Quote:So your point should be:  Joe Paterno coached teams have not produced defensive backs.  

 

That may be true based on scheme, recruiting emphasis, etc..

 

 

 

Penn State is now a completely different team with different coaches and different players.

 

A player like Amos (unless he was recruited by Joe Pa) literally has ZERO connection to Paterno.  

 

 

Julio Jones is a good example of why your logic was flawed to begin with.  If teams thought like you did (which of course they don't), Atlanta wouldn't have traded up for Julio Jones because... after all.... he's an Alabama WR.

 

The only point you can make that may have some merit is that certain schools, under certain coaches and schemes - do not historically make good NFL players at certain positions.

 

That is it.  Once the coach changes, the scheme changes, or any of the above, all you're talking is baloney.

1.  Some Paterno recruits are still there, if my math is right. 

 

2.  There is no evidence to date this current crop of Penn State DBs will produce any different results than the Penn State DBs that came before them.

 

3.  That is false.  There are plenty of schools that have changed coaches and schemes and have still produced at certain positions.  Sometimes, a school's tradition of producing players at certain positions will lead other stud players at those positions to that school, even if the coach changes.  Alabama has been producing great LBs dating back to Bear Bryant, Ray Perkins, Gene Stallings, and now Nick Saban.   I also mentioned USC's tradition of producing great OTs and safeties.  Coaching or scheme change can change the dynamic, but many times the dynamic continues once a coach leaves.

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