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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I don't know, we had this discussion before but, personally I have no issues with them wanting him to fulfill his commitment. That's what he signed up for. Even if we lose him for a season or two, I'm still good with the pick. Long snappers can play a long ass time and he's a good one.Not suprising. My bet he's gone for at least a year, possibly 2 and then get and early discharge. Just the way it is.
I suppose you can't have the military commitment and then ignore it to play a sport. Although I think they should. Great ambassadors for the military and great recruiting tools. You don't have to fight and die to become a useful recruiting tool.
I don't know, we had this discussion before but, personally I have no issues with them wanting him to fulfill his commitment. That's what he signed up for. Even if we lose him for a season or two, I'm still good with the pick. Long snappers can play a long ass time and he's a good one.
I think that's reasonable, just saying I wouldn't make a fuss about it if I were him (no indication he is doing that). I do remember, some active duty native being annoyed that Kyle Eckel got out of his commitment to play football if I remember correctly. But, that was a tad bit of a different situation I think with Cardona doing work during the season.I bet if you polled the Navy academy members they'd overwhelmingly be in favor of him playing and doing his service in the offseason. It's not like they don't ever do anything. Put him on a boat from March through August. Done. It can be done and it should be done.
Anybody but Aiken for the love of god....I bet you that Allen got boinked in the head first practice with Cardona expecting Aiken's trademark low snap.
Paging Rob Ninkovich!
That's what they get for drafting a LS from Navy in the 5th round. Cardona's great but he should have been a UDFA not a 5th round pick.
It was a bad draft pick anyway - but if it becomes a bad draft pick that isn't even allowed to play his second year it's a total failure. It's not his fault and it's not the Navy's fault, just a waste. Using a 5th round pick so a long snapper - LONG SNAPPER - gets to play last year is a waste of a 5th round pick.Him being drafted in the 5th round is a huge reason why he got to play a year in the NFL...
Also whats this "that's what they get" ****? Doesn't matter if he was drafted in the 5th rd or went undrafted and they signed him, he was going to be the LS for the year and they'd still be in the same spot. Would you then say "that's what they get for signing an undrafted LS from Navy"?
We could still have the guy for like ten years. A good long snapper is hard to come by.It was a bad draft pick anyway - but if it becomes a bad draft pick that isn't even allowed to play his second year it's a total failure. It's not his fault and it's not the Navy's fault, just a waste. Using a 5th round pick so a long snapper - LONG SNAPPER - gets to play last year is a waste of a 5th round pick.
LOL, long snappers are a dime a dozen.We could still have the guy for like ten years. A good long snapper is hard to come by.
It was a bad draft pick anyway - but if it becomes a bad draft pick that isn't even allowed to play his second year it's a total failure. It's not his fault and it's not the Navy's fault, just a waste. Using a 5th round pick so a long snapper - LONG SNAPPER - gets to play last year is a waste of a 5th round pick.
LOL, long snappers are a dime a dozen.
If that were true, we wouldn't have had garbage for long snappers since Paxton left.LOL, long snappers are a dime a dozen.