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I down voted this. I don't think it has any place on a football board. I can't speak to any kid's personality, and I don't think saying a guy is a jerk behind the anonymity of a website is indicative of what this community is about. And, even if he isn't a friendly guy, not every leader on a football team has been a nice guy. Johnny Unitas, by all accounts, was a very difficult team mate and not a friendly man. Joe Dimaggio was by all accounts a jerk behind the scenes. Hall of Fame offensive tackle Bob Brown was disliked by coaches, team mates, and the media, but Boomer had the best forearm shiver in football.
Leaders set a good example and compete at their highest level even when they are getting beaten. For better or worse, the kid got put into the toughest position on the OL as a true freshman, and the coaches have said time and again that he had success because of his compete level. That translated on film. The film is what I will go on.
At this point I think the bigger surprise will be if he's retained for another year. Team's lack of progress and diminishing crowds are sealing his fate.
I would think parts C and D would apply, regardless of the other "not so fast" uncertainty rule he mentioned, if the original call was a catch...even being in question, the "incontrovertible evidence" replay rule would tend to favor the C and D paragraphs to me.
Well, it is Charleston. Not exactly Oxford. But maybe the guy just has a sense of humor. Could have been worse, the other Charleston.
dont expect it to be McLaughlin! see him at parties, the dude is a huge jerk. not a nice guy. sorry to break the bad news to readers of TKP.
I agree on all points. I think it is worth noting how much Mangus improved in the offseason last year. In the spring game, he looked like a Human Victory Cigar tailback at best. He not only was tentative, but he almost seemed to try to avoid contact in the spring game. In fall camp, he was running much more assertively.
I mean sometimes people just get buried on the depth chart - I get that. But JCC wasn't 100% healthy and Mangus brings a similar skillset to the table. He was also an effective pass-catcher out of the backfield that should've been utilized a little more.
What do you think of Benedict being the 6th O-lineman? If we do convert to a power run-game, it seems to me that Benedict could be that guy that comes in on certain plays to replace TEs or WRs similar to Stanford, BC, etc. Does he have enough sporadic burst to be that guy?
Can I get a filter that screens out any comment that includes the words "Logan" and either "TE" or "tight-end"?
If you were Grimes, who would start on the OL next season?
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1) Going catching topwater amberjacks with my dad. It was his first time going offshore and the captain got a huge school of reef donkey's up on the surface. You could literally pick which one you wanted... all between 25-40 pounds. Dad and I basically went three straight hours of hooking the fish, fighting them on spinning tackle for 15 minutes, releasing them, and starting over. That was about as happy as I have ever seen him.
2) Catching my first big striped bass on my own from the shore in Annapolis. With most fishing, I learned from others. Catching striped bass (and I am not great at it) was the one kind I learned completely by the seat of my pants, and there were a bunch of failures before I got lucky.
3) Watching my mom and dad work together to land their first trophy bluefin. I had landed five before this trip, but always on makeup charters where I didn't know anyone else on the boat. That was my mom's first time offshore, and she hooked into a brute.
What roll do you see Edmunds having in the future? Do you see him finishing his career as the primary back or will he be a secondary back to an incoming player?
Most memorable fishing experience?
There is a better chance of Beamer hiring me than there is of Durkin moving to linebacker. He is a quarterback that gives Loeffler the option of running his Urban Meyer offense. Ford is more of an all around quarterback. He can run, but he won't scare the bejesus out of the defense like Durkin will. Durkin just needs some work on his throwing mechanics.
I think he would be elite at the backer position (critical to note, backer, not mike.) But, they have vested two years of development into him as a tailback, and it obviously is the position where he wants to play and where he is needed the most. People pointed to his yards per game as not being impressive, but he rarely got the work. When he did (Miami, UVA, Alabama, and Marshall) he delivered. Remember, he scored 12 touchdowns this year. David Wilson only scored 10, with many more touches. He isn't the big play threat that Wilson offered, but he is a very good workhorse back and he has a nose for the goal line.
In your heart of hearts..would Trey Edmunds be a better tailback or linebacker?
Caleb could fit in a bunch of areas, but ultimately he has to force the coaches to play him. If Coleman, Mangus, and Wright were getting carries in the Sun Bowl, that means Caleb was either still hurt, or not good enough to beat out those three. And while all three played well against UCLA, none of them are Adrian Peterson back there
Sidebar- I really wanted to say "none of them are Christian Okoye back there" but then I realized that would make me sound really really old.
Joe, thanks for all the incredible work you put into this website! Everything looks great except 'opportunities' is spelled incorrectly in the footer. I checked, and it is spelled correctly on the actual Advertising Opportunities page so it's just one quick fix!
Does anyone actually think JJ will be fired at the end of the season?
In my opinion, I think Caleb has great potential at running back, but I fear that he may be left out because of the time it will take to develop into a great running back. Coleman just doesn't seem to fit into our running scheme, other than using sweeps or screens. I would like to see Caleb get more of an opportunity, as I think he could surprise some people.
I am going to do a bigger piece on this later in the year, but the injury to Kyle Fuller played a big part. When Bonner started playing at the nickel, Jarrett was forced to play more deep safety. This took away the Hokies most dependable tackler in space away from the line.
Part was playcalling. The long Hundley touchdown came on a zone blitz. Both linebackers came on the outside, with the ends stunting into the guards, but both defensive tackles dropped back into short zones. If Hundley throws a quick slant or crossing route, we may have a fat guy INT. Instead he ran, leaving him one on one with Hopkins in space. Now, I love Derrick Hopkins, but him having to make a tackle one on one against Brett Hundley is just about an impossible task. When Foster brought six and accounted for every gap, Hundley was ineffective as a runner but it opened up things in the passing game.
I don't think Foster changes his scheme much. First he needs to upgrade talent. Hundley was just better. Second, he may change his archetype for linebacker. DVD is smaller than RVD, but he was a dynamo in spring ball. Does he turn to a gap shooting athletic, but smaller guy at mike? Or does he stick with the straight ahead, stout, gap filler type like Vince Hall (Mouatuapaka)?
I am going to do a bigger piece on this later in the year, but the injury to Kyle Fuller played a big part. When Bonner started playing at the nickel, Jarrett was forced to play more deep safety. This took away the Hokies most dependable tackler in space away from the line.
Part was playcalling. The long Hundley touchdown came on a zone blitz. Both linebackers came on the outside, with the ends stunting into the guards, but both defensive tackles dropped back into short zones. If Hundley throws a quick slant or crossing route, we may have a fat guy INT. Instead he ran, leaving him one on one with Hopkins in space. Now, I love Derrick Hopkins, but him having to make a tackle one on one against Brett Hundley is just about an impossible task. When Foster brought six and accounted for every gap, Hundley was ineffective as a runner but it opened up things in the passing game.
I don't think Foster changes his scheme much. First he needs to upgrade talent. Hundley was just better. Second, he may change his archetype for linebacker. DVD is smaller than RVD, but he was a dynamo in spring ball. Does he turn to a gap shooting athletic, but smaller guy at mike? Or does he stick with the straight ahead, stout, gap filler type like Vince Hall (Mouatuapaka)?
Russell didn't work hard enough to compete in the NFL. Showed up to camp weighing what, 280? Once again, look at the players around Logan. His completion percentage suffered because of their play. Was every throw perfect? No. But look at Manziel, Winston, Carr, really any other big-time QB. Every time I watched them, they'd make throws that were just not good decisions, not good throws, whatever. The difference between a pick and a completion/TD was that they had ridiculous playmakers (Benjamin/Greene for Winston, Evans for Manziel) who not only caught the balls they were supposed to catch, but bailed out their QB when he didn't make a particularly good throw/decision.
Now, back to LT3. Not only did he not have a big-time receiver to bail him out, until at least the midpoint of the season, and arguable all year long, he didn't consistently have a guy who could catch every ball he was expected to catch. Logan's accuracy has been inconsistent at times, but he's also made some big-boy throws that only a handful of QBs in the NFL can make. Keep in mind he's only had one year of competent QB coaching too.
The Sabre doesn't even have shit on..well...shit
The only other thing I've ever wanted is a way to give legs straight to people who make the posts. Whenever they're good posts but they don't comment on them, there's no way to reward them for posting. Just a thought