'17 FL OLB Shanon Reid (UT Committ 12/7/2016)

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Kristy* said:
I'm not talking about getting beat on a play. I'm talking about not knowing where on the field he's suppossed to be. There were multiple occasions that led to big plays against us. In his limited time, he was exposed more often than the other guys playing, which showed he wasn't ready for heavy playing time.

When the game slows for Warrior, he'll be a beast for us. I hope he's ready next year. He was quoted in HS that he didn't need to know the playbook; he just went out and made plays. I feel like that attitude may have carried a little over to here, where he can't get by simply outmatching his opposition.
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I don't remember that but you could be right. Anyway, it's not just Warrior, hes just one example. I fear Butch does play it safe sometimes rather than use our best athletes and that's why Jones hasn't played as much, Worley over Dobbs, Jumper over DK in 2015, Smith over Callaway etc.
 
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butchna said:
No...but over Josh Smith? Emphatic YES! Understood the cautious approach and Josh being the safe choice, but it was tantamount to Devrin Young. We could have used the threat at least and tho I support our coach, this particular mindset irritates me. Use your athletes! We've won a few games with the margin of a Berry or Sutton return...did we possibly lose one or two this season?
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I agree to a degree. Over Smith, if Callaway was surehanded and trustworthy, I would have preferred him to return.

Dervin Young infuriated me. When he would get close to a tackler, he would dive. He was NEVER going to house one. BUT, Berry's second game returning, he had a costly fumble. Maybe the coaches didn't trust Berry as a freshman. Right or wrong, I don't know. Since we can't see both scenarios play out, we can only speculate. But I agree with you - I would take the risk/reward over playing it safe.
 
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butchna said:
Ironically of the two, Smith had the fumble. So much for safe approach.
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But out of how many chances? Maybe in practice, Smith fumbles 1 of 100, and Callaway fumbles 1 of every 10. Maybe if Callaway were out there for all the returns Smith was, there would have been 1 or 2 additional fumbles. Not disagreeing, but just playing devil's advocate.
 
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Kristy* said:
But out of how many chances? Maybe in practice, Smith fumbles 1 of 100, and Callaway fumbles 1 of every 10. Maybe if Callaway were out there for all the returns Smith was, there would have been 1 or 2 additional fumbles. Not disagreeing, but just playing devil's advocate.
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Maybe in a game when it counted, Josh had 1 and Callaway 0...the devil you know. :hi:
 
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Kristy* said:
I agree to a degree. Over Smith, if Callaway was surehanded and trustworthy, I would have preferred him to return.

Dervin Young infuriated me. When he would get close to a tackler, he would dive. He was NEVER going to house one. BUT, Berry's second game returning, he had a costly fumble. Maybe the coaches didn't trust Berry as a freshman. Right or wrong, I don't know. Since we can't see both scenarios play out, we can only speculate. But I agree with you - I would take the risk/reward over playing it safe.
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And this isn't shade towards Josh Smith...have defended him many times on this board. Sutton and Kamara go down and he steps up...ala Jacob Carter. I'd hope they learned AFTER Berry's sophomore year, that you don't put a non threat back deep when you have a veritable weapon on the roster.
 
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Kristy* said:
It was an electric return. But should he be the starting returner over Sutton or Kamara? He'll have his chance starting next year.

Warrior is a hard hitting safety. But he didn't know his assignments. He didn't deserve to start IMO. He has the skills but needed time to learn the plays.

I agree the staff favors seniority, but they'll play young guys too.
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The only way young players are going to get better is by playing and learning from their mistakes. The busted play for Warrior against SC should have been a teaching moment instead of burying him on the bench
 
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butchna said:
And this isn't shade towards Josh Smith...have defended him many times on this board. Sutton and Kamara go down and he steps up...ala Jacob Carter. I'd hope they learned AFTER Berry's sophomore year, that you don't put a non threat back deep when you have a veritable weapon on the roster.
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Agree with you.........and I'm a little nervous about it😀
 
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vols 30 said:
Agree with you.........and I'm a little nervous about it😀
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It happens...I don't feel any better than you about it. :wink2: It's why I bristle when some of your brethren throw out the "coach worshipping sheep" garbage.
 
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Love this kid's confidence, just gotta hope he keeps it and doesn't falter when he hits the freshman wall.

Doesn't sound like he quite had an understanding of the number of WLBs he'll be starting off behind this spring.
 
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LittleVol said:
MLB Kirkland
SLB McDowell
WLB Reid

Sapp will rotate with him and McDowell.

Yeah.. i can see him playing or starting
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If McDowell is playing significantly for us next year, we're in trouble.

McDowell is too slow.

We need Bituli and Kirkland to start at LB.
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
If McDowell is playing significantly for us next year, we're in trouble.

McDowell is too slow.

We need Bituli and Kirkland to start at LB.
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Yep because an off season never does a player any good. If you're gonna spew garbage at least be able to back it up with reasoning.
 
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Fowdep said:
Yep because an off season never does a player any good. If you're gonna spew garbage at least be able to back it up with reasoning.
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I was right about Todd Kelly Jr. last off-season when I said he was out of shape. The guy took a step back this year in terms of speed and athleticism. McDowell has never been in great shape and as a result has always been slow.

We need more athletes on defense if we want to improve from the joke we were last season. And guys like TKjr and McDowell simply aren't cutting it.

Bituli and Kirkland need to start at LB and Abernathy and Warrior need to start at safety.

Staff must look seriously into benching TKjr and McDowell.
 
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