For a while everybody was saying give this kid a chance he looks like a real good player. But the coaches were probably weary of that idea of putting him at starter because he didn’t show it in practice.

But for some reason, once its game times, he somehow makes plays. Big ones too. That’s why it took long to get him to be a starter. Same goes with Walden. He was only put in when they had no choice, and then he started making plays. Had he done it in practice (or if Bishop showed what he did in practice) they wouldn’t of had to wait so long for that starting role.

But, I agree that Walden has that ‘it’ factor that reveals itself mostly during games. I played soccer with a guy in high school that was like that. If you watched him practice or do drills you would think there would be no way he would be effective player. But, he was just an amazing striker that was like a ball magnet in games and always found the back of the net. It’s not that he was lazy in practice or wasn’t focused it was just that his skill set didn’t translate well to drills or practice scrimmage but he sure was a force on game day.