'14 JUCO OT Dontavius Blair (UT SIGNEE 12/18/13)

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Tux said:
You do not redshirt players that can help you when you need some victories in the present and immediate future.
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Some people just don't want to agree with you Tux, but you are right, play the best you got. It's what other coaches do. Try to win every game.
 
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unioncityvol said:
Some people just don't want to agree with you Tux, but you are right, play the best you got. It's what other coaches do. Try to win every game.
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I could care less if they agree with me or not. Smart people understand what the reality is.
 
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Tux said:
Butch cannot afford to lose games because he wants to redshirt players.
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Or because he isn't benching as much weight as we'd like. Good grief. Bama's Outland Trophy winner, Andre Smith (back in 2009) had a poor bench for a man his size and for an OL projected to go early in the 1st Rd. 19 reps. There are running backs and linebackers with more than that.

Not playing Blair has been a damn disaster. He would have been better than anyone else we have...including Gilliam. We could have kept Kerbyson at RT, and had we played Weisman at C, we would have been decent. Enough to win the UGA and UF games.

I'm all for CBJ long term, but this is one decision I think they are dead wrong on. And the results of this season are bearing that out. Sitting a JUCO OT with a 5* offer list....because he's not as strong in the weight room as we'd like. Good f-ing grief! :banghead2:
 
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VOLorNuttin said:
Or because he isn't benching as much weight as we'd like. Good grief. Bama's Outland Trophy winner, Andre Smith (back in 2009) had a poor bench for a man his size and for an OL projected to go early in the 1st Rd. 19 reps. There are running backs and linebackers with more than that.

Not playing Blair has been a damn disaster. He would have been better than anyone else we have...including Gilliam. We could have kept Kerbyson at RT, and had we played Weisman at C, we would have been decent. Enough to win the UGA and UF games.

I'm all for CBJ long term, but this is one decision I think they are dead wrong on. And the results of this season are bearing that out. Sitting a JUCO OT with a 5* offer list....because he's not as strong in the weight room as we'd like. Good f-ing grief! :banghead2:
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So, you're saying that Blair is the difference in the season thus far?

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volfaninpa said:
So, you're saying that Blair is the difference in the season thus far?

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I'm saying that he would have been the best LT we have and that would let Kerbyson stay at RT. I ALSO said if Weisman was playing C instead of Crowder...with those two changes, we would have had a decent OL.

One player can indeed make a difference in a game of inches. This year our Achilles heel has been the OL. With just a modicum of improvement we win 2 more games and are 5-2 going into today's game
 
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So I was benching a 1,000 lbs yesterday (for reps of course) and was wondering why Blair is having a hard time with his size pushing some weight around in the gym. Anyone have any ideas as to what is going on here?
 
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VOLorNuttin said:
I'm saying that he would have been the best LT we have and that would let Kerbyson stay at RT. I ALSO said if Weisman was playing C instead of Crowder...with those two changes, we would have had a decent OL.

One player can indeed make a difference in a game of inches. This year our Achilles heel has been the OL. With just a modicum of improvement we win 2 more games and are 5-2 going into today's game
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Kinda like if they would have played Paul Harris last year, we would have been throwing it all over the place?

Have you not learned that "measurables" are not the basis for people getting playing time?
 
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volinSmyrna said:
Kinda like if they would have played Paul Harris last year, we would have been throwing it all over the place?

Have you not learned that "measurables" are not the basis for people getting playing time?
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They didn't even TRY to play Paul Harris....just like they didn't try to play Dobbs until injury forced them to. Now their evaluations have really come into question.

Blair was heavily recruited by us, so their evaluations are a bust if Blair is.
 
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Phat-Phil said:
Don't waste your time man.
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.like your opinion is fact? Dobbs was the 3RD STRING QB. The coaches botched that evaluation, too. I was among those who have been saying since Spring that Dobbs should be the starter. The main reason is...he fits their offense better. That was clear in the Spring and last night. If anyone is clueless, it's boneheads who think like you, that continuously bashed Dobbs. And like you, they can....


The staff recruited Blair heavily, so they either botched their recruiting evaluations, or they are botching it by not playing him now. You redshirt when you can afford to! We cannot. Not with Dobbs, nor Blair. Even good coaches make some bad decisions. That's why there continues to be so much coaching turnover every year. Cause they are indeed fallible.
 
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VOLorNuttin said:
Dobbs was the 3RD STRING QB. The coaches botched that evaluation, too. They recruited Blair heavily, so they either botched their recruiting evaluations, or they are botching it by not playing him now. Even good coaches make some bad decisions. That's why their continues to be so much coaching turnover every year. Cause they are indeed fallible.
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Butch didn't botch the Dobbs thing. Fans need to learn to take whatever Butch says with a grain of salt. He knew Dobbs was the best QB behind Worley but there was no way he was taking the reins of this team from a senoir Worley. Worley goes down and he has no choice but to play Dobbs to reach his goal of a bowl.

As to Blair, he's good. Wait till next year, you'll see. Butch is allocating resources. Blair was no better than others but he has greater potential so why play him.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
Butch didn't botch the Dobbs thing. Fans need to learn to take whatever Butch says with a grain of salt. He knew Dobbs was the best QB behind Worley but there was no way he was taking the reins of this team from a senoir Worley. Worley goes down and he has no choice but to play Dobbs to reach his goal of a bowl.

As to Blair, he's good. Wait till next year, you'll see. Butch is allocating resources. Blair was no better than others but he has greater potential so why play him.
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That logic doesn't even jive with Butch's own words...
"We're going to PLAY (not redshirt) the person who gives us the best opportunity to win"


You don't redshirt a guy that is better than what you currently have. :loco: Good grief, folks.
 
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