‘Tears Were Shed’: Eric Morris Unlocked Sean Brophy’s Coaching Potential by Benching Him as a Player

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Originally published at: ‘Tears Were Shed’: Eric Morris Unlocked Sean Brophy’s Coaching Potential by Benching Him as a Player

‘The first time I had a sit-down with Sean was to tell him he wasn’t the starting quarterback a couple weeks before his senior season.’

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‘Coach, I’m gonna come work for you.’ And I said, ‘Well, I don’t have a job for you.’ ‘Alright, I’ll be there next week.’ — :rofl: :joy: :sob:

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“We had a true freshman come in and gave us a chance to be a little more mobile. The first time I had a sit-down with Sean was to tell him he wasn’t the starting quarterback a couple weeks before his senior season. I think there are a lot of tears shed in that.”

Gundy would’ve chosen seniority over talent. I already like this guy. Not afraid to start younger more talented players over average seniority.

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Yep. We saw that in the choice of Corndog over the freshman Sanders. And it cost us a year of development and experience with Sanders. We also saw it in how slow he was to give Ollie his chance to be the lead back.

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Let’s not forget Justin Blackmon. That had barely any stats and went on to win the biletnikoff two years in a row. A first round draft pick. Hubert Anyiam was supposedly a better option :man_shrugging:.

Let’s not forget handicapping ourselves in Bedlam 2009 with a Zac Robinson and his busted shoulder. Despite the fact a future first round pick was sitting right behind him. That had proven earlier in the season he could move the offense if needed :man_shrugging:.

Seniority over talent definitely had its moments where it kept us down to the level of our competition or worse.

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Nice to have new blood it is. It’s going to be a fun year. Pretty sure we won’t be sweating the non conference games out and dropping one.

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Corndog was better than Sanders! :rofl:

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Certainly that year he was.