Rellyrell
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First off, shout out to all my Canes brethrens who bleed that true Orange and Green.
A lot of pessimism and optimism around the "victory" against FAU. Just a snap shot of what I saw from this game:
Negatives:
-O-line is still very bad. We desperately need to keep Donaldson and try to flip Telfort and Leatherwood. I think the O-line recruiting can't afford to be mediocre. This is what happens when you surround two 4/5 star guys with a slew of low 3 star guys. O line is so important (see how Bama's O line make their weak QBs look like College All Stars.
-Old habits die hard. I noticed Kaaya continue to have those happy feet and he missed on several wide open plays. I think the O line is part blame, but when ur a big time QB, you have to shake that off. Sometimes I see Peyton in him, but other times I see Jay Cutler. We also saw those mental lapse in the discipline dept regarding false starts, chop blocks, and holding.
Positives:
-The defense is nasty. They are starting to light people up
-We have a two, possibly 3 headed monster at RB. Our RBs look sooooooo much better than last year. Walton is explosive and Yearby is looking like that back we recruited b4 the broken leg.
-Our young Pups ain't so young. Shaq is directing traffic and cleaning up, while McCloud and Pinckney are flying torpedoes. Richards is making big catches and letting those who are covering him that they can't cover him.
-We got a couple of unsportsmanlike conduct penalties for talking trash!
-Richt saw Kaaya struggle and got him comfortable. Just like a jump shooter needs to see a bucket go in, even a lay up, QBs who struggle sometimes need to see a reception. Richt working w Kaaya is going to pay off immediately.
-We have a real coaching staff. What I saw was coaching on the sidelines, not berating or aggrevation, annoyance, or confusion displayed, like the previous coaching staff did.
All in all, we should've beat them by 60, but FAU is not as far behind as we think. Sometimes when you play against other players from the neighborhood, they have a chip on their shoulder. This was their SB, and when you take any D1 team for granted, even a sub division D1 team, it can bite you.
FSU struggled against UCF during Donte Culpepper's year. USC struggled against Fresno State during their 2005 championship game run. Bama just struggled against Western KY on the same day. It happens. The biggest positive that comes out of this is that now there's film on what's wrong. I fully expect that come next week, we will see a complete performance against App St.
A lot of pessimism and optimism around the "victory" against FAU. Just a snap shot of what I saw from this game:
Negatives:
-O-line is still very bad. We desperately need to keep Donaldson and try to flip Telfort and Leatherwood. I think the O-line recruiting can't afford to be mediocre. This is what happens when you surround two 4/5 star guys with a slew of low 3 star guys. O line is so important (see how Bama's O line make their weak QBs look like College All Stars.
-Old habits die hard. I noticed Kaaya continue to have those happy feet and he missed on several wide open plays. I think the O line is part blame, but when ur a big time QB, you have to shake that off. Sometimes I see Peyton in him, but other times I see Jay Cutler. We also saw those mental lapse in the discipline dept regarding false starts, chop blocks, and holding.
Positives:
-The defense is nasty. They are starting to light people up
-We have a two, possibly 3 headed monster at RB. Our RBs look sooooooo much better than last year. Walton is explosive and Yearby is looking like that back we recruited b4 the broken leg.
-Our young Pups ain't so young. Shaq is directing traffic and cleaning up, while McCloud and Pinckney are flying torpedoes. Richards is making big catches and letting those who are covering him that they can't cover him.
-We got a couple of unsportsmanlike conduct penalties for talking trash!
-Richt saw Kaaya struggle and got him comfortable. Just like a jump shooter needs to see a bucket go in, even a lay up, QBs who struggle sometimes need to see a reception. Richt working w Kaaya is going to pay off immediately.
-We have a real coaching staff. What I saw was coaching on the sidelines, not berating or aggrevation, annoyance, or confusion displayed, like the previous coaching staff did.
All in all, we should've beat them by 60, but FAU is not as far behind as we think. Sometimes when you play against other players from the neighborhood, they have a chip on their shoulder. This was their SB, and when you take any D1 team for granted, even a sub division D1 team, it can bite you.
FSU struggled against UCF during Donte Culpepper's year. USC struggled against Fresno State during their 2005 championship game run. Bama just struggled against Western KY on the same day. It happens. The biggest positive that comes out of this is that now there's film on what's wrong. I fully expect that come next week, we will see a complete performance against App St.
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