'15 JUCO RB Alvin Kamara (UT commit 6/21/14)

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tn4elvis said:
He is a kid.Cut him some slack.The guys that play for pay on.Sundays drop passes all the time.
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He is a grown man and the coaches expect him to play like one. He needs to command the game and take ownership over his position. He's getting worked by guys half his size and that's unacceptable. With Pearson and Smith out its even more important that he makes plays.
 
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Croom is not targeted all that frequently so he drops far more passes than a D1 receiver should, percentage wise. It's all relative. And relatively speaking he's been poor so far this year. Maybe it will click, may be even next year. And if it does, I think we all can agree that's a very high ceiling he has.

I just wish more of those passes when to North in the end zone.
 
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I bet Croom has people talking about a lot more positive plays he made by the end of the year than negative plays. We're 3 games in. He had a bad game. Let it go. We need him and he'll be fine.
 
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AK is my favorite recruit this year.... i like KM dont get me wrong we need an elite DT....but AK is a game changer on O. His skills are something that we have been lacking for a while. His ability to take one to the house running or catching is a breath of fresh air. He and Hurd will dominate if we can get our O line to gel together. We need to pound the rock to wear teams down and AK and Hurd will do just that. Then that will open our passing game to the best group TN has had in a while. Our O will be deadly.
 
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Went back and looked up the stats for Kamara. Here are his season stats up to this point...

69 carries
546 yards
7.9 ypc
7 TDs
6 catches
63 yards
1 TD
Averaging 136.5 ypg
 
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OrangeHammer said:
Croom is built like Megatron, and there is no reason why he shouldn't be the most dominating WR in college football. He has left plays on the field time and time again, especially against OU. The Sanchez interception was squarely on him, WORLEY placed that ball perfectly and it slipped right through his hands and into Sanchezs'. That play could have turned the game around as there were two interceptions in the endzone one accounting for a 14 pt swing.

For us to win these big games Croom needs to step up, and it's about time. He knows this himself, no one is saying anything he doesn't know I promise you that.
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:good!:

He's a Grown Man and can take it and I'm sure the coaches have gotten on him about it.
 
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Vol in Tears said:
It always matters who your QB is. You can't hand off every play and expect to compete for National Championships. That's our goal and always will be.
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Not that I'm advocating this for Tennessee, but it seems to have worked just fine for the Gumps & Barners the last couple years.
 
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I'd like someone to point out Croom's drops. I can't think of one this year. The non catch in the endzone was not a drop IMO. He didn't catch it but he didn't drop it either. It was not an easy catch. If he'd have caught it would have been a great catch. If that's the case, you can't call it a drop. All JMHO.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
I'd like someone to point out Croom's drops. I can't think of one this year. The non catch in the endzone was not a drop IMO. He didn't catch it but he didn't drop it either. It was not an easy catch. If he'd have caught it would have been a great catch. If that's the case, you can't call it a drop. All JMHO.
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I think he had another one in the Oklahoma game as well could be wrong.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
I'd like someone to point out Croom's drops. I can't think of one this year. The non catch in the endzone was not a drop IMO. He didn't catch it but he didn't drop it either. It was not an easy catch. If he'd have caught it would have been a great catch. If that's the case, you can't call it a drop. All JMHO.
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You're right, it wasn't a drop. He literally just let it go right through his hands into the DB's.
 
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dyllisvol42 said:
I think he had another one in the Oklahoma game as well could be wrong.
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I don't recall another. North and Pig both had true, right in your hands drops though.

Edit: he did miss on another but if he'd have caught it it would have been a one handed catch because the DB had his other hand pulled down.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
I'd like someone to point out Croom's drops. I can't think of one this year. The non catch in the endzone was not a drop IMO. He didn't catch it but he didn't drop it either. It was not an easy catch. If he'd have caught it would have been a great catch. If that's the case, you can't call it a drop. All JMHO.
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Ummmm then your definition of a drop and mine are completely different. Here's mine: any ball that you got both hands on or could have gotten both hands on without interference from a db and failed to catch. The play against Oklahoma meets all of those criteria.
 
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kmkemp11 said:
Ummmm then your definition of a drop and mine are completely different. Here's mine: any ball that you are or could have gotten both hands on without interference from a db and failed to catch. The play against Oklahoma meets all of those criteria.
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Yep your definition of a drop is different than mine. I think there are different difficulty levels associated with making catches even those where the receiver gets both hands on the ball. But that's just me. Carry on bashing one of our Vols if it makes you feel good.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
Yep your definition of a drop is different than mine. I think there are different difficulty levels associated with making catches even those where the receiver gets both hands on the ball. But that's just me. Carry on bashing one of our Vols if it makes you feel good.
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Ehhh it doesn't mean that I think all balls that you get your hands on are equal in difficulty to catch. But difficulty of the catch is a subjective criterion and therefore a bad candidate for a definition.
 
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kmkemp11 said:
Ehhh it doesn't mean that I think all balls that you get your hands on are equal in difficulty to catch. But difficulty of the catch is a subjective criterion and therefore a bad candidate for a definition.
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Not really. Most consider a "Drop" as a relatively easy catch that was dropped. A play where the recover elevates, has the ball hit his hands while he's falling at the same time being harassed by a db I would consider a difficult catch therefore not a drop. But that's me. You're welcome to belive that any ball that's not caught when he gets both hands on the ball a drop.
 
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