as its way too early in Meyer's coaching career at tOSU to even compare what he's brought in at any position(let alone RB). Meyer has done a great job molding the team into what he wants, but he also had to work with a lot of Tress' recruits, and though some didn't pan out in Meyer's system, a number of them bought in(Spencer, Jones, Powell, Perry, Boren, Grant, Grant, Bennett, etc). Regarding RBs, Tress brought in his fair share of guys who were stand outs in HS, but things happen and sometimes guys don't pan out, but I would say Tressel's success with RBs while at tOSU exceeded Meyer's at UF, and it took a Tressel recruit in order for Meyer to shed the image that he doesn't develop RBs. I love everything that Meyer is doing, and he is turning the program around in the right direction, and I think Weber will have a great season, and I don't think midway through the season we will be worried so much about missing Zeke anymore. Let's not forget that Zeke entered the same season of uncertainty in his first year starting after Hyde left, he an easy OOC game and then the big game at Blacksburg, and many fans after that night were worried about the lose of not only Hyde, but Miller and how that would be detrimental to our running game. Oh how the season changed after that. I expect similar things from young Mike. He reminds me of a young Hyde, but another former Buckeye RB who he also reminds me of even more is Boom Herron. If you watch both of their HS highlights, both are very similar as far as having very good vision, finding the holes and not dancing, not being afraid of contact, always falling forward and having deceptive speed. Weber will be the guy that wears teams down and keeps moving the chains, and not the homerun threat that we got accustomed to the last 2yrs with Zeke.
That was the knock before he got to Columbus and it was pretty accurate. I was/am always a Tressel fan, but I think his staff underachieved when it came to recruiting and developing running backs. My statement was that Urban is doing a better job on both counts and we'll see how it plays out over the next couple of seasons.
Meyer also had four years of Tebow with Newton waiting in the wings. But yes, he did fail to secure the power backs that he offered.
