Eric Decker & new OC

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How will Decker be affected by this hire? Last year he skipped spring practice to play baseball because he felt he knew the offense well enough already and got permission from Brew. With a new OC and likely a new system, does he get the same permission from Brew this year? If he doesn't, then what?
 

I think Brews smart enough to know if he gives Decker an Ultimatum he may not like the choice Decker makes. Decker will be on the baseball team this spring.
 

If Decker is around, he should be on the baseball team this spring.

According to most Gopher fans, it doesn't matter if Decker spends one second studying his playbook....Weber only looks at him during games anyway.
 

He'll still pay baseball.

I hear he's having Brew put out feelers for where he may get drafted in football this year.

More than likely he'll be back at TCF stadium next year.
 

Why would Brewster be "putting out feelers" for where Decker would be drafted if he were to file? Brewster has absolutely zero incentive to facilitate Decker leaving for the draft early. Decker was drafted by MLB last year, but it was way late in the draft. He probably would be drafted again, a but higher. If he waits until his senior year, he will be drafted higher still, and would get a bigger salary and bonus.

One of the things about the baseball draft is that those who go pro right out of high school just spend more time at the lower ranks of the minor leagues, while those who play college ball spend less time in the minors. There really isn't all that much incentive to jump early for the pro draft in baseball. In football, sure, you get good money with an NFL contract, but a minor league contract pays little.
 


Not the way baseball works. This year is his money year for baseball. Next year he has no leverage. (He can't say he's going back to school to the scout.)

Got the NFL insight from a family friend, take it for what it's worth.
 

In this modern era, I think coaches do talk to scouts and give their players an honest evaluation of where they would be drafted. There may not be any incentive for Brewster to see Decker leave early (obviously), but if he gets a reputation as a guy who is a straight-shooter with his players, it probably helps recruiting.
 

RodentRampage said:
Why would Brewster be "putting out feelers" for where Decker would be drafted if he were to file? Brewster has absolutely zero incentive to facilitate Decker leaving for the draft early. Decker was drafted by MLB last year, but it was way late in the draft. He probably would be drafted again, a but higher. If he waits until his senior year, he will be drafted higher still, and would get a bigger salary and bonus.

One of the things about the baseball draft is that those who go pro right out of high school just spend more time at the lower ranks of the minor leagues, while those who play college ball spend less time in the minors. There really isn't all that much incentive to jump early for the pro draft in baseball. In football, sure, you get good money with an NFL contract, but a minor league contract pays little.
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Not unreasonable nor unlikely for Decker to ask Brew to do that to gauge his present worth in the NFL draft in order to figure out if he is going NFL or BB. Tubby did that last year with the BB players in order for them to get an idea of where they stand.
 

RodentRampage said:
Why would Brewster be "putting out feelers" for where Decker would be drafted if he were to file? Brewster has absolutely zero incentive to facilitate Decker leaving for the draft early. Decker was drafted by MLB last year, but it was way late in the draft. He probably would be drafted again, a but higher. If he waits until his senior year, he will be drafted higher still, and would get a bigger salary and bonus.

One of the things about the baseball draft is that those who go pro right out of high school just spend more time at the lower ranks of the minor leagues, while those who play college ball spend less time in the minors. There really isn't all that much incentive to jump early for the pro draft in baseball. In football, sure, you get good money with an NFL contract, but a minor league contract pays little.
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Brewsters incentive is that if Decker gets drafted by the NFL, it's more firepower on the recruiting trail. If the kids going to go pro, as a coach you want him going as high as possible. By letting kid see where he would go, the kid has to decide if he thinks he can do better by staying one more year.

In Decker's case, I think Brew is just trying to give him an idea of where he would go in football to give him a comparison with baseball so he can decide which avenue would be better for him. I believe Decker has already stated that he will be coming back for his senior year and will be playing baseball in the spring.
 



50PoundHead said:
In this modern era, I think coaches do talk to scouts and give their players an honest evaluation of where they would be drafted. There may not be any incentive for Brewster to see Decker leave early (obviously), but if he gets a reputation as a guy who is a straight-shooter with his players, it probably helps recruiting.
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There is a formal process that football and basketball players go through with their coaches, the NCAA, and NFL scouts that estimates when a player would be drafted. Brewster would help Decker because that is his responsibility as a coach. The benefit for Brewster to help Decker see that he would be a 3rd or 4th round pick right now is that Decker can gauge the money in football vs. baseball which can help persuade Decker that it is worth coming back to play football for his senior year (if not playing his senior year to focus on baseball is a consideration).
 


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