Recruiting Forum Football Talk IV

[mr.checkerboards]

Do you think that it is probable, or at the very least possible, for Hooker to get better in this system in year 2?

Sure

 

[InVOLuntary]

I'm curious to see where he ends up after the Giants

Hi Skool

 

[MadWorld]

Nothing we’re doing or not doing m in the portal makes sense outside of Neyor. Who knows what we’re doing

I was a little skeptical about the scholly limitations talk, but I guess it could be a real thing. Better to get it over with next year and move on.

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

If you look at the guys we signed that are OL we should all see a pattern because not every OL prospect in the country could play in this offense. They need to be guick, fast and be in shape to go as fast as we do. The big strong slower guy's just can't do it over the course of a game much less a season. These OL recruits fit the bill but want be ready for a year or two and that is something we have all got to be patient with. Defense, I have no idea what the plan is there.
I'll take my SKITTLE now and watch the squirrels chase each other around the yard.

You can be big strong and fast. See bama and Georgia. Tall fast and slim isn’t going to get the tough yards and there is the problem. We got to be able to play power ball in short yardage situations. Bama runs some spread but they can also turn around and pound it at you. I love big plays and even get into tempo. But we have to be able to play slow too because sometimes we have no choice and sometimes we need to be able to do it ourselves. We cannot be one dimensional big play all pass offense and not be able to get the tough yards. The bama-Georgia blueprint is there. If our offense and defense lineman aren’t strong or big enough at the end of the day we are in trouble. We haven’t won the LOS against Bama,Georgia or even Florida in forever. There is no amount of scheming a team can do if they can’t compete at the LOS, bama guys have huge lineman with huge bodies and the move just fine. Time to toughen up on both sides of the line and continue to get more disciplined. If we can’t run block in short yardage and if we can’t put pressure on the passer we are just whistling in the dark and kidding ourselves. Tired of hearing about our LOS is gonna be better, I want to freakin see it get a lot better.GBO!

 

[peaygolf]

Hi Skool

He could be DC for Rush Probst!

 

[Voltime123]

We got to be able to play power ball in short yardage situations. Bama runs some spread but they can also turn around and pound it at you. I love big plays and even get into tempo. But we have to be able to play slow too because sometimes we have no choice and sometimes we need to be able to do it ourselves. We cannot be one dimensional big play all pass offense and not be able to get the tough yards. The bama-Georgia blueprint is there. If our offense and defense lineman aren’t strong or big enough at the end of the day we are in trouble. We haven’t won the LOS against Bama,Georgia or even Florida in forever. There is no amount of scheming a team can do if they can’t compete at the LOS, bama gas huge lineman with huge bodies and the move just fine. Time to toughen up on both sides of the line and continue to get more disciplined. If we can’t run block in short yardage and if we can’t put pressure on the passer we are just whistling in the dark and kidding ourselves. Tired of hearing about our LOS is gonna be better, I want to freakin see it get a lot better.GBO!

All of our lineman are over 300 pounds the notion that this staff doesn’t want to win the line scrimmage is laughable, trying to do the Georgia or Alabama blueprint doesn’t work see Pruitt

 

[drvenner]

I'm curious to see where he ends up after the Giants

The Little Giants? But, some of the coaches in that league would outcoach him too.

 

[Smyrna ATL Vol]

I was a little skeptical about the scholly limitations talk, but I guess it could be a real thing. Better to get it over with next year and move on.

If we reported 14 last year, that should be enough. If we impose another ten this year, we are at 24 over two years. That is insanity and beyond stupid. Other universities have coaches still coaching who were caught cheating and nothing has been done. What we are doing is craziness (post is not directed at you - just responding).

 

[butchna]

Honestly if the AD was just some regular Joe Schmo rather than Fulmer this fanbase would be so much more pissed off at what he did, but sadly they can’t allow themselves to blame a former great coach for what happened…

I’m guilty of a lot of that mentality. I do blame him for his part in the whole fiasco…which is pretty much from the hire to the enabling end, but I give him a pass when it comes to his overall legacy.

 

[sjt18]

Danny Ford was trash that learned his trade in Tuscaloosa.

Can't disagree though it seemed to be somewhat common in the early 80's for schools to have "professional" tour guides for their recruits.

The NCAA could affect cheating be consistent enforcement of their rules and voiding wins and championships. They could also hold conference commissioners and AD’s accountable.

Agree. As discussed ad nauseum, the NCAA and college football are making tons of money. It would be easy to have an enforcement arm.

Show cause for AD's and conference heads... that would be HUGE.

I still believe self-policing should be encouraged and rewarded rather than punished as well.

If I were in charge of the NCAA I would be opening a satellite office next door to the SEC office in Birmingham, Alabama.

Wouldn't be a bad idea for all P-5 HQ's.

 

[BigSteve09]

Penalties in losses:
vs Pitt 13-134 (one-possession loss)
at Florida 10-85
vs Ole Miss 6-48 (one-possession loss)
at Alabama 12-98
vs Georgia 6-40
vs Purdue 14-128 (one-possession loss)

averaging over 10 penalties per game in losses has to be fixed

edit - Poor wording. I should have said, "averaging over 10 penalties per game vs similar/better opponents needs to be fixed if we want to win more next season"

 

[VolunteerVandiver]

Penalties in losses:
vs Pitt 13-134 (one-possession loss)
at Florida 10-85
vs Ole Miss 6-48 (one-possession loss)
at Alabama 12-98
vs Georgia 6-40
vs Purdue 14-128 (one-possession loss)

averaging over 10 penalties per game in losses has to be fixed

One fix is to just not lose.

 

[TheRain]

I'm curious to see where he ends up after the Giants

"I'll go back to Neek"

 

[Ron Swanson]

Penalties in losses:
vs Pitt 13-134 (one-possession loss)
at Florida 10-85
vs Ole Miss 6-48 (one-possession loss)
at Alabama 12-98
vs Georgia 6-40
vs Purdue 14-128 (one-possession loss)

averaging over 10 penalties per game in losses has to be fixed

One quick fix would be no more ACC officiating crews.

 

[bigorange]

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

Really annoyed that LSU was a dumpster fire this year but is loading up when we play them this year.

So Tennessee.

 

[bigorange]

 

[BigSteve09]

One fix is to just not lose.

Poor wording. I should have said, "averaging over 10 penalties per game vs similar/better opponents needs to be fixed if we want to win more next season"

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Really annoyed that LSU was a dumpster fire this year but is loading up when we play them this year.

So Tennessee.

This could have been us but...

Well, it isn't. We could have gotten a lot better. Hopefully we will after spring. We'll see.

 

[BigSteve09]

One quick fix would be no more ACC officiating crews.

I'm all for that.

Another quick fix would be eliminating the fake injuries, which would even the plane for us vs those same/better opponents

 

[SugarCC]

Should also be noted several transfers (eg: Kamal Hadden and B. Turnage) didn’t arrive until summer so this will be their first spring in the scheme. Expect to see improvement in the D based on familiarity and practice for the young talent.

☝

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I actually really like the strategy of taking the lump of scholarship reductions right now and being done with it. I think it gives this staff the best chance to succeed because we get the handcuffs off early and we've already seen they can get production with limited numbers. Even with 10 imposed, if we have the right 75 and can stay healthy it really doesn't matter. There's usually more than 10 non contributors on scholarship in any given season anyways.

The caveat being that if the NCAA imposes more, i take it all back and think we should march on the headquarters in Indy.

 

[bpvol]

One year ago today we parted ways with Cornbread

A day of celebration!

 

[butchna]

He's basically the guy that you go golf with and hit a hole-in one and his response is "but ya shot X over par on the day"

I put him on ignore shortly after he “whatever I’m not changing my mind”d me when I pointed out that playing against UGA didn’t cost us Cade May’s services…since he got hurt against South Alabama. His is a determined mindset geared towards a certain response. I recognized the Bruin like quality, ignored and have enjoyed the relative peace afterwards.

 

[volbeast33]

This could have been us but...

Well, it isn't. We could have gotten a lot better. Hopefully we will after spring. We'll see.

Yep…… that Missouri defensive line was dominate this year.