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Diaz Not Impressed With Corn

Mahoney-Pearson said:
INCaneFan said:
Cue the this is just a motivational ploy crowd.

Good corner, but nowhere near where some had him pegged last year....as some elite corner.

We'll see what comes when the season starts. Spring and fall, I just hope the players stay healthy. The rest, it's smoke and mirrors the last decade and change.
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https://youtu.be/zlach8d6OR0


:q3XKXeX: Looks like a gamer to me. And this was with no pass rush...
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Lol. Those highlights dont help him. So he made all his plays in 5 games? Where was he at the other 7 games?
 
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Pennmed Canefan said:
Motivational ploy. I am not of the opinion that Elder is some star, but he's decent. If it is truly hard to tell whether he's our best corner, then we must have 2-3 decent corners on the team. In that case, we definitely should be able to slow people down. If not, maybe our defensive coaching upgrades were overstated.
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I like your style Penn!
 
I really like how Diaz is straightforward with how he feels about the team. The previous regime would constantly B.S. us taking about "progress" and how much better they had gotten.
 
252cane said:
Mahoney-Pearson said:
INCaneFan said:
Cue the this is just a motivational ploy crowd.

Good corner, but nowhere near where some had him pegged last year....as some elite corner.

We'll see what comes when the season starts. Spring and fall, I just hope the players stay healthy. The rest, it's smoke and mirrors the last decade and change.
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https://youtu.be/zlach8d6OR0


:q3XKXeX: Looks like a gamer to me. And this was with no pass rush...
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Lol. Those highlights dont help him. So he made all his plays in 5 games? Where was he at the other 7 games?
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:q3XKXeX: Yes they do.
 
Barboni said:
Dirty Sprite said:
I said I didn't see how Corn is automatically the #1 corner on the team. Corn is a very good nickel corner but IMO Tracy Howard was / is a better field corner for comparison.
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What makes him a very good "nickel corner", IYO?

If you have ever played and/or coached a defense, you would know that the field corner isn't necessarily the best corner or best in coverage. The best cover guy usually plays the boundary. In college (wider space between the hashes), the easier throw is to the short side of the field. If you want to throw a quick pass to the sideline, you usually throw to the boundary, which is why you want your best cover guy on the boundary. More passes are going to go towards the boundary, so play your best cover guy at the boundary. Throwing to the field side requires timing and a stronger arm. The CB also has more time to recover. If you're thinking that you can isolate a player more to the field side, then you're neglecting the fact that he's going to have inside help by both the safety and LB. Only in trips, with the 1 WR to the wide side against cover 3, is he really isolated. Even then it's a tough throw, because the corner really emphasizes staying inside by either splitting the wr in half with his stance or he's complete inside (leverage). Some coaches move around their best WRs and have certain corners follow them, which can be at nickel, field, or boundary.

Elder, IMO, was our best corner in coverage last year. There's plenty of examples, but the one play that impressed me the most is when I saw him keep up and bat down an over the shoulder pass to Kermit Whitfield (one of the fastest players in the NCAA) on a deep crossing pattern. Not to many DBs can do that. That's a long developing play, that with good ball placement, the safety's (who wasn't there) only going to be able deflect the ball.
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at 34s in this clip https://youtu.be/zlach8d6OR0
 
The Franchise said:
crossover22[]_[];2522035 said:
Corn is a good corner but not a true number 1 corner. Losing byrd hurt bad.
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So Byrd, a guy who Tennessee moved to Safety, is a number 1 CB but Corn isn't.

You scouts with your dopey catchphrases crack me up. Now, we're getting flooded with "number 1 CB" nonsense.
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^^This
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Corn Ball is good tho... I'm not worried about the cb position but I would love for the coaches to move JJ to the corner spot if he's not starting at safety. Doesn't make sense.
 
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BigDikCane said:
Corn Ball is good tho... I'm not worried about the cb position but I would love for the coaches to move JJ to the corner spot if he's not starting at safety. Doesn't make sense.
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I think they will in fall camp, Richt said they are still installing in the spring & can't move around guys until they get the plays down.
 
I am not concerned. He was a stud in a crumby defense and will be a good one in this defense. It has been said over and over again the CBs need work. I am certain, while Corn may not be what some on here think he is, he will be quite alright and making plays in this defense come Sept.
 
What is it?

You blame the scheme and say our players are all 1st rounders.

Now, the players were all bad.

What is it?
 
BigDikCane said:
Corn Ball is good tho... I'm not worried about the cb position but I would love for the coaches to move JJ to the corner spot if he's not starting at safety. Doesn't make sense.
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Just get our best players out there and let's go CANES!
 
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Mahoney-Pearson said:
The Franchise said:
crossover22[]_[];2522035 said:
Corn is a good corner but not a true number 1 corner. Losing byrd hurt bad.
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So Byrd, a guy who Tennessee moved to Safety, is a number 1 CB but Corn isn't.

You scouts with your dopey catchphrases crack me up. Now, we're getting flooded with "number 1 CB" nonsense.
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^^This
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You realize miami was recruiting him at cb and was telling him he would start from day 1.

You are you using Tennessee moving him to safety to justify your argument. Maybe they are terrible at safety and needed help there.

Players are moved to different positions all the time depending on what the team needs.
 
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