So everyone that redshirts is lazy and unmotivated? How about those, like you and me, that don't even get a football scholarship. What category are we in?
So instead of saying "Well i see your point", you halfheartedly agree but then tell me to chill. Not because I am overreacting, but because you are wrong.
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oline is a position especially in a major conference that is hard to transition to. I would say it might be even harder for a JUCO than a true freshman because the true freshman has less ingrained bad habits to unlearn. They have not not only unlearn whatever habits they have from high school but also whatever they picked up in their juco program. I would say WR (especially slot) and on defense pass rush specialist are the only positions that are easy to come in and make an instant impact in. This is because those positions have a lot less responsibilities than others do and rely a lot more on pure talent than technique or football IQ. Offensive tackle and MLB are the positions that are the hardest to come in and make an instant impact at even moreso than QB.Since you want to be a smart @$$. It tells you that O-line is a developmental position. With that said, the top 6 JUCO offensive lineman redshirted last year. Are they all busts? I repeat, the top 6 JUCO offensive linemen redshirted last year. So are all these linemen busts too?
Avery Gennesy
Dominick Jackson
Chad Mavety
Jermaine Eluemunor
Jordan Prestwood
Dontavious Blair
It helps to know the context of what you are talking about. CBJ has told y'all ass hats that OL is a developmental position, but yet threads like this are made after one day of walk throughs.
book mark what you want, if i told you so is all your after then it means your nothing but an troll. you can point to anything ..look how the coaches last yer kept telling us as fans how dobbs was not ready,,he came in and our team(repeat our team) started to jell. so book mark anything you want. call me out. Ill still be here.
I'm not sure why some of you are getting so butthurt about Blair being bad. He's bad. He came in out of shape last year when he should've started, and now after a year here as a 21-22 year old 4th year college athlete he is on the scout team with a true freshman coming off a ruptured Achilles playing in front of him. He will never play significant snaps for us. I wish it weren't so, but I would bet on that. Also he was probably redshirted in hopes that he could get it together based on size. It didn't happen. Wouldn't surprise me if he wasn't here next year or even this coming season.
Blair has been a huge let down so far... I really hope that changes I want every vol to be the best they can be...
How has he disappointed when he was RS'd and has yet to either play or not play this year? I don't have a horse in this race but IMO we should just let this play out to see if he comes into his own.
It is good to hear it from the coach, and not a few stereotyping hicks calling him lazy, unmotivated and other ignorant dog whistle musings. Lies made up by untalented jealous couch potatoes.Contrast what you wrote, with what our actual OL coach said about him after the 3/26 practice:
"MAHONEY: In two days @gotmy_weightup has shown a lot of progress. Strength gains he has made, he's stronger and has sense of urgency.
MAHONEY: Blair has to help us at tackle. He's got to step up. Competition is key at any area. Last year was not up to the standard."
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Jones is good at keeping his cards close to his chest and his bets hedged. I wouldn't be shocked at all if Blair doesn't work out, or if Blair turns out to be the starter come Fall simply so other teams don't know how to prepare for us early on. Oklahoma, for instance.
O line was our glaring weakness last year. If it no longer is, why let opponents know that up front?