(07-29-2022, 01:35 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(07-29-2022, 12:43 PM)CanDoBetter Wrote: McDermott is the backup C.

I think you all miss the central thing here and that's that the new coaching staff aren't high on Bartch.

What's been the knock on him? I know he was a small school prospect. At one point though I swore I heard Lageman singing that kids praises last year late in November or December as far as being the improved guy he had seen from that group.

W/r/t Bartch, if I had to suppose anything that soured coaching it might be that his ceiling is either lower or they feel he's plateau'd? Pure speculation on my part, but if they are either seeking others to take his place, or others are pushing him down the depth chart, that might put him under some pressure to show up this preseason. I can't say I saw any glaring weakness in his game, it may just be that Shatley has more experience, takes better to the new coaching, or something else. Hopefully it's a good sign that we have a steady group of capable men and not that Bartch is backsliding.

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