Practice #15 - Updates

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Sandvol said:
But they don't normally do it in the media. They seem to be singling him out.
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Actually they did the same thing last year with a few different guys. Try not to get your jimmies too rustled over it. At least wait for the season before you start labeling busts.
 
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VonVol said:
Actually they did the same thing last year with a few different guys. Try not to get your jimmies too rustled over it. At least wait for the season before you start labeling busts.
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Not sure if it's a reading comprehension issue or everyone is overly sensitive and think any hard questions might upset the apple cart but I'm not labeling him a bust. Way too early to call any freshman a bust.
 
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Roustabout said:
Yup. Same class that Fulmer dissed Patrick Willis. He and Cobb shows how lazy PF had come with evaluating talent as opposed to working hard to rate kids in camp.
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Willis was at least 3 or 4 years before Chris Donald. Ole Miss was the only decent offer he had, so Fulmer was hardly the only one that missed on him.
 
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titansvolsfaninga said:
Do you have a traumatic brain injury? Because if that quote is the basis for your argument, your argument is very weak.
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You might get a lot of likes for that one. That's how you build a basis for an argument is supportive facts. If you've been following Azzanni you'll know this isn't the first comment leveled in Malone's direction by Azzanni. My argument is based upon these quotes by Azzanni, Malone appears to be undisciplined. Can you give me supporting quotes from the coach that might change my mind or have you had a traumatic brain injury?
 
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GAVol said:
He's a freshman and you're overthinking this.
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No I understand that and agree. He seems to be behind where North was as a freshman. He still has time to pull it together. You never heard these kind of comments regarding North last year. Only positive.
 
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Sandvol said:
No I understand that and agree. He seems to be behind where North was as a freshman. He still has time to pull it together. You never heard these kind of comments regarding North last year. Only positive.
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they probably didn't ride North as hard last year to keep his confidence up. North was our only big-time threat at WR last year. At this point last year North was still learning to play the position, he was a QB/RB/WR do it all guy in highschool. They probably praised him more than he may have deserved to give him some confidence, knowing they HAD to throw him in the fire last year.

Malone on the other hand is a completely different scenario. Malone has played WR for a long time now, throughout HS. The coaches are probably riding him a little harder on the little things "catch, tuck, turn", route running, stuff like that to really polish him even more. I don't know how closely you followed recruiting, but Malone was praised through his recruitment for his technical ability coming out of HS. He was polished even then. So, to me, the coaches are simply hounding him and pushing him because they realize how good he already is. If they praise him and praise him all day in the press he may really get lazy. I'd bet money, once we get closer to Utah St, you'll see the hounding lessen and the praise start to come forth. Just my two cents on this whole arguement.
 
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Sandvol said:
Here's something else to annoy you:

Wide receivers coach Zach Azzanni spent much of a pass-and-catch drill making sure freshman Josh Malone was minding his fundamentals. “CTT stands for catch-tuck-turn not catch-turn-tuck,” Azzanni told him. “Don’t get them switched.”

Seems he isn't very disciplined.
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Good thing work ethic and his discipline came into question.

Oh, wait..
 
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Sandvol said:
Here's something else to annoy you:

Wide receivers coach Zach Azzanni spent much of a pass-and-catch drill making sure freshman Josh Malone was minding his fundamentals. “CTT stands for catch-tuck-turn not catch-turn-tuck,” Azzanni told him. “Don’t get them switched.”

Seems he isn't very disciplined.
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Or he's being....... ya know..... coached
 
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LandonVFL said:
they probably didn't ride North as hard last year to keep his confidence up. North was our only big-time threat at WR last year. At this point last year North was still learning to play the position, he was a QB/RB/WR do it all guy in highschool. They probably praised him more than he may have deserved to give him some confidence, knowing they HAD to throw him in the fire last year.

Malone on the other hand is a completely different scenario. Malone has played WR for a long time now, throughout HS. The coaches are probably riding him a little harder on the little things "catch, tuck, turn", route running, stuff like that to really polish him even more. I don't know how closely you followed recruiting, but Malone was praised through his recruitment for his technical ability coming out of HS. He was polished even then. So, to me, the coaches are simply hounding him and pushing him because they realize how good he already is. If they praise him and praise him all day in the press he may really get lazy. I'd bet money, once we get closer to Utah St, you'll see the hounding lessen and the praise start to come forth. Just my two cents on this whole arguement.
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Possibly.
 
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Sandvol said:
Not sure if it's a reading comprehension issue or everyone is overly sensitive and think any hard questions might upset the apple cart but I'm not labeling him a bust. Way too early to call any freshman a bust.
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So you didn't say earlier that he might be another over hyped in state receiver?
 
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Sandvol said:
You might get a lot of likes for that one. That's how you build a basis for an argument is supportive facts. If you've been following Azzanni you'll know this isn't the first comment leveled in Malone's direction by Azzanni. My argument is based upon these quotes by Azzanni, Malone appears to be undisciplined. Can you give me supporting quotes from the coach that might change my mind or have you had a traumatic brain injury?
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God, kids like you are just comically annoying. Repeatedly spouting "argument" with varying, preceding adjectives just screams "cynical kid straight out of high school" who thinks it's mature to throw around English 1010 buzz words.

We get it. You've read a practice report and maybe two quotes about Josh Malone and feel as though your inexperienced, armchair coaching experience makes you qualified to "read between the lines." You're not the first, and you're not some insightful spectator.
 
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Malone will be fine. He is the classic case of having so much raw talent that in High School everything came easy and he didn't have to work on the fine details. He is in the SEC now and he still has the incredible talent, he just needs to realize that raw talent is not going to get it. He is being pushed and being made to realize that you have to perfect every aspect of your game every day and grind. He is getting it and reacting the way the coaches thought he would. Another star in the making, it just might be mid-season before he starts to shine....
 
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Sandvol said:
Here's something else to annoy you:

Wide receivers coach Zach Azzanni spent much of a pass-and-catch drill making sure freshman Josh Malone was minding his fundamentals. “CTT stands for catch-tuck-turn not catch-turn-tuck,” Azzanni told him. “Don’t get them switched.”

Seems he isn't very disciplined.
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Yes. I'm sure no one else on the team needs to be coached. As a matter of fact, kick Malone off the team and we won't even need coaches.


Jeez Louise...
 
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volinbama256 said:
Malone will be fine. He is the classic case of having so much raw talent that in High School everything came easy and he didn't have to work on the fine details. He is in the SEC now and he still has the incredible talent, he just needs to realize that raw talent is not going to get it. He is being pushed and being made to realize that you have to perfect every aspect of your game every day and grind. He is getting it and reacting the way the coaches thought he would. Another star in the making, it just might be mid-season before he starts to shine....
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Or he might be another Brian Darden.
 
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JoseDaMofo said:
God, kids like you are just comically annoying. Repeatedly spouting "argument" with varying, preceding adjectives just screams "cynical kid straight out of high school" who thinks it's mature to throw around English 1010 buzz words.

We get it. You've read a practice report and maybe two quotes about Josh Malone and feel as though your inexperienced, armchair coaching experience makes you qualified to "read between the lines." You're not the first, and you're not some insightful spectator.
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Your observation skills are very poor.
 
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Sandvol said:
Come on Crush not you.
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I think I understand your worries, but I take a bit of a different angle on it.

I'm glad that we have coaches that push the athletes hard and won't accept anything short of excellence. I'm glad that we have enough competition that the coaches can push even highly touted players hard. I'm glad that we have athletes that we can worry may be busts, instead of hoping all of them are coached up.

I can't wait until we see them play and mature throughout the season. I'm amped, friend!
 
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