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Great interview with Coach Likens

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Empirical Cane said:
I likens alot.
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Empirical Cane said:
So whats happening at UNC then?

Just a better fit for him? Or actually functioning and capable OL players?
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Probably a combination. Better players will certainly make coaches look better. He can thank the previous staff for leaving him more talent than he left us with. He’s had a journeyman’s career and never been anywhere for more than a few years so we’ll see if he can find a way to maintain success at North Carolina or if last year was an outlier.
 
Empirical Cane said:
So whats happening at UNC then?

Just a better fit for him? Or actually functioning and capable OL players?
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What do you mean better?

UNC OLine is still trash. Gave up 37 sacks in 2019, and 34 sacks in 2020. 35.5 sacks per year since he's been there. The year before Searles got there, they gave up 10 sacks (not a typo), and the year before that, 30.

****, even under Mark Richt, the OL under Searles gave up 25, 29, and 27 sacks. 27 sacks per year.

If you want to point at the rushing yards they had against us, go back and watch the game. Their OL didn't dominate that game, our DLine/LB's ran themselves out of position in nearly every single big play. That was a HUGE anomaly of a rushing game they had...that's why it broke records.
 
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DTP said:
Probably a combination. Better players will certainly make coaches look better. He can thank the previous staff for leaving him more talent than he left us with. He’s had a journeyman’s career and never been anywhere for more than a few years so we’ll see if he can find a way to maintain success at North Carolina or if last year was an outlier.
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UNC does not have better players lol.
 
Empirical Cane said:
So whats happening at UNC then?

Just a better fit for him? Or actually functioning and capable OL players?
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The offense being run by the UNC OC is night and day different than what Coach Richt forced us to endure. Richt would likely have an ACC title by now had he just hired someone like Lashlee as his OC and let Manny run the DEF. Albeit Manny would've gone for a HC job eventually, but Richt identified Diaz as a good fit and I would've trusted that he could've found another great fit at DC.

Neither here nor there, but I guess to answer ur question it would be "better fit" due to OC concepts/principles.
 
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Astcloud11 said:
What do you mean better?

UNC OLine is still trash. Gave up 37 sacks in 2019, and 34 sacks in 2020. 35.5 sacks per year since he's been there. The year before Searles got there, they gave up 10 sacks (not a typo), and the year before that, 30.

****, even under Mark Richt, the OL under Searles gave up 25, 29, and 27 sacks. 27 sacks per year.

If you want to point at the rushing yards they had against us, go back and watch the game. Their OL didn't dominate that game, our DLine/LB's ran themselves out of position in nearly every single big play. That was a HUGE anomaly of a rushing game they had...that's why it broke records.
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They struggled in pass protection but they were consistent running the ball. Even if you take away the ridiculous game they had against us, they're still moving the ball the ground at a pretty decent clip.
 
Great interview Chris,coach was energetic and engaged the whole hour.But man wished you guys would have asked him a couple questions about the wrs on the team,like how many they plan to play or how many wrs they were looking to sign.
 
Great energy, can see why he's such a good recruiter and likable coach. Not a ton of information for this 2021 season but cool to hear his background and how he coaches.
 
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