Spring Break
Football finishes spring practice
Matt L. Stephens
Issue date: 4/21/09 Section: Sports
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Despite the good weather and high spirits the players had leaving the Moby practice fields on Monday, there are still questions that remain unanswered.
With the starting quarterback position still up for grabs, head coach Steve Fairchild doesn't feel that either Grant Stucker or Jon Eastman stands out above the other.
"Just the fact that we are so far away at quarterback is what stands out to me," Fairchild said on Monday. "We're going to do whatever, either you're going to play or you're not. I'm not going to put up with anything. Today was just awful (at quarterback). I mean, I feel sorry for the people who came out today to watch practice and witnessed that."
With both the starting quarterback and running back positions still undecided, Fairchild said that he has concerns in both areas and wishes that his players competing for those spots would try as hard as Billy Farris or Gartrell Johnson III did last spring to stand out above their teammates.
Despite Fairchild's disappointment at quarterback play this spring, Stucker and Eastman are both trying to stay positive and are working to get the Rams in the best position as possible come fall.
"I'm going to work harder than I ever did in my life this summer. I'm not here to sit on the sidelines," said Eastman, a transfer from Snow College in Utah. "I'm here to play. I want to play. If I have to come out pissed off every day in practice to play then that's what I have to do. I am disappointed with my performance this spring, but at the same time I feel like I need to be in there to make plays and get in my rhythm and ball out. I don't feel like I was able to do that very well this spring."
Stucker, who will be a senior during the 2009 season, also voiced his opinion on the friendly rivalry he has with Eastman, much like he did with Farris last season.
"I think I kind of have an advantage because I've been here longer. I know a little bit more about what coach expects," Stucker said.
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