Tyler Pritchett to Center?

[blazers]

Apparently Center and RG has had lots of movement.

Pritchett, who in yrs past was a little undersized, apparently has pretty good feet and was looking decent last offseason before some injury. Anyway, this yr he's been running with the ones at guard, but then was seen second-string at center behind Brian Anderson recently.

Also interesting is that walk-on Trull had been the starting center, then was moved over to starting RG.

I get that now is time to cross-train and stuff, and things could be fluid, but it just seems weird. Is walk-on Trull really so good that he'd be crosstraining for potential starter reps at both guard as well as center? And is he so good that he'd bump Pritchett out of the starting spot over to backup-center where he'd be "better served"?

 

[WoadBlue]

We don't seem able to get past OL issues. We have signed sound talent on the OL. but injuries keep taking a toll, and even some uninjured guys do not develop well.

 

[riverswe]

Somebody mentioned our O linemen play very upright and high (maybe nation?). That's not good for balance and maybe plays into the injuries.

 

[blazers]

Bodine and Landon Turner played most of their career under Kap and they didn't seem to have some upright/high issue, or enough of an issue to stop them from being very, very good collegiate players (and Bodine has been solid in the pros). If guys are upright and high, it must be their body, rather than coaching.

 

[blazers]

Somebody mentioned our O linemen play very upright and high (maybe nation?). That's not good for balance and maybe plays into the injuries.

And regarding injuries, I don't remember major issues 2012/2013/2014/2015

2017 (multiple games out)
Spain - thumb
Sweet - knee
Hatton - head
Cohen - head
Pritchett - broken leg, right?
McCargo - missing spring, I assume with some kinda injury, but it could easily be academic, same with Jeremiah Clarke.

2016:
Caleb Peterson - back
Ferranto - knee

I wonder how many of the above could've been due to playing upright & high? Doesn't seem like something worth concern unless i'm missing something. Effectiveness is a different story, but the injury part seems questionable.