For me, the difference between the two boils down to this.The more I watch Nate, the more I like him, the more I watched Tarver the less I liked him. Hopefully that statement will still be true in a few years. For me, the difference between the two boils down to this. Derrick Tarver, like him or not, was a go to guy. Nate Linhart is a role player. A good player...but a role player. Tarver had been around the block a few times before his Zips career. He had been kicked out of several highschools and been involved in a few run ins with the police. How old was he when he played here? Alot of being the "Man" at crunch time involves self confidence and Tarver never lacked for that. Give Nate a few more years of maturity and you never know what can happen.