Let me emphasize one thing above all: Devin Hester did not make a mistake coming out. It was absolutely the correct decision. He's already 4 years out of high school.
When you've got speed and eluvieness like that, they're only warrantied for so long. Not many precious years. A guy like that isn't going to improve significantly over the course of another year at UM. The coaching staff is in transition, without an offensive coordinator at this point. There's no guarantee he will be featured properly if he came back.
Let's say Hester's legs have 8 years remaining at top notch elusive level. If you stay at UM that's forfeiting 1/8 or 12% or that peak efficiency. That's something that's never accepted or emphasized enough by draft analysts. It's unwise to handicap one position the same as another. A QB generally needs to stay in school but a RB or return specialist should absolutely turn pro ASAP.
As a UM fan I can tell you there's absolutely no comparison between Sinorice Moss' ability and Devin Hester's, the latter far superior. The comments here about Hester backpeddling or fumbling the football are wildly overreacting to a handful of plays from last season. He was uncharacteristically tight in the FSU opener last year, and then he pressed to try to make up for that poor game by trying to turn everything into a TD for several games after that. If you look at his returns from 2003 and 2004, he is surehanded and goes forward every time.
When you've got speed and eluvieness like that, they're only warrantied for so long. Not many precious years. A guy like that isn't going to improve significantly over the course of another year at UM. The coaching staff is in transition, without an offensive coordinator at this point. There's no guarantee he will be featured properly if he came back.
Let's say Hester's legs have 8 years remaining at top notch elusive level. If you stay at UM that's forfeiting 1/8 or 12% or that peak efficiency. That's something that's never accepted or emphasized enough by draft analysts. It's unwise to handicap one position the same as another. A QB generally needs to stay in school but a RB or return specialist should absolutely turn pro ASAP.
As a UM fan I can tell you there's absolutely no comparison between Sinorice Moss' ability and Devin Hester's, the latter far superior. The comments here about Hester backpeddling or fumbling the football are wildly overreacting to a handful of plays from last season. He was uncharacteristically tight in the FSU opener last year, and then he pressed to try to make up for that poor game by trying to turn everything into a TD for several games after that. If you look at his returns from 2003 and 2004, he is surehanded and goes forward every time.
