Butch Jones challenges players 3/21/13

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i am loving me some Butch! i am full Butch for sure i think we got a great one.he will have us back to the top sooner rather than later.
 
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At the end of a brief scrimmage session, Jones abruptly called for the field goal unit. He started counting down from 20. "Twenty, nineteen, eighteen -- managers get in place! -- seventeen..."

I thought there was no chance in the world the kicking team could get in place in time, but they did. They were lined up, ready to go, but got the snap off just milliseconds after Jones called out zero.

"We lost the game!" he yelled.
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I like his methods on coaching the specialty players....improvement here is a must if we want to win this fall.
 
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A draw between Rajion Neal and AJ Johnson in a tackling drill? What?
 
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BOP said:
A draw between Rajion Neal and AJ Johnson in a tackling drill? What?
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Neal is our starting rb. I'm guessing the object is for the rb to get by the tackler, and tackler job is not to let rb by. The article said the rbs could elude tacklers better , while the big te's ran full steam ahead.

I'd take a draw between two of our best players
 
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Seems like to me Butch is trying to keep the intensity in practice very high. Maybe that way these guys will fight through the tough games and pull out some close wins.
 
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OrangeBlood4life said:
Neal is our starting rb. I'm guessing the object is for the rb to get by the tackler, and tackler job is not to let rb by. The article said the rbs could elude tacklers better , while the big te's ran full steam ahead.

I'd take a draw between two of our best players
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If Neal is one of our best players we are screwed. He's not even the best back.
 
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The Orange Pants said:
If Neal is one of our best players we are screwed. He's not even the best back.
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Physically Neal is a great talent. He was very highly rated out of HS, and his size and speed are SEC quality. Those things have never been the issue.
It is the mental aspects. Great TBs come in various shapes and sizes, but they generally share something in common. Toughness and vision.

One of the reasons Dooley's staff tinkered with him in the slot was his aversion to hitting the hole, and or seeing the hole in the first place. We saw some improvement in this area last year. Lane is a more natural, between the tackles runner. Neal was leading rusher despite missing two games with injury.

If you noticed, the running game really flourished last year when they ran the one back set out of the shotgun with a lot of zone read. They wore UGA out with this. (he had 104 rushing and 53 receiving) This should fit well with Jone's offense. If you line Neal up in the I, then forget it. But of course that doesn't even fit with Jones' scheme.

I definately think we've yet to see the best of Neal. He could actually really benefit from this coaching change as much as anyone.

Lane and Neal were both solid 4-star prospects. Should be exciting to see what this staff can do with their talents. If they make improvements like last year, it could be good stuff.

Everyone kept going on and on about AJ. I've challenged this board, on more than one occassion to name me any noteworthy game changing play by AJ (on defense), and I've never had one person even comment. The guy is overrated. Dooley pumped this kid up, but he has never been a game changer, and looked like he was running in mud at times last year. I'd say this staff will be on him to drop about 15 pounds or move to end.
 
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You guys clearly don't follow how strong Neal is in the weight room. He's probably the strongest pound for pound guy on the team.
 
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Weights don't hit back.

Don't take that as me being a Neal hater. He's solid but hasn't been coached to his fullest potential. IMO, he needs to translate the weight room feats into running some azz over on the field instead of trying to be a shifty back.

This could be his year.
 
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I saw the video. Neal juked AJ out of his shoes on one play. But to his credit, he wanted Rajion again the next round. AJ didn't destroy him.... but Neal didn't blaze past him again for sure.

I hate Rajion Neal hate. HATE IT

Some of you guys are nuts. He's gonna be nasty this year. But so is AJ.
 
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