Cantwell is not hurt

[nomsane]

Athletic issue? His parents are world class athletes! Maybe football isn't his calling, he should do powerlifting or strongman

I was at the Stanford game watching OL warmups and you could clearly see Cantwell’s size and strength but he didn’t move athletically like Samson or even McCoy. He isn’t twitched up like you would expect from a 5*.

 

[jsy]

But hey saw him in camps
Crazy bc 5star tackle busts are rare
But explains why they were relentless for Mathews
I wonder if they have a plan b

 

[hoops156]

Mario, Dawson and Hetherman aren’t fans of that doofus either. They all scorn at him every time he asks a question.

heatheramn should be forced to sleep w German as a punishment

 

[252cane]

So if this is true, the reports of him in spring were false? Cantwell got here during Ohio st. So he had 2/3 weeks of practice in Jan against Bain and Mesi. Did well enough then and during spring workouts to earn LT1 for spring. Maintained LT1 for all of spring. Everyone spoke highly of him, even former all American Taylor lewan. And then is partial game one starter at guard. And now in Nov and he’s not even reliable enough to be apart of a jumbo package??

Not doubting you but something isn’t adding up to me. I’m hoping he’s hurt/ in the dog house and the eval wasn’t this bad.

No idea how all that hype got started bc I wasn’t there. But he isn’t quick enough or athletic enough to be a good starter at OT right now.

Bell wasn’t quick either

 

[CaneTheGaytors]

Francis spoiled many.

Kid isn’t good/ready enough currently, clearly. That doesn’t mean he won’t be or can’t be down the line. With his God given physical ability and bloodlines, willing to bet that the coaches are willing to bet on themselves to figure it out. If we can’t, or if the kid doesn’t want to wait and see then he will be gone. It’s simple as that. The ?’s on him weekly are out of hand, no one knows and only time will tell. We aren’t seeing him this season barring injury *knock on wood*, so just sit back and calm your kewchies.

Excellent post. Kid is a FR, and the OL and DL are grown man positions. When will some of the posters on CiS learn? Francis was the exception, not the norm, and he still struggled at times.

 

[Mr. Dynasty1]

**** it’s crazy. You would think this kid played and gave 12 sacks in two games the way yall talking in here. How dare a True Freshman not coming and immediately be ready to be lockdown at his position

 

[doctor dingleberry]

D$ did comment on this a few weeks ago and said rumors like this always come up for highly touted freshman who aren’t playing and referenced DJ Williams.

Threads like these are stupid and do no good. Let it play out you mopes

 

[KingB02]

If he’s not athletic enough for tackle put him at guard and tell him just move people. SJ ain’t doing that ****, he’s a turnstile! Just don’t have Cantwell pulling for now. Kid already possess legendary strength, use it. Then have him work with a speed coach and do yoga in the offseason.

 

[BS85]

If he’s not athletic enough for tackle put him at guard and tell him just move people. SJ ain’t doing that ****, he’s a turnstile! Just don’t have Cantwell pulling for now. Kid already possess legendary strength, use it. Then have him work with a speed coach and do yoga in the offseason.

Throw in a little deer antler spray and call it a day

 

[Calinative]

Any doomsdayers ever think that maybe...just maybe, the staff and Cantrell agree that he will be a tackle and that all his reps need to be at tackle, but we have 2 tackles he's not ready to replace yet?

Isn't it a likely possibility that he's just cemented in as a tackle and he's not repping guard in practice?

Good thing our Staff didn't come to this realization until week like 5. Impressive.

 

[Calinative]

If you can't pass up SJ, there is 100% unquestionably something up.

Can't do something? Or staff wont do something?

Guess people act like the RB, WR, EDGE, LB, DB rotation and who gets to play and who they are willing to play through struggles for development makes total and complete sense lmao. Yeah.... Lyle plays about 10x too much, Wingo+Jacobs don't get any pt until mali goes down (how many games with only like 3wrs getting any pt lol), Certainly Blount is our most effective Dlineman given the fact hes 3rd on our Dl in snaps, of course there is the 2 headed monster of Toure+Smith. I mean Maybe db rotation is what it is, but seems obvious to me Fitz should be FS full time and EOC should be getting 100% of snaps basically. And lucas has been ***....

 

[twes.305]

He’s barely played all year. Even in blowouts. Hurt or not, something seems off.

He played a decent amount in blowouts. We haven’t had a blowout in a while.

 

[Stylie]

 

[LatinCane]

Six pages of nobody knows anything, including Ferman, about his situation. The kid is a FRESHMAN. In the modern history of UM, how many OL have come in right away, out of high school and started regularly? Henderson? Mauigoa? Not too many. Even Cogdon, getting some burn at OL is not polished. That’s not just here at UM, that’s anywhere. His HS level of competition has been discussed. He’s also not going up against freshman on 1st team D or any games. **** our upperclassmen starting are struggling. That doesn’t fall Cantwell. I can see him contributing more by next Fall camp but let’s take a breath here before we call him a bust or homesick. A year and half in the weight and conditioning program and some time under Mirabal and hopefully he is good.

 

[Felonious Monk]

 

[Hurricane23]

Cantwell works hard and has a good attitude.

The issue right now is athleticism. His athleticism is poor. Not quick enough. Looking like a bad eval right now unfortunately. Everyone in the industry got it wrong. Likely due to his level of competition. If he stays he will need to work on his quickness and athleticism before he is ready to play.

This guy knows something

 

[Hurricane23]

Well from what Ive read, Cantwell was basically over rated. But this is why you have to stack talent

 

[jps2344]

I think the doomsayers and pessimists should try to step back and take a rational look at the situation. Ferman’s a worm and has as much insight into our team as that douchebag domer who decides to post here the week of the ND game the last couple years. Flow chart as follows…

-Mario and staff have zero issues playing Freshman on the o-line

-The references to CiCi can be used as proof of above but with reference. AKA CiCi did not come in perfect. He had procedural penalties, missed assignments, got beat numerous times

-CiCi was a better option than his competition. Same can be said for Congdon this season. Which leads to this

-Jackson was not ready at the start of the season. His readiness at this point in the staff’s view does not exceed their perceived benefits of having the unit playing together as just that, a unit with continuity. A unit that comparatively speaking has backs with a better YPC average and last I looked a couple weeks ago, a lower sack percentage per dropback. ND overwhelmed us with numbers cause they had the ability play man and sold out more plays than not. Not that we didn’t get beat cause we did, but that was there approach.

Just face it guys. He was not ready to start the season and decided the current setup was better than growing pains. That can be debated and should be. As for that ******* rabble rousing snake Ferman. He can **** off as he knows little to nothing.

 

[Zombie-Cane]

Well from what Ive read, Cantwell was basically over rated. But this is why you have to stack talent

Just because you read it here, doesn't make it true......................

 

[NicKane]

I was at the Stanford game watching OL warmups and you could clearly see Cantwell’s size and strength but he didn’t move athletically like Samson or even McCoy. He isn’t twitched up like you would expect from a 5*.