Kc McDermott

[3FW]

Good guard, has played well and is not one of our 20 problems.

 

[mirednmediocrity2]

#FlashbackFriday



### Offensive line: Lemming said the quartet of Palm Beach Central tackle K.C. McDermott (rated 44th among all prospects by ESPN), Central tackle Trevor Darling (No. 115), St. Petersburg tackle Reilly Gibbons (No. 246) and St. Thomas Aquinas’ Nick Linder (rated the 14th-best center by Rivals.com) is the best 2014 offensive line class in the country: “McDermott dominates almost every play, and Darling might have as much potential.” Linder, a center, can also play guard.

Blustein said Darling “is not on Ereck Flowers’ level yet but has a chance to be.” Darling and McDermott are enrolling this month.

What an awful class. Even that Gibbons kid who flipped to Stanford was a bust.

Didn't he flunk out of Stanford and end up a backup at USF?

 

[FrancisSawyer]

I would love to read what the OL gurus on this board think about why this line is so atrocious. How can these guys possibility be the worst OL in the history of this program? Yet it doesn't take watching for very long before you realize that they are. I would welcome a detailed, intelligent breakdown on why this unit sucks so bad.

 

[paksat]

I would love to read what the OL gurus on this board think about why this line is so atrocious. How can these guys possibility be the worst OL in the history of this program? Yet it doesn't take watching for very long before you realize that they are. I would welcome a detailed, intelligent breakdown on why this unit sucks so bad.

me too

 

[cane since birth]

Hes been having a really good year actually, its been over shadowed by how ****** the rest of the line has played

 

[PSU Cane]

Obviously there is a lack of player development on the O-line. There is talent based on the recruiting rankings but there is a big step from high school ranking to playing college ball at a high level.

I miss Kehoe. Say what you will about him. This OL was 10x better last year with the same guys.

Kehoe recruited all of these guys, which is why we have guards playing tackle and no depth from his "project-type" players because they aren't ready to step in.

We have 2 problems with this line....1 - they aren't athletic, which shows against the pass rush (especially an undersizes, athletic VT line), 2 - we are not running an offense and calling plays to help them.

We don't have the WR athletes to run a ton of verticals and Kayaa gets happy feet and doesn't throw that well. We also throw the WR screen about as poor as anyone in the NCAA. We need more quick slants, crosses, rubs, curls/comebacks, etc and when they squat on routes, more wheel routes and sluggos........while sprinkling in an occasional seem vertical with Njoku or deep post/post corner with Coley against a single high safety after flooding the opposite side of the field with WR and Kayaa using his eyes to move the safety that way.

 

[fivecent]

Obviously there is a lack of player development on the O-line. There is talent based on the recruiting rankings but there is a big step from high school ranking to playing college ball at a high level.

I miss Kehoe. Say what you will about him. This OL was 10x better last year with the same guys.

I can't even argue this. Facts are facts. We look WAY worse there with the same exact players

I don't know if Kehoe is the answer, because I really question some of the guys he brought in (assuming Folden wasn't meddling and F'ing up that too). However, they did play better last year, and the really telling part is that they were in much worse shape physically and sometimes hurt. I'm looking at you Searels!

 

[Canedog]

Searels has already contacted a real estate agent. He know his *** getting fired.

 

[Plzwork4]

Hes been having a really good year actually, its been over shadowed by how ****** the rest of the line has played

This...KC has been solid. Just b/c he looked bad on one play and the OL as a whole has been atrocious doesn't mean KC has been poor. The sheep mentality of this board is so **** annoying.