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For those who give Robert Burns flack:

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I have no inside info whatsoever, but I've wondered if our coaches asked the kid to shut it down.
 
No comparing burns to fournette at all. If i was a gm I'm definitely taking cook over fournette he seems injury prone.
 
#26-MEAST said:
so you're comparing Burns to Fournette?
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Yes. Im not ignorant enough to compare him as a football player stat wise etc but this is the same circumstance.

Fournette showed he is a top line dominant talent when healthy. He got the injury bug but it is obvious his future is in the NFL.

Burns when healthy as a Soph was a top line talent. It was obvious he was D1 material and got the injury bug so they shut him down for his college career.

What am I missing?
 
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brock said:
No comparing burns to fournette at all. If i was a gm I'm definitely taking cook over fournette he seems injury prone.
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big part of that was miles running him into the ground because he doesn't understand the importance of passing the football. cook had 25 or more carries 8 times in his career. fournette had 8 games of 25+ carries last season and they even had a game canceled.
 
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MizCane said:
#26-MEAST said:
so you're comparing Burns to Fournette?
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Yes. Im not ignorant enough to compare him as a football player stat wise etc but this is the same circumstance.

Fournette showed he is a top line dominant talent when healthy. He got the injury bug but it is obvious his future is in the NFL.

Burns when healthy as a Soph was a top line talent. It was obvious he was D1 material and got the injury bug so they shut him down for his college career.

What am I missing?
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common sense and a regular supply of vitamin "D" for starters
 
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Burns didn't even carry the football a dozen times his senior year. But you know who else didn't? Steph Curry.
 
I think the issue that a lot of us have with Burns is that he really hasn't played much in HS.

I can't remember a Miami RB that had such a small body of work.

There have been loads of big-time RBs from south Florida.

Burns is an unknown quantity. Richt and Brown seem to have a decent eye for what makes a quality RB, but I have no idea what he can do.



MizCane said:
Leonard Fournette is having the exact same type of season Burns had this passed year. Skipping their bowl game to make sure his ankle is 100% healed for the NFL.

Leonard Fournette's LSU career is over as he will miss the Citrus Bowl | NOLA.com
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db305 said:
brock said:
No comparing burns to fournette at all. If i was a gm I'm definitely taking cook over fournette he seems injury prone.
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big part of that was miles running him into the ground because he doesn't understand the importance of passing the football. cook had 25 or more carries 8 times in his career. fournette had 8 games of 25+ carries last season and they even had a game canceled.
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miles oc's didn't seem to be able to develop qb's they tried to pass it was just a fail, lsu needs a real qb to compete in sec again. haven't had one in yrs
 
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