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You guys are so gullible. Sorry beat UVA and Pitt and shut it. Then say something. Been hearing this every single year. Sorry action speaks louder than words. Chad has zero sacks in his career. Dont want to hear
 
King Slayer said:
brock said:
CaneDro said:
Like Pete said earlier this is brad and chad's team now and we haven't had leaders like those guys in a while
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I hate to say it but.... Brad and Chad will be better leaders than Duke... And are already making a bigger impact in terms of recruiting while being on the team. Duke did it before the team but not after. We all know what he was saying to recruits after he was on....
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Who have they gotten to prove the are better recruiters? and what they have done besides talk about being a leader?
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Exactly!!! Duke spirit was broken by the end of his tenure here but he gave his all. I'm sorry but as of right now Kaaya and Chaf aren't close to the leaders that Duke was. Kaaya benefited from having Duke in the backfield. Taking by pics and tweeting isn't proven anything. Our fans always does this to our players. Kaaya and Chad hasn't done anything our promising underclassmen players haven't done for the past 10 years. All of those guys recruit. Every school has players that recruit. It doesn't make them better leaders.
 
supacane said:
You guys are so gullible. Sorry beat UVA and Pitt and shut it. Then say something. Been hearing this every single year. Sorry action speaks louder than words. Chad has zero sacks in his career. Dont want to hear
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Duke and Denzel hit the ground running and wasn't consistent their entire careers here. Our fans are quick to turn on them which is ashame. At least the produced. Chad hadn't produced yet. And although Kaaya had good stats he hasn't shown that he can lead the team yet. We will see this year. Action speaks louder than words...
 
lauderdaleballer said:
supacane said:
You guys are so gullible. Sorry beat UVA and Pitt and shut it. Then say something. Been hearing this every single year. Sorry action speaks louder than words. Chad has zero sacks in his career. Dont want to hear
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+100000
Duke and Denzel hit the ground running and wasn't consistent their entire careers here. Our fans are quick to turn on them which is ashame. At least the produced. Chad hadn't produced yet. And although Kaaya had good stats he hasn't shown that he can lead the team yet. We will see this year. Action speaks louder than words...
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Just a little taken back by his mom comments and what was reported in the bleak vision thread.... I love Duke I was just saying...
 
The Franchise said:
Those two are going to turn this into a top 5 class.
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That won't happen. Top 10 class though is certainly possible if Chad and Brad close. Top 5 would require a lot of kids to flip to us. We were on pace for potentially a top 5 class I. August but we all k iw hiw that turned out
 
Tad Footeball said:
I might be wrong and things obviously change once you're on a team but I kinda remember Chad specifically not recruiting other kids when he was a recruit. Seem to remember some specific comment he made about it. Not an indictment on him but just interesting if he's basically having to do a coach's job now in relation to saving this class.
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I dont know that Chads role has included recruiting has it? Thats fine if it hasnt...as long as he does it in the locker room and on the field.
 
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supacane said:
You guys are so gullible. Sorry beat UVA and Pitt and shut it. Then say something. Been hearing this every single year. Sorry action speaks louder than words. Chad has zero sacks in his career. Dont want to hear
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he would have had a few if used correctly.
 
sniffin94 said:
CaneDro said:
Like Pete said earlier this is brad and chad's team now and we haven't had leaders like those guys in a while
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Yeah because Duke and Denzel weren't leaders
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Not like these two guys. These guys are the new breed. Remember how hard Chad was recruiting for UM last year after he committed?

All that Al needs to do is get these poisonous players out of the lockerroom and start replacing them with more guys like our freshmans and sophomores.
 
VaCane17 said:
The Franchise said:
Those two are going to turn this into a top 5 class.
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That won't happen. Top 10 class though is certainly possible if Chad and Brad close. Top 5 would require a lot of kids to flip to us. We were on pace for potentially a top 5 class I. August but we all k iw hiw that turned out
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These two are like Trooper Taylor and Ed Orgeron. They will get it done. Top 5 class coming with a ton of surprises down the stretch. Chad and Brad will overcome the rotten fans and get this done.
 
svenben said:
VaCane17 said:
The Franchise said:
Those two are going to turn this into a top 5 class.
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That won't happen. Top 10 class though is certainly possible if Chad and Brad close. Top 5 would require a lot of kids to flip to us. We were on pace for potentially a top 5 class I. August but we all k iw hiw that turned out
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No offense but top 10 is not possible.
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Agree, we should be setting our eyes on top 15 at best.

Best case scenario is we hold all of our commits and add all realistic targets

Marcus Lewis 4*
Kendrick Norton 4*
Antonio Callaway 3.5*
Saleem Brightwell 3*
Frederick Johnson 3*
 
sniffin94 said:
CaneDro said:
Like Pete said earlier this is brad and chad's team now and we haven't had leaders like those guys in a while
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Yeah because Duke and Denzel weren't leaders
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Sorry to say..but they weren't. Especially Denzel. This team didn't need a "leader by example". We were not that mentally strong as a unit to have a leader like that. Sean Taylor lead by example and never talked much because that 2003 team was mentally tough. Reggie Wayne and Damione Lewis led that 2000 team by example. They were mentally tough.

Ed Reed and Michael Irvin led by example AND made their presence known. Got in someones face when warranted or when they weren't doing their job. I was so sick of hearing guys say, "Well, its not the coaches fault, guys were freelancing too much and not sticking to the scheme." Ok...So what did you do about it? What do you think Jon Vilma would have done if someone freelanced and did whatever the ***** they wanted on his defense?

So yes, were they very good-great players for us? Of Course. Were they great leaders? The kind this team needed? No.
 
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Jassid82 said:
sniffin94 said:
CaneDro said:
Like Pete said earlier this is brad and chad's team now and we haven't had leaders like those guys in a while
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Yeah because Duke and Denzel weren't leaders
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Sorry to say..but they weren't. Especially Denzel. This team didn't need a "leader by example". We were not that mentally strong as a unit to have a leader like that. Sean Taylor lead by example and never talked much because that 2003 team was mentally tough. Reggie Wayne and Damione Lewis led that 2000 team by example. They were mentally tough.

Ed Reed and Michael Irvin led by example AND made their presence known. Got in someones face when warranted or when they weren't doing their job. I was so sick of hearing guys say, "Well, its not the coaches fault, guys were freelancing too much and not sticking to the scheme." Ok...So what did you do about it? What do you think Jon Vilma would have done if someone freelanced and did whatever the ***** they wanted on his defense?

So yes, were they very good-great players for us? Of Course. Were they great leaders? The kind this team needed? No.
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Lmao... I love f5chad and Kaaya looks like he will be great, but saying Duke and Denzel weren't leaders is laughable. I'd rather have guys that lead on the field than guys that lead on instagram and Twitter. It's the same crap every year. New leaders... Same results the last 10 years. It is sad that 2 sophomores are being labeled by Pete as the new leaders of the team.
 
Jassid82 said:
sniffin94 said:
CaneDro said:
Like Pete said earlier this is brad and chad's team now and we haven't had leaders like those guys in a while
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Yeah because Duke and Denzel weren't leaders
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Sorry to say..but they weren't. Especially Denzel. This team didn't need a "leader by example". We were not that mentally strong as a unit to have a leader like that. Sean Taylor lead by example and never talked much because that 2003 team was mentally tough. Reggie Wayne and Damione Lewis led that 2000 team by example. They were mentally tough.

Ed Reed and Michael Irvin led by example AND made their presence known. Got in someones face when warranted or when they weren't doing their job. I was so sick of hearing guys say, "Well, its not the coaches fault, guys were freelancing too much and not sticking to the scheme." Ok...So what did you do about it? What do you think Jon Vilma would have done if someone freelanced and did whatever the ***** they wanted on his defense?

So yes, were they very good-great players for us? Of Course. Were they great leaders? The kind this team needed? No.
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Even I can't answer this question, but how can you quantify Denzel's leadership without knowing what is going on Monday through Friday? Who's to say Denzel and Duke didn't motivate their teammates too? I am just not buying this "new leaders new team" deal because we have been doing a rinse and repeat of this for the past ten years. Especially with a lame duck coach I'm not sure how much two guys can change something. Would love to be wrong
 
Jassid82 said:
sniffin94 said:
CaneDro said:
Like Pete said earlier this is brad and chad's team now and we haven't had leaders like those guys in a while
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Yeah because Duke and Denzel weren't leaders
Click to expand...

Sorry to say..but they weren't. Especially Denzel. This team didn't need a "leader by example". We were not that mentally strong as a unit to have a leader like that. Sean Taylor lead by example and never talked much because that 2003 team was mentally tough. Reggie Wayne and Damione Lewis led that 2000 team by example. They were mentally tough.

Ed Reed and Michael Irvin led by example AND made their presence known. Got in someones face when warranted or when they weren't doing their job. I was so sick of hearing guys say, "Well, its not the coaches fault, guys were freelancing too much and not sticking to the scheme." Ok...So what did you do about it? What do you think Jon Vilma would have done if someone freelanced and did whatever the ***** they wanted on his defense?

So yes, were they very good-great players for us? Of Course. Were they great leaders? The kind this team needed? No.
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Agree 100%. Duke would put his head down and sulk after his game changing fumbles and be a loner on the sideline pouting like a baby. Great player but not a great leader. He seems to stay to himself which is fine but we need players like him to step up as leaders when we are lacking.
 
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